Our Lady of the Asteroid Belt
She came to disprove a miracle orbiting Jupiter. Instead, she learned some truths aren’t measured, only witnessed.
By Bella Chacha
Edited by Yuval Kordov
After concerns were raised by readers, we have determined that Our Lady of the Asteroid Belt does not satisfy our editorial requirements and have elected to remove this story from our archive. We apologize that this was not caught prior to publication.
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Bella Chacha is a speculative fiction writer and Poet whose work has appeared in Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Heartlines Spec, IHRAM Publishes and runner-up at Defenestrationism.net 2025 Short Story Contest. She writes stories that explore faith, memory, and the quiet collisions between science and wonder.
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