Every Version Of You by Vanessa Chan

In a near-future Australia scarred by climate collapse, a young woman and her partner increasingly retreat into a seductive virtual realm that promises safety and reinvention while severing ties to their bodies, families, and cultural roots. When he chooses to upload permanently, she confronts grief, duty to her mother, and the terrifying possibility of losing herself, questioning what love, memory, and identity mean without the physical world. The result is a haunting meditation on technology, addiction, migration, and the costs of transcending the body.