In Memoriam by Canadian author 'Nathan Burgoine (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia), an sfnal Lambda Literary Award nominee who really does seem to have a pre-pended apostrophe as part of his official name, is his standalone m/m paranormal romance novelette (category listings indicate that this is more on the fantasy than the sci-fi side), starring a terminally ill man who appears to be slipping through time and memory to revive a missed opportunity with a lost love, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press.
Currently free (and DRM-free) @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
With one diagnosis, editor James Daniels learns that he's literally running out of time. Looking at his life, he sees one regret: Andy, the one that got away. Andy was the first man that James ever loved, but Andy has been gone for years, and might not want to be found.
But as his cancer progresses and James starts to lose his grip on time and memory, it might just be that time and memory are losing their grip on James, too.
It's the biggest and most important re-write of his life. Restoring love from nothing but memory might be possible, if the past isn't too far gone to fix.