Conversation so far:
what happened in 1984 to octavia e.
butler?
Butler followed Clay's Ark with the critically acclaimed short story "Bloodchild" (1984).
was the short story successful?
" "Bloodchild" won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, and the Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award.

Question: what was it about?
Self-contained rewrite: what was "Bloodchild" about?