A Human Stain
Novelette 9,734 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
Helen comes to Meersee in Germany to be a governess for her friend’s nephew. The child is young and peculiar, the staff are old and peculiar, and more peculiar things turn up by the minute.
Content warnings 2
body-horrorviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.