An Isle in a Sea of Ghosts
Novelette 7,522 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"She rose, feeling the aches where the dead had touched her, and gathered him in her arms. She’d hold him tighter this time. Oh, he’d fight her all the way, but they could get back on their way to the isle and the elf-king, and it would be over at last."
Content warnings 2
deathdeath-of-a-loved-one
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.