At the Foot of the Dragon Stair
ShortStory 5,066 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The entire time they were walking towards the Dragon Stairs, Giền said nothing. She merely changed shape in Thanh Lan’s arms—not growing heavier and heavier, which Thanh Lan could have understood, but by turns lighter and heavier, her shape shimmering between ten thousand different ones: a dragon, a Maw soldier..."
Content warnings 3
deathviolencewar
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