Bitter as the Sea
Novelette 10,606 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Dear Francesca, First off: I know that’s not your name. I haven’t gone and mistaken you for another woman—one of my many conquests, I imagine you imagine (what must imaginary you think of imaginary me?). You’ll notice, if you glance ahead, that I’ve adopted a corresponding nom de plume of my own."
Content warnings 1
sexual-content
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.