Blackjack
Novelette 12,307 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
A woman visiting Las Vegas for a fun weekend encounters her ne’er-do-well ex-husband, who begs her for a favor that gambles with life and death…
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-onesuicide
Quasar links out; the story lives on Reactor, where the author gets the click.