By the Will of the Gods
Novelette 13,282 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"The funeral began when the temple clock tolled at sunset, crimson and lavender and gold clouds against a violet sky. Or an artificial version of nightfall—day changing to night on the video screens tiling the walls and ceiling of the giant cavern that cocooned the city of Nightingale."
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Analog, where the author gets the click.