Clever Jack, Heavy with Stories
ShortStory 6,002 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
Teenage Jack, the cook’s boy, and Roderick, Lord Robert’s son, are unlikely but unshakable friends, even when Roderick has to marry a grown woman. Even when Jack has to venture to elf-land to rescue them.
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.