Deriving Life
Novelette 9,163 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
Marq knew their spouse would die from the intelligent alien parasite they’d accepted some years ago, but now that the time has come, they have a lot of trouble dealing with it.
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-onesuicide
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.