February Moon
ShortStory 5,037 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
In 19th-Century Texas, a German immigrant mother defends her farm and family (in the absence of her husband and eldest son) against a vicious wolf as well as some of the local townspeople.
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-onegore
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.