Frost's Boy
Novelette 7,961 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"Once upon a time, in that place right near to us, there lived a man and a woman, together as man and wife, though, like most peasants, no one had married them nor given them any word. It was simply that their love for each other was stronger even than their poverty. Not that there are wealthy men in these lands..."
Content warnings 3
abusechild-abuseviolence
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