Gert of the Hundred
Novelette 9,159 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
The village people suffer from the Duke’s construction of the big tower, and even thought the villagers disapprove of her, old Gert can’t help doing things for the little children who come to her for aid.
Content warnings 3
deathgoreviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.