Heart of Thunder
Novelette 8,010 words
"Damian Marshall was a prisoner to his own brain. He was beating his fist against the glass of his cell, hoping someone could hear that this was not the real him. It was never meant to be this way and, truthfully, he had a heart swelling with love to give. Damian Marshall was not an evil man..."
Content warnings 3
mental-illnessviolencewar
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.