Hole World
Novelette 7,957 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The Whole Foods where Justin works is a block from the beach, close enough to smell it. Apart from the rusting cars in the parking lot and the blood-spattered branches on the Eucalypts, the store looks much the same as it always did. Justin can do his job as he always had, mostly, except for the barbed manacle around his ankle."
Content warnings 3
body-horrorcannibalismgore
Quasar links out; the story lives on Apex, where the author gets the click.