L'Esprit de L'Escalier
Novelette 9,320 words Recommended by 8 award/anthology sources
In this provocative and rich retelling of the Greek myth, Orpheus, the musician son of Apollo and Calliope, successfully rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades after her untimely death.
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.