Lost in Darkness and Distance
Novelette 11,798 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"Charlie wasn’t a ghost standing in the corners of the house, but at the same time he was everywhere. He had been haunting my thoughts since we received Uncle Jamey’s emails and the plane tickets. Now, everyone gathered at our mother’s house, my childhood home, to come to a decision."
Content warnings 5
deathracismsubstance-usesuicideviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.