Mindtrips
Novelette 7,730 words
"At 2:26am, police were radioed in to a casualty at a residence in (redacted), according to witness accounts and the child present at the home, a woman was found deceased at the bottom of the stairs. There were no signs or history of domestic violence. Autopsy was ambiguous, further investigation is advised..."
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abusechild-abuseself-harm
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.