Nine Words for Loneliness in the Language of the Uma'u
Novella 20,871 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
Awenato is the only Uma’u on the space station after terrorists kill the rest of the diplomats from his world, including his lifemate. He wants revenge, but first he has to figure out how to just get by.
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death-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.