One Hand in the Coffin
Novelette 9,765 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
A child struggles with the loss of his big brother and his feelings that maybe things are better without him—and maybe he’s not really gone.
Content warnings 3
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.