Our Grandmother's Words
ShortStory 5,711 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Our storytellers sing that the Great River Gimamu brought life to the world when the gods first stepped out of it. But when I saw the ships that morning, I knew that it also brought death. As I sat at my stall, weaving the final threads of a new basket, I saw the outlanders’ masts gleaming in the sun, tall as the tallest tree in the forest."
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.