Questions Asked in the Belly of the World
Novelette 9,310 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
For the residents of this mycological ecosystem, creating art feeds the World around you and requires working in harmony with your inner voice. When one artist’s voice begins screaming, he’s forced to travel farther than he ever has before to reconcile with the noise in his head and find his true place in society before it’s too late.
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.