Refuge

Ben Peek Lightspeed 121 2020

ShortStory 6,568 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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The story of how Aned Heast, having lost a leg and his entire army, reclaimed his honor in a drought-ridden town whose adults mysteriously vanished.

Secondary World Fantasy Justice Restrained

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Epistolary Adjacent Philosophical Political Resistance Freedom Speculative Fiction Secondary World Survival Literary SF Contemplative Fantasy Literary Close Third Person Grief And Loss Voice Driven Bittersweet

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