Skeleton Song
ShortStory 5,024 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. Adventures are always interesting, but they’re not always happy.
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.