Stronger
Novelette 11,287 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"Right,” I said. “Well, it’s a letter to the parents of the girl I love with all my heart and soul, telling them how I’ve just watched their daughter being dragged away screaming by soldiers and loaded on a ship to be taken as a sacrifice to the Black Island and eaten by a monster.” He looked at me. “That’ll be one drachma.”
Content warnings 1
violence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.