The Cheesemaker and the Undying King
ShortStory 6,552 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"Tana was in a humid cave checking the rind on a round of Tomme when the messenger arrived to tell her that the war was lost and her wife was to be hanged. She took her time rewrapping the cheese before she responded. Still too soft. Another week, she estimated. The rind was a beautiful blue-black shade that would catch a maid’s eye in the market."
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathdeath-of-a-loved-one
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