The Cuckoo of Vrežna Mountain
ShortStory 5,922 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"I realized I was in love with Ivor the day he went up the mountain to speak with the goddess. We were at that age when the affectionate ease of childhood tips over into something different, when every touch could be the casual brush of friendship or something more and I would never know in advance which was which."
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.