The karyōbinga sings to Jiro
ShortStory 1,292 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The egg must have hatched overnight, though he could see no sign of a hatchling anywhere. Only empty shell bits remained, strewn here and there across the tatami."
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.