The Lay of Lilyfinger
Novelette 10,079 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
An acclaimed musician and her apprentice travel to the newly freed country of Skinnere to play a complex and culturally fraught song that will lay bare the wounds of empire, occupation, and sacrifice of its players and listeners.
Content warnings 3
body-horrorracismwar
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.