The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild
Novelette 15,505 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
Surreal tale about the loves and losses of Violet Wild, a girl from the purple country, who crosses the spectrum accompanied by a unicorn, a sorrow, and a herd of time squirrels.
Content warnings 2
deathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.