The Nine Scents of Sorrow
ShortStory 5,709 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
Sorrow Farregon is a master perfumer, but the Queen wants something to make her conceive a child—which is challenging when the King is a clockwork automaton.
Content warnings 2
deathsuicide
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.