The Privilege of the Happy Ending
Novelette 15,501 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
In 12th-Century England, six-year-old Ada flees the vicious reptilian wastoures who swam the countryside eating people and animals alike.
Content warnings 4
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.