The River Speaks My Name
ShortStory 5,514 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Before you hear what I’m about to tell you, I need you to understand two things. Firstly, I do not know how to swim. When you live in the place I do, it’s more or less a useless skill. I mean, the deepest water around is up to my shoulders at best, can you really blame me?"
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathgore
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.