The Thought That Counts
Novelette 8,683 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
Constantius, a con man on the run from the law, arrives in Sempa on business of his own, but lets himself get tangled up in the problems of a girl he met on his way into town.
Content warnings 2
deathsuicide
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.