This Place Is Best Shunned
Novelette 9,792 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
Allie and Rooster are heading down to Asheville for Rooster’s new gig, a cushy stint as artist-in-residence at UNC. ... But when they stumble upon an old backcountry church—the perfect backdrop for Rooster’s latest project—they discover that some “abandoned” places have a knack for keeping themselves occupied.
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.