This Village
ShortStory 799 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"You don’t know who we are, but we promise you we are harmless, and we made this village for you. Well, for you and for us, and for all the others that might follow. Each of us built their own little house. Some are made from hard candy, with gingerbread window frames and a door with a taffy handle."
Content warnings 2
deathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.