To Embody a Wildfire Starting
Novelette 11,473 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"During the unbearable years of tyranny, the political prisoners of the Anchorite Hegemony made a solemn covenant: when the time came, they would cross the last miles to freedom on their feet. For reasons of youth and idiocy, Tishrel thought he would have a choice in the matter."
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.