Window Boy
ShortStory 4,270 words Recommended by 6 award/anthology sources
"The tenth time Jakey broke the rules, he put a sandwich in the mailbox where the window boy could get it. Mom had taken her sleep-quick pills and gone to bed after dinner, on account of her headaches. And Dad was dozing in front of the TV, chin on his chest and a half-empty glass clutched in his hand."
Content warnings 5
abusebody-horrorchild-abusedeathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.