Witchbreaker
ShortStory 6,371 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"I don’t want to say goodbye, but with dawn brushing Ri’s warm forehead, I can’t help kneeling by her bed and saying, “Wake up, darlin, Ma’s going out.” Jer’s look asks why I’d ever do anything different, and why’d we have that whole fight about it last night. I ignore her because Ri’s eyes are open just a bit now..."
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.