Small Comfort is a web-published short fantasy story by Odd Bard Out, a.k.a. Mike Cutler, a.k.a. Troper Krimsh. It tells the tale of a failed theft via the trial of the thief.
It can be read here.
Small Comfort provides examples of:
- Fake Memories: The protagonist implants a few.
- Flashback
- Magic A Is Magic A: ... and forms the basis for the magic system in Odd Bard Out's Tales of the Darronar series.
- May–December Romance: Tragically unfulfilled
- No Name Given: for anyone.