Small Comfort

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.
 * Flash Back
 * 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:
 * No Name Given: for anyone.