Our next Hugo nominee come from a collection by Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice.
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novelette
“Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie (12,135 words or about 49 minutes to read), published by Orbit in the book Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie
This story has a feel of a fairy tale with themes of cross species care and simple kindness in the face of danger.