Pocosin

Pocosin
By Ursula Vernon
Published in Apex Magazine
Publication date: January 6, 2015
Description, by Lois Tilton [Locus]: "The story is titled for its setting... Maggie is an aging witch who lives in an isolated place because she wants some rest. She doesn’t get it, as a dying possum god comes to her for sanctuary, because they’re coming for him and he doesn’t want to go. She can’t bring herself to turn him down, so she sits on her rocker on the porch and waits to stand them off, both God and Devil, who each seem to want the possum mainly because the other does. The first gives up easily, the other not so much, although he and Maggie are closer acquaintances...... "Category:Best Short Story