City of Salt

Title: City of Salt
Author: Arkady Martine
Published: Strange Horizons, 16 March 2015 
Description, by Lois Tilton [Locus]: "This is an aftermath story, where we begin in the ruins of past events and hope to learn what came to pass. Which turns out, as it often the case, to have been sorcery misused. There were once a king, his mage, and his general, who refused to serve the evil they raised."
Category:Best Short Story