Listen well, young prince. Let me tell you a tale of gods and men, of immortality and madness. It tells of rejection by the gods themselves, and an unstoppable threat thousands of years in the making. And when I finish my story, you will know what to do when this threat reaches your walls.
But be careful, young prince. It may be too late.
This short story is 3,600 words long. It is also available in Queerdark, a dark queer fantasy collection.