The Archimedes Problem is a about a boy and the monster that killed his father. This story appeared in its infancy on this very blog, some years ago, and then morphed into a novel, and then back into a short story. I think this is how it was always meant to be.
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Published in Summer 2014 by Emby Press as part of the BLOOD TRAILS anthology. Available at Amazon.
(image by garethfw)