After the Hurt collects 37 stories that explore the after of whump: trauma, grief, recovery, and healing. There are content warnings before every story.

Shadow By My Fireplace by Harper M. Tremblay
Cyril Galanos lives an isolated life in a cabin in the woods. The monotony of his days is shattered when he finds a dying man with a collar collapsed near one of his hunting spots. Overwhelmed by an urge to help him, Cyril takes the man back to his cabin and saves his life. However, he soon learns that the life his Shadow led before him was a special kind of hell. Shadow's road to recovery will be rocky, but Cyril will do whatever it takes to help Shadow heal. Even if that means confronting his own troubled past.

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