Yellow and the Perception of Reality, Maureen McHugh, Tor.com. A woman trying to deal with the aftermath of a failed experiment that injured her sister. There's an octopus who's seen some things.
Real Animals, Em North, Lightspeed. Some final survivors of an apocalypse.
Girls with Needles and Frost, Jenny Rae Rappaport, Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Resistance to an occupation.
A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential, JY Neon Yang, Clarkesworld. This is terrific: mecha pilots and gender and child soldiers and being the other half of someone who already has another half.
Real Animals, Em North, Lightspeed. Some final survivors of an apocalypse.
Girls with Needles and Frost, Jenny Rae Rappaport, Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Resistance to an occupation.
A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential, JY Neon Yang, Clarkesworld. This is terrific: mecha pilots and gender and child soldiers and being the other half of someone who already has another half.