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Artificial Condition

Martha Wells Tor Novella 2018 Novella SF Thriller 32,446 words

Murderbot heads to the RaviHyral Mining Facility to learn the truth about why it went rogue and killed its own clients many years ago.

All Systems Red

Martha Wells Tor Novella 2017 Novella SF Thriller 31,128 words

A “security bot” assigned to support a survey team impresses them with its competence as a series of things go wrong. What they don’t know is that it has disabled the governor that prevents it from hurting people.

Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells Tor Novella 2018 Novella SF Thriller 35,206 words

Murderbot’s hunt for evidence against the GrayCris corporation leads it to a supposedly abandoned terraforming facility it thinks was a cover for illegally extracting alien remnants.

Exit Strategy

Martha Wells Tor Novella 2018 Novella SF Thriller 35,829 words

Muderbot’s recent exploits targeting GrayCris have hurt the company enough that it has kidnapped Murderbot’s friend, Mensah, thinking she was behind it all. It has to rescue her, even though this may be a trap.

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

Martha Wells Reactor 2025 Novelette Science Fiction 7,540 words

Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover…

Space OperaArtificial IntelligenceHopeful

Content warnings 2

child-abuseviolence

The Salt Witch

Martha Wells Uncanny 2020 ShortStory Fantasy 5,787 words

"Juana thought this was bullshit. She had found the broken sailboat in the south wind and tried to pilot it to Hispaniola, but it wouldn’t go in the right direction. You’d think flying would be the hard part, but no, it was steering. And you’d think...

Folk HorrorBodily AutonomyCaribbean

Content warnings 2

child-deathdeath