Vera Brook
Analog
2025
Novella
Science Fiction
20,111 words
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"Poland, 1979 Warm sun filtered through the leaves and dappled the sidewalk as Helena walked back from the farmers’ market. In May, the linden trees bloomed all over the city, the same cheerful green fringed with white as the year before, as if nothing had...
Alternate HistoryAbuseHistorical Europe
Content warnings 2
abuseviolence
Vera Brook
Escape Pod
2024
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How to Keep Your Cool If You're a Mech First Day on the Job (Part 1 of 2) By Vera Brook Damn, the exoskeleton was hot. Two minutes strapped into the smart harness with its thick exospine and the oversized, carbon-fiber limbs that grew from it, and sweat...
Social SatireMentorshipAmerican Southwest
Vera Brook
Escape Pod
2024
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How to Keep Your Cool If You're a Mech First Day on the Job (Part 2 of 2) By Vera Brook (...Continued from Part 1) Jenna gave herself a few moments to seethe in silence before she spoke, to make sure her voice was calm. “I can’t move.” “Did you hear that?”...
Social SatireMentorshipAmerican Southwest