A Song of Home, the Organ Grinds
ShortStory 5,990 words Recommended by 6 award/anthology sources
An orphan recruit on a Turkish airship tends the brainwashed monkeys that constitute one of their principle weapons. He fears them deeply, but the ones with mechanical parts he fears the worst.
Content warnings 4
deathgoreviolencewar
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