Bishop's Opening
Novella 20,630 words Recommended by 7 award/anthology sources
"Old as she was, the Kiskadee had done three full delivery runs without a single safety incident. So naturally, with the crew relaxed after a fourth successful delivery and launch, and eight cycles after Reece slingshotted the starship around Tavaco to head back to the Roost and their next job, their luck ran out."
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.