Blowout
ShortStory 6,979 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Folake Adeyemi was slowly digging her index finger into the base of her afro and staring at the row of remote subsurface exploration monitoring screens when she heard the explosion. She’d let her mind wander for a few moments, subconsciously clenching her jaw as she thought about what she’d say to Femi when he finally got back to the orbital station."
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on Analog, where the author gets the click.