Broken
ShortStory 4,860 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Flyer 247-3 hasn’t flown in five days. In these five days, she has become accustomed to the hum and whine of the air filtration system cranked to its highest setting. She has become accustomed to her cell, four paces long, four paces wide. Its lack of view. She has become accustomed to peering through green goggles..."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.