Do Not Waver, My Heart
Novelette 13,484 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"Good morning, Akasma.” I say these words to my spaceship every day, whether it is a good morning or not, because she is the only being I can safely talk to, and she has said she likes my voice, froggy and raspy though it may be. My spaceship is not, for all intents and purposes, a living thing."
Content warnings 3
body-horrordeathdeath-of-a-loved-one
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.