Emily of Emerald Starship
ShortStory 3,860 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"He told me his mother was a spacecraft. We had just made love, and our bodies were spent and sweat-slicked, the scent of our seed mingling in the stables with the sweet musk of the drowsing horses. Our lids were heavy, but his muscles grew tense in my arms as he whispered of his family..."
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.