Kaiju Agonistes
Novelette 12,993 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"[Time Reference Unavailable]—August, 1946 The watchseed is planted in a watery hemisphere of a watery world. The place spins around a yellow star, wearing its magnetic field like a proud little hat. It’s ridiculous with life. Hence, a watchseed, with the best of intentions. Let’s give the seed-planters that much. They mean well."
Content warnings 4
misogynyracismviolencewar
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.