Phosphorescence
ShortStory 6,190 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"In the belly of the ship, the Machinist toiled. Beyond the walls of her workshop, ships of dark metal pursued her across the Atlantic, their hulls unaffected by the gnashing teeth of thunderstorms. Lightning flashed horizontally across the bay. Those dark ships, stained with the furious flags of the state, screamed their protest..."
Content warnings 2
deathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.