The Emotionless, in Love
Novella 28,352 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
Ancient nanotech controls a few humans to enforce harsh anti-technology rules on a reluctant population. Colton escaped its control at the cost of losing all emotion, and he struggles to be accepted by a caravan that’s trying to evade some of the restrictions.
Content warnings 3
deathviolencewar
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.