The Robot
Novelette 7,870 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Got a new one for you,” the mover said. Small man, in neat overalls, wheeling the box on the stacker. That’s what the robot saw when they opened the box and let it out. It stepped cautiously out into sunshine. An unfamiliar city skyline, a boxy whitewashed building in front of him, a busy-looking woman in a blue dress examining the manifesto."
Content warnings 2
deathwar
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.