A review by evanbernstein
The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell, J.K. Drummond

2.0

This story had stock characters and a story that was skimmable. The characters said things as mottos "the battle is won before it begins" and, wouldn't you know, they raise an army that wins against all odds because it won before it begun. All in 5 pages. Eh.

I liked the idea of two authors telling a story in the same world, but Paolo Bacigalupi is a much better author and chose a much better story for a short story than this one.