REVIEW: “Sad Mecha Girls” by River S

Review of River S, “Sad Mecha Girls,” Flash Fiction Online 151 (June 2026): 22-25 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

Content note: Drug use, military conscription.

This is definitely a “what it says on the tin” story — the title tells you pretty much all you need to know. Sad mecha girls aren’t the sort of thing I’d seek out myself to read about, but if you want a dose of depressed fatalism, you could do worse than give this story a go.