A marvellous illusion! A terrible surprise! : short sf about moments of realization

Most of this is recent. And this list is not exhaustive (partially because it only includes stories freely available online).

This is some of my favorite sf of the past several years . . . and a bit longer.


The Water That Falls On You from Nowhere, John Chu
http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/02/the-water-that-falls-on-you-from-nowhere

Safety Tests, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
http://kriswrites.com/2013/09/09/free-fiction-monday-safety-tests/

Skin In the Game, Sabrina Vourvoulias
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/12/skin-in-the-game-sabrina-vourvoulias

The Best We Can, Carrie Vaughn
http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/the-best-we-can

Exhalation, Ted Chiang
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/

Cookie Monster, Vernor Vinge
http://www.analogsf.com/0310/cookie.shtml

Real Artists, Ken Liu
http://escapepod.org/2013/01/03/ep377-real-artists/

Breakaway, Backdown, James Patrick Kelly
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/breakaway-backdown/

Heaven Under Earth, Ailette de Bodard
http://www.electricvelocipede.com/2012/08/heaven-under-earth-by-aliette-de-bodard/

Seventy-two letters, Ted Chiang
http://web.archive.org/web/20020202192832/http://www.tor.com/72ltrs.html

Arbeitskraft, Nick Mamatas
http://www.nick-mamatas.com/arbeitskraft.html