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"For many Americans, imagining a bright future has always been an act of resistance. A People's Future of the United States presents twenty never-before-published stories by a diverse group of writers, featuring voices both new and well-established. These stories imagine their characters fighting everything from government surveillance, to corporate cities, to climate change disasters, to nuclear wars. But fear not: A People's Future also invites readers into visionary futures in which the country is shaped by justice, equity, and joy. Edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams, this collection features a glittering landscape of moving, visionary stories written from the perspective of people of color, indigenous writers, women, queer & trans people, Muslims and other people whose lives are often at risk" --… (més)
This is a VERY mixed anthology. I liked some of the stories very much; others not at all. Some of the stories are hopeful. Some of the stories are bleak. Some of the stories are SF set in the very near future, some are set in the far future, and some seem to be set in a completely different world altogether. CW in very many of these stories for racism and homophobia. I did not call that out individually because it's so prevalent throughout, though it is handled in very different ways in the various stories. I am glad I read this, but man did I get bogged down in the middle by the depressive nature of some of the stories.
(SIDE NOTE: I did not end the anthology with the final story. I read that final story out of order because I wanted to save McGuire’s story for last. THIS WAS THE BEST IDEA I HAD WHEN IT CAME TO THIS ANTHOLOGY. McGuire's story is a much more hopeful and uplifting way to end the anthology than the actual final story would have been. I feel that bookending the collection with Anders at the start and McGuire at the end is the way it should have been arranged.)
Quick notes on each of the stories:
"The Bookstore at the End of America" by Charlie Jane Anders ~ I can't say I'm surprised to see "America vs. California" in this anthology opener. I really like the idea of a bookstore being the place where two separate and radically different groups could come together, though the situation that the bookstore is set into didn't seem to be the focus.The focus seemed to be the bridging of the two different mentalities, and it was a great, hopeful way to start the book.
"Our Aim Is Not to Die" by A. Merc Rustad ~ Very powerful story about what life might be like if it became illegal to be anything other than "The Ideal Citizen." Ideal meaning neurotypical straight white male. (Though some women were allowed, as long as they acted like proper women, including wanting marriage and children.) And everyone was terminally online, to the point where you would be fined for not posting on social media. I liked this one enough to go buy the author's short story collection immediately upon finishing it.
"The Wall" by Lizz Huerta ~ While this idea was interesting, it didn't seem to fit the anthology (so far) to me. To start with, there was talk of healing magic when neither of the other stories so far has had fantasy elements. Then also, I think it was set in Mexico... even though the US was used as a plot point it didn't seem (to me) to be about the US (per the title of the anthology). I liked the premise of what to do with soldiers who have had their free will taken away (sometimes voluntarily) but ultimately this story didn't hold my interest.
"Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley ~ A neat story, but one that touches on war and verges on body horror. (I think it isn't more of either only because the MC is a child when the main action takes place and the focus is elsewhere.) This falls nicely into the category of stories about how powerful words can be. I don't want to be this kind of Librarian, though.
"Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity [excerpted]" by Malka Older ~ Neat concept, but Older captured the feel of an academic paper so well that I lost interest.
"It Was Saturday Night, I Guess That Makes It All Right" by Sam J. Miller ~ This felt bleak, and very focused on sex. I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.
"Attachment Disorder" by Tananarive Due ~ This one's a dystopian. I'm not sure I actually understood what was happening, though I did like the characters.
"By His Bootstraps" by Ashok K. Banker ~ This one was amusing, but it also felt a little mean, and I think I would have liked it better without that aspect. I agree with the sentiment, though. I also appreciated that this was one of the few so far that has felt hopeful and not like a dystopian.
"Riverbed" by Omar El Akkad ~ I was just depressed by this one.
"What Maya Found There" by Daniel José Older ~ This one, where a scientist takes big risks to avoid her research falling into the wrong hands (read: government control) feels both like one of the most realistic and the least realistic. (Most: government likes to control science if it can. Least: the bio-mods this is about seem far-fetched, thankfully.) I enjoyed it, though it felt like only a piece of a much larger story.
"The Referendum" by Lesley Nneka Arimah ~ I'm not a fan of this one. While I'm not saying it couldn't happen (I don't want it to be possible, but the world is weird) this version of the present (though it was "near future" when it was written) where the civil rights act has been overturned and Black people can't own guns is just too bleak for me to like it. Even the writing style felt bleak. Quite likely that was intentional, but I didn't like it.
"Calendar Girls" by Justina Ireland ~ I enjoyed this story of rebellion in a future version of our world where contraception has been made illegal. (Side note: it's also very bleak in subject matter, but the way it's written didn't feel as bleak as the prior story to me.) Going into more detail would give spoilers, and I think it's best to approach this story without knowing much about it.
"The Synapse Will Free Us from Ourselves" by Violet Allen ~ This is another story that it's best to read without knowing anything about it. I will say that I really enjoyed the reveals that come along the way, and I greatly enjoyed reading this one. Highly recommended!
"O.1" by Gabby Rivera ~ Much more hopeful than I had anticipated given how it started. It was a little odd to swap POVs this many times (4 I think?) during a short story but it worked in the end. ~ CW: pregnancy, mention of suicide and plague
"The Blindfold" by Tobias S. Buckell ~ Given the issues with racism in America right now, and the discrepancy between how white and Black people are treated by police officers and the courts, this story hits way too close to home for comfort. However, it was really well written and I enjoyed it even though the subject matter was uncomfortable in how plausible it is. Nicely done.
"No Algorithms in the World" by Hugh Howey ~ I really liked this one. I think it's probably the most plausible future so far of all the stories I've read here. It also doesn't feel like the focus on the "future" part of this anthology, even though it also is... this is a father-son connection that could happen at any time and place, with a variety of different things at the center of the generation gap. One of my favorites so far.
"Esperanto" by Jamie Ford ~ Neat study in contrast between a digital reality world where everyone is the same, and the real world with all its differences. This could have been written using “I don’t see color (aka race)” as a prompt, but it also touches on our reliance on tech.
"ROME" by G. Willow Wilson ~ The climate change aspect of this story is sadly too possible. I hope that the rest of it isn’t likely, but pessimism says it is. Well-written, but depressing story.
"Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death" by N. K. Jemisin ~ Fun and good story, but it feels like neither science fiction or the US. It feels like fantasy set on an unspecific dystopian world that is similar to Earth but not. I liked it, but I’m not sure it fits the anthology’s theme. It feels like it would fit a dragon anthology better… but it’s one of the few hopeful stories in this collection, and I’m here for that.
"Good News Bad News" by Charles Yu ~ I think this might be my favorite story in the collection. It’s both hopeful and realistic and yet blatantly a science fiction future. Being written as a series of newspaper articles (newspapers still existing being perhaps the least plausible part of the story) it manages to show some depressing bits without feeling depressing… but the main part of the story is fleshed out enough with dialogue that it still feels hopeful.
"What You Sow" by Kai Cheng Thom ~ I didn’t like this one. It is a bit of body horror, a bit monster story, a bit gross, and with nearly entirely all toxic relationships… and it doesn’t fit the tone or theme of the anthology to me. Not my kind of story.
"A History of Barbed Wire" by Daniel H. Wilson ~ I suppose this story is as bleak as a lot of them, but it’s told in a way that feels different. This one is set on a future Cherokee reservation in an America that no longer takes care of any of its non-wealthy citizens. Instead of trying to sneak into the US from Mexico, people are trying to sneak into the rez from the US. I enjoyed this one.
"The Sun in Exile" by Catherynne M. Valente ~ This was amusing, but yet not all at once. There didn’t seem to be much resolution to the plot, if there was a plot at all. I think Valente’s work just isn’t for me; I’m generally indifferent to it at best. (As I am with this story.)
"Harmony" by Seanan McGuire ~ I am very glad that I read this one out of order and read it last. It was the perfect counterpart to the first story in the anthology, the perfect way to end the collection. The basic premise going into the story is that the world has legislated tolerance... but that doesn't mean that humans have changed at all or that it's easy for "others" to fit in. From that it sounds depressing, but this story is absolutely the opposite of depressing. It is one of the most uplifting stories in the anthology, and I enjoyed every moment I spent reading it.
"Now Wait for This Week" by Alice Sola Kim ~ Time loop stories are one of my weaknesses… I don’t always like them, but I always want to. I didn’t like this one, and I also feel it was a bad choice to end the collection with. While (I think) the time loop is resolved at the end, the story leaves the reader with no sense of resolution—which is a hard enough sell for a solo short story, but even more of a letdown when it’s the final impression for the whole anthology. ( )
When I bought this book, the seller said she thought it contained the best stories of the year, and I have to agree with her opinion. It's an extraordinarily strong collection. Given the theme of the anthology, I was expecting it to be fairly bleak. Instead I found the stories to be uplifting and hopeful. Gorgeous and highly recommended. ( )
I am so in love with the book. It's at turns hopeful, sad, amazing, and thoughtful. I highly recommend the audio book - the different narrators really compound the different voices of the stories. Must read! ( )
I am a little dismayed by how many of these stories are greatly dystopian, or rather, I'm a little dismayed by the fact when they were asked to write speculative fiction about the future, the ideas all came out dystopian, even if there was a lot of breaking-through-the-dystopia hope. BUT I did enjoy most of the stories in this collection, which is a way higher amount than I normally get for a short story collection. There were a ton of really interesting ideas floating around here. ( )
A People's Future of the United States is not a simple read, nor a comfortable one. It begins from the premise that our current precarious situation will almost certainly get much worse. But within all of the futures contained here, there remain people, people whose marginalizations, whose existence on the edges of what some ideologies would think of as America, have given them profound depths of resilience. These futures are not easy. But they show us how we too might find ways to live, and live well, no matter what is coming.
Each story builds a plausible extrapolation of the current world, and each character is well drawn. This bold collection is full of hope, strength, and courage, and will be welcomed by readers looking for emotional sustenance and validation of their experiences in a challenging time.
Pause for a moment to think about everything terrible that’s going on in the United States right now, such as the rise of nationalism and the creeping dread that everything women, people of color, and LGBT folks have gained in the last 50 years could be yanked away at any moment. (No hard feelings if you chose not to imagine this.) Now, what if all of that could be…even worse? This question drives most (but not all) of the 25 stories in this collection.... A mixed bag of topical, speculative tales.
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My father and I saw each other only three times before he died. -Introduction, Victor Lavalle
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These days I think Limbaugh, while still popular, has retreated a ways into the far-right antimatter universe. Back then, he was trailblazing the same hustle Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham would refine: scaring old white people for money. My dad was an old white person, and he loved Rush Limbaugh. - Introduction
“There is no such thing as impartial history,” Zinn once said. He added, “The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data.” - Introduction
The president of California wished the president of America a “good spring solstice” instead of “happy Easter,” and the president of America called a news conference to discuss this unforgivable insult. America’s secretary of morality, Wallace Dawson, called California’s gay attorney general an offensive term. California moved some troops up to the border and performed some “routine exercises." - The Bookstore at the End of America
The American media kept running stories about a pregnant woman in New Sacramento who lost her baby because her supposedly deactivated birth-control implant had a buggy firmware update, plus graphic stories about urban gang violence, drugs, prostitution, and so on. California’s media outlets, meanwhile, worked overtime to remind people about the teenage rape victims in America who were locked up and straitjacketed, to make sure they gave birth, and the peaceful protestors who were gassed and beaten by police. - The Bookstore at the End of America
When the wall went up, it was to keep people out. Ridiculous, considering the vast network of tunnels the cartels had burrowed under the political border with the earth diligence of dwarves. Wall to keep the empire safe: strrrrrong empire, empire with mightiest military in the world, empire made of blood and theft, human and land. Before the wall was even finished the empire began to strip rights, silence certain people, keep others sparking in their skins of distrust. But most of the inhabitants paid attention to other things, shiny things, scandals. It would pass, hadn’t it always? White folks had short memories. The conspiracy community screamed vindication when the leak came about a certain additive in the morning water of those in uniform. It was too late. Nobody expected the strongest military in the world to turn on their own people. Mothers, husbands, children, lovers, tried to reason with their beloved, but there were few defectors. Some swore it was an apocalypse. Others lamented that it was part of an old plan, maybe a secret society. Or maybe the parasite became greedy, trying to devour its host. Things went badly. - The Wall
The men in charge wanted people to forget penicillin and remember plague. They shut down the schools, starved out the teachers, and figured if they gave it a few years, everybody but them would die of measles, flu, or fear. Citizens ended up surviving on Spam and soup. No medicine. Little plots of land and falling-down houses. Basically conditions like those much of the rest of the world had faced for many years, but no one here was used to them, and so a lot of the population dropped dead due to shock, snakes, spiders, and each other. I was born four years into all of this. My mother died in childbirth, because by that time there were no doctors left in our city. The last one had been executed. - Read After Burning
You are the amen of my family, and I am the in the beginning of yours. - Read After Burning
Knowledge couldn’t keep everything bad from happening; that was my first story, and it was a true one. - Read After Burning
“I’m making a new story out of the old stories. This story”—she called out the name, something about mice, something about men—“this one has a wife, killed for no reason. This one too. And this one. This one has a boy hung up in a lynching tree. This one has an eleven-year-old girl narrated into existence by the man who rapes her. This one has a scientist dying of cancer, her husband getting credit for her discoveries. This one has dozens of people trying to swim across a river and shot from the banks. This one has a child dying because his family can’t afford medicine. This one has a boy murdered because he loves boys.” “You’re writing down the American collection again?” my daddy asked the Needle. Those stories sounded like the way the world was. “No,” said the Needle. “There are some stories here that are holy. Others, I think, may benefit from being remembered differently.” - Read After Burning
There are many nights in a lifetime, if it is long, and some of them must be spent sleeping. It is crucial to remember that even in groups of the good, humans are still humans, and bodies are still fragile, that uncertainty can take over and that when it does, there is no option but shouting strength back into the crowd. There are stories about perfection, but those stories are lies. No one ever made the world better by being perfect. There is only mess in humans, and sometimes that mess turns to magic, and sometimes that magic turns to kindness, to salvation, to survival. - Read After Burning
“Sometimes bloodstains are the only writing you get to leave behind." - Read After Burning
Father said he wasn’t worried. He said Americans are like this, brittle with privilege. Sometimes anger robs them of their senses and they make bad decisions, but in a way this was really just another testament to American greatness—how adept the United States was at surviving its endless self-inflicted wounds. We live in a good country, he said, and it will be good again. - Riverbed
The man on TV said Americans are good people you know but they only vote one of two ways with their hearts or with their heads and let’s hope it’s not too late let’s hope it’s not too late but thank the Lord this time they came to their senses and voted with their heads. But it didn’t seem to me like they voted with their heads. It seemed like they voted with their fangs. - Riverbed
It was only at the very end that my father’s calm veneer finally evaporated. He turned to one of the soldiers, pleading. We’re from here, he said. We’re Americans. The soldier looked straight through him, and it occurred to me then that in this country it has never really mattered what you are, only what you’re not. - Riverbed
They look like what elevator music would be if it showed up in human form, drank wine from a box, had a respectable day job and a digitally enhanced spouse at home with kids to match. - Esperanto
There were several brungs scattered throughout, which told him precisely what the test designers thought about people like him. In a test, there ought to be right answers and wrong answers but not tricks. To trick a person—to infringe on his vernacular and cast doubt on his means of expression—did not test his knowledge; it tested the circumstances of his birth. - ROME
“Remember that? That was fun, having a fire department.” She was holding Luis’s Big Gulp and slinging water across the roofing shingles like a farmer sowing seeds. “Remember FEMA?” Fletcher squinted up at her with what he hoped was a grin. “Remember park rangers?” “Remember when we were gonna get light-rail to the Eastside?” Claire grinned back, shielding her eyes from the sunless glare. “It was nice having a government that did, like, basic stuff. I don’t think we realized how basic it was. My parents voted for the president. Twice. They were, like, we have no money; why should we pay taxes for shit? They still have no money and now also no fire department. The fire abatement whatever subscription service for their neighborhood cost twice as much per year as they were paying in state taxes before. So. That worked out well. Thanks, Mom.” - ROME
“It is such an unfortunate truth that shit doesn’t happen to you based on what you can deal with.” - Now Wait for This Week
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At that moment, all I wnted was the truth that had been denied me so long. Might it be denied me now? -Alice Sola Kim, Now Wait for This Week
"For many Americans, imagining a bright future has always been an act of resistance. A People's Future of the United States presents twenty never-before-published stories by a diverse group of writers, featuring voices both new and well-established. These stories imagine their characters fighting everything from government surveillance, to corporate cities, to climate change disasters, to nuclear wars. But fear not: A People's Future also invites readers into visionary futures in which the country is shaped by justice, equity, and joy. Edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams, this collection features a glittering landscape of moving, visionary stories written from the perspective of people of color, indigenous writers, women, queer & trans people, Muslims and other people whose lives are often at risk" --
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(SIDE NOTE: I did not end the anthology with the final story. I read that final story out of order because I wanted to save McGuire’s story for last. THIS WAS THE BEST IDEA I HAD WHEN IT CAME TO THIS ANTHOLOGY. McGuire's story is a much more hopeful and uplifting way to end the anthology than the actual final story would have been. I feel that bookending the collection with Anders at the start and McGuire at the end is the way it should have been arranged.)
Quick notes on each of the stories:
"The Bookstore at the End of America" by Charlie Jane Anders ~ I can't say I'm surprised to see "America vs. California" in this anthology opener. I really like the idea of a bookstore being the place where two separate and radically different groups could come together, though the situation that the bookstore is set into didn't seem to be the focus.The focus seemed to be the bridging of the two different mentalities, and it was a great, hopeful way to start the book.
"Our Aim Is Not to Die" by A. Merc Rustad ~ Very powerful story about what life might be like if it became illegal to be anything other than "The Ideal Citizen." Ideal meaning neurotypical straight white male. (Though some women were allowed, as long as they acted like proper women, including wanting marriage and children.) And everyone was terminally online, to the point where you would be fined for not posting on social media. I liked this one enough to go buy the author's short story collection immediately upon finishing it.
"The Wall" by Lizz Huerta ~ While this idea was interesting, it didn't seem to fit the anthology (so far) to me. To start with, there was talk of healing magic when neither of the other stories so far has had fantasy elements. Then also, I think it was set in Mexico... even though the US was used as a plot point it didn't seem (to me) to be about the US (per the title of the anthology). I liked the premise of what to do with soldiers who have had their free will taken away (sometimes voluntarily) but ultimately this story didn't hold my interest.
"Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley ~ A neat story, but one that touches on war and verges on body horror. (I think it isn't more of either only because the MC is a child when the main action takes place and the focus is elsewhere.) This falls nicely into the category of stories about how powerful words can be. I don't want to be this kind of Librarian, though.
"Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity [excerpted]" by Malka Older ~ Neat concept, but Older captured the feel of an academic paper so well that I lost interest.
"It Was Saturday Night, I Guess That Makes It All Right" by Sam J. Miller ~ This felt bleak, and very focused on sex. I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.
"Attachment Disorder" by Tananarive Due ~ This one's a dystopian. I'm not sure I actually understood what was happening, though I did like the characters.
"By His Bootstraps" by Ashok K. Banker ~ This one was amusing, but it also felt a little mean, and I think I would have liked it better without that aspect. I agree with the sentiment, though. I also appreciated that this was one of the few so far that has felt hopeful and not like a dystopian.
"Riverbed" by Omar El Akkad ~ I was just depressed by this one.
"What Maya Found There" by Daniel José Older ~ This one, where a scientist takes big risks to avoid her research falling into the wrong hands (read: government control) feels both like one of the most realistic and the least realistic. (Most: government likes to control science if it can. Least: the bio-mods this is about seem far-fetched, thankfully.) I enjoyed it, though it felt like only a piece of a much larger story.
"The Referendum" by Lesley Nneka Arimah ~ I'm not a fan of this one. While I'm not saying it couldn't happen (I don't want it to be possible, but the world is weird) this version of the present (though it was "near future" when it was written) where the civil rights act has been overturned and Black people can't own guns is just too bleak for me to like it. Even the writing style felt bleak. Quite likely that was intentional, but I didn't like it.
"Calendar Girls" by Justina Ireland ~ I enjoyed this story of rebellion in a future version of our world where contraception has been made illegal. (Side note: it's also very bleak in subject matter, but the way it's written didn't feel as bleak as the prior story to me.) Going into more detail would give spoilers, and I think it's best to approach this story without knowing much about it.
"The Synapse Will Free Us from Ourselves" by Violet Allen ~ This is another story that it's best to read without knowing anything about it. I will say that I really enjoyed the reveals that come along the way, and I greatly enjoyed reading this one. Highly recommended!
"O.1" by Gabby Rivera ~ Much more hopeful than I had anticipated given how it started. It was a little odd to swap POVs this many times (4 I think?) during a short story but it worked in the end. ~ CW: pregnancy, mention of suicide and plague
"The Blindfold" by Tobias S. Buckell ~ Given the issues with racism in America right now, and the discrepancy between how white and Black people are treated by police officers and the courts, this story hits way too close to home for comfort. However, it was really well written and I enjoyed it even though the subject matter was uncomfortable in how plausible it is. Nicely done.
"No Algorithms in the World" by Hugh Howey ~ I really liked this one. I think it's probably the most plausible future so far of all the stories I've read here. It also doesn't feel like the focus on the "future" part of this anthology, even though it also is... this is a father-son connection that could happen at any time and place, with a variety of different things at the center of the generation gap. One of my favorites so far.
"Esperanto" by Jamie Ford ~ Neat study in contrast between a digital reality world where everyone is the same, and the real world with all its differences. This could have been written using “I don’t see color (aka race)” as a prompt, but it also touches on our reliance on tech.
"ROME" by G. Willow Wilson ~ The climate change aspect of this story is sadly too possible. I hope that the rest of it isn’t likely, but pessimism says it is. Well-written, but depressing story.
"Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death" by N. K. Jemisin ~ Fun and good story, but it feels like neither science fiction or the US. It feels like fantasy set on an unspecific dystopian world that is similar to Earth but not. I liked it, but I’m not sure it fits the anthology’s theme. It feels like it would fit a dragon anthology better… but it’s one of the few hopeful stories in this collection, and I’m here for that.
"Good News Bad News" by Charles Yu ~ I think this might be my favorite story in the collection. It’s both hopeful and realistic and yet blatantly a science fiction future. Being written as a series of newspaper articles (newspapers still existing being perhaps the least plausible part of the story) it manages to show some depressing bits without feeling depressing… but the main part of the story is fleshed out enough with dialogue that it still feels hopeful.
"What You Sow" by Kai Cheng Thom ~ I didn’t like this one. It is a bit of body horror, a bit monster story, a bit gross, and with nearly entirely all toxic relationships… and it doesn’t fit the tone or theme of the anthology to me. Not my kind of story.
"A History of Barbed Wire" by Daniel H. Wilson ~ I suppose this story is as bleak as a lot of them, but it’s told in a way that feels different. This one is set on a future Cherokee reservation in an America that no longer takes care of any of its non-wealthy citizens. Instead of trying to sneak into the US from Mexico, people are trying to sneak into the rez from the US. I enjoyed this one.
"The Sun in Exile" by Catherynne M. Valente ~ This was amusing, but yet not all at once. There didn’t seem to be much resolution to the plot, if there was a plot at all. I think Valente’s work just isn’t for me; I’m generally indifferent to it at best. (As I am with this story.)
"Harmony" by Seanan McGuire ~ I am very glad that I read this one out of order and read it last. It was the perfect counterpart to the first story in the anthology, the perfect way to end the collection. The basic premise going into the story is that the world has legislated tolerance... but that doesn't mean that humans have changed at all or that it's easy for "others" to fit in. From that it sounds depressing, but this story is absolutely the opposite of depressing. It is one of the most uplifting stories in the anthology, and I enjoyed every moment I spent reading it.
"Now Wait for This Week" by Alice Sola Kim ~ Time loop stories are one of my weaknesses… I don’t always like them, but I always want to. I didn’t like this one, and I also feel it was a bad choice to end the collection with. While (I think) the time loop is resolved at the end, the story leaves the reader with no sense of resolution—which is a hard enough sell for a solo short story, but even more of a letdown when it’s the final impression for the whole anthology. (