Stories! Creation

[sonia]

The Dragon Project by Naomi Kritzer. I like stories where the kind people (and creatures) win.

Mr. Long has learned how to make tea. He’s not very good at it yet, but if I fill the electric kettle up at bedtime, he starts it in the morning and makes tea for me as I’m getting up.

Also, Clay by Isabel J. Kim. I like the slowness of this story, and agree with the ending, although it felt a bit abrupt.

Modern bodies are made in large quantities. Factories line the edge of the Fissure Basin. Workers scoop sand and mud into large churning vats, feeding extruders that empty into molds in the standard shapes. Factory supervisors smooth out imperfections and align the bodies in the kilns. In optimal circumstances, one in twenty bodies come out of the kiln alive.

Via short story list from mrissa.