Shorts from 2013

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I realized I didn't read as many shorts as I thought so now I feel silly making a separate post.  Oh well.  Again, I bolded the really good ones and italicized the boring ones.

The Too-Clever Fox, Leigh Bardugo
Backscatter, Gregory Benford
As the Wheel Turns, Aliette de Bodard
Immersion, Aliette de Bodard
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard
The Waiting Stars, Aliette de Bodard
The Seafarer, Tobias Buckell
The Girl Who Went Out for Sushi, Pat Cadigan
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling, Ted Chiang
The Elephant in the Room, Paul Cornell
Drona’s Death, Max Gladstone
The Dowry, Peadar O’Guilin
The Boy Who Cast No Shadow, Thomas Olde Heuvelt
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress
Mono No Aware, Ken Liu
In Sea-Salt Tears, Seanan McGuire
Rat Catcher, Seanan McGuire
The Sun and I, K.J. Parker
Illuminated, K.J. Parker
The Fish of Lijiang, Chen Qiufan
The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson
The Dala Horse, Michael Swanwick
The Mongolian Wizard, Michael Swanwick
Terrain, Genevieve Valentine
The Best We Can, Carrie Vaughn

Of the shorts, the best one hands down was Parker's "The Sun and I".