John Wallace - Moon drome

Extremely cliched: an undefeatable space racer whose 'owner' wants him to lose has a close encounter with some enigmatic aliens...

Chen Qiufan - The flower of Shazu - translated by Ken Liu

Rather depressing tale of a one-way romance with a prostitute which leads to murder....

Caroline M. Joachim - The philosophy of ships

Bodies can be in 'inhabited' by many people. A skiing accident causes one more personality realignment too many for the couple involved...

Priya Sharma - Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver

Lots of plotting and court intrigue, not much else.

Jason Sanford - Mirrorblink

Weird story of the Earth 'sheltering' in the Sun while an 'information' plague ravages society. Atmospheric but leaves everything unexplained. ( )