So far I only listened to:

~ The Mermaids Singing, Each to Each by Cat Rambo (pub 2009) on Spotify Podcast from Clarkesworld - 2*

Thanks to a reviewer I understand the story better. The story has a lot of interesting background but the real story is the MC, who suffered child abuse, chose to become sexless (future SF), and is dealing with an important piece of inheritance that is required to make income. They received it from their abuser. - For me, I didn't enjoy the distractions.

I thought the story was about one thing so I wasn't absorbing some of the others things to get the big picture.