Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County, by Derek Künsken

[Asimov's]

★★★☆☆

(SF Epic) Over 100 years in China, we track Qiao Fue and his illegitimate daughter Lian Mee as they separately try to revolutionize AI and bioengineering. (24,931 words; Time: 1h:23m)

Time Reveals the Heart, by Derek Künsken

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Time Travel) Lei loves his job researching the past, but the time-travel drugs can be addictive, and he worries that he doesn’t have the will power to keep resisting them. (5,804 words; Time: 19m)

Tachyon Hearts Cannot Love, by Derek Künsken

[Asimov's]

★★☆☆☆

(Fantasy Science) A man tells his story of travelling the galaxy faster than light. (1,950 words; Time: 06m)

The Ghosts of Ganymede, by Derek Künsken

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(SF Colony) Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees making a new home on Ganymede discover million-year-old monuments left by unknown visitors and find they’re causing problems with the colony’s electronics. (7,842 words; Time: 26m)

Water and Diamond, by Derek Künsken

[Asimov's]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(SF Mystery; The Quantum Magician) Hui investigates what look like attempts to hack the popular online games on the Chinese colony station orbiting Shāngǔ. (10,506 words; Time: 35m)

Although this is supposed to be part of the Quantum Magician series, I can’t see the connection (just from reading the blurb for the book). Anyway, this story stands alone just fine.