The Translator, at Low Tide, by Vajra Chandrasekera

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆

(Climate SF) In a sad, future Sri Lanka, the narrator watches his/her city die from the effects of sea-level rise and abandonment. (3,981 words; Time: 13m)

Half-Eaten Cities, by Vajra Chandrasekera

[Anthology]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Allegory) This allegory equates increasing wealth inequality to loss of territory due to sea level rise. (998 words; Time: 03m)

Running the Gullet, by Vajra Chandrasekera

[Analog]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Far-Future SF) In the days when Sol is becoming a red giant, an ancient creature speaks to a group of “children” and proposes they play a game. (3,624 words; Time: 12m)

Heron of Earth, by Vajra Chandrasekera

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆ Average

(Posthuman) She’s the last human on Earth, put there by the Sentimental project that regreened the planet, and she refused to leave when the money ran out. (2,138 words; Time: 07m)

Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems, by Vajra Chandrasekera

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(Android SF) Robot goes through rigorous training to fight assassins. (997 words; Time: 03m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

Applied Cenotaphics in the Long, Long Longitudes, by Vajra Chandrasekera

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(Near-Future SF) An interview with a simulation of the dead artist, Satka, who still has a big online following years after her death. (6,428 words; Time: 21m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

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Sweet Marrow, by Vajra Chandrasekera

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(Present-Day SF) Ulna works for "The Department," investigating a murder. Her lover, Marrow, believes The Department committed the murder itself. (3,792 words)

Rating: 3, Unremarkable

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Documentary, by Vajra Chandrasekera

Lightspeed Magazine, March 2015; 1,649 words
Rating: 3, Good, ordinary, story  Recommended By:  Locus

Somebody is making a documentary about Kamaria, who is a were-helicopter.

Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)

Pro: Very nice twist that the ghosts are making the documentary. Eerie ending, where they are waiting to see what, if anything, will happen if she fires her weapons, even though she never does.

Con: We can't decide whether this story is trying to be serious or not. Perhaps it is meant to have a larger meaning, but, if so, we can't see what it is.