In a society where the modification industry has transformed how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbinary teen braves the "reinvention" room to accept a gift from the dead. In an accidental city in space, a young apprentice holds neighborhoods together with braided carbon filaments, until distraction and inspiration arrive in the wake of a visitor. Entitlement-fueled drug use alters the landscape of white privilege, a robot remembers the earth, and corporate "walkers" stroll for unknown subscribers--until one hacks the system.

Cadence /Charlotte Nicole Davis -- On the tip of my tongue / William Alexander -- Melanitis / Junauda Petrus-Nasah -- Extremophiles / A. R. Capetta -- The memory of soil / Wendy Xu -- Walk / K. Ancrum -- The weight of a name / Nasugrao Rainey Hopson -- Twin strangers / Elizabeth Bear -- The cage / E. C. Myers -- Smile river / A. S. King.