• Bartleby, the Scrivener, Herman Melville
• Bloodchild, Octavia Butler
• Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut
• The Husband Stitch, Carmen Maria Machado
• Mantis Wives, Kij Johnson
• The Nine Billion Names of God, Arthur C. Clarke
• The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula K. Le Guin
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman, Harlan Ellison
• So Late in the Day, Claire Keegan
• The Prussian Officer, D.H. Lawrence.