• Bartleby, the Scrivener, Herman Melville
• Bloodchild, Octavia Butler
• A Guide for Young Ladies Entering the Service of the Fairies, Rosamund Hodge
• Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut
• The Husband Stitch, Carmen Maria Machado
• I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter, Isabel Fall
• The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
• Mantis Wives, Kij Johnson
• The Nine Billion Names of God, Arthur C. Clarke
• The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Prussian Officer, D.H. Lawrence.
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman, Harlan Ellison
• So Late in the Day, Claire Keegan
• Sweat, Zora Neale Hurston