Typing this out I realize most are science fiction, but they're really good ones. * Neutrino Overdrive — One day in the 1950s, in the desert of California wher

Typing this out I realize most are science fiction, but they're really good ones. * Neutrino Overdrive — One day in the 1950s, in the desert of California where the drag racers line up facing the Christmas lights, a new challenger appears. He is tall with a large forehead and olive colored skin. He wants to race. * Breakfast at Tiffany's — technically a novella, but reads really fast. Different than the movie and better (in my opinion) * Flowers for Algernon — One of the classics * Country of the Blind — in the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king * The Last Question — this is reposted so much on HN and Reddit that if you haven't seen it, yet, just wait a week :) * The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever — Just wow. Actually a lot of the stories in Carbide Tipped Pens are really good. It is a good collection. * The Nostalgianauts — It is easier to find this in audio than as a short story. It is in some collection somewhere