Either "Story of Your Life" http://www.kameli.net/~raimu/rnd/ted-chiang-story-of-your-life-2000.pdf (the story the movie Arrival was based on; fun with chronology) or "Tower of Babylon" (what if certain theological/metaphysical principles were real; then builds from there) by Ted Chiang (SF/F)
no subject
https://amercrustad.com/2014/03/01/how-to-become-a-robot-in-12-easy-steps/ by A. Merc Rustad (SF/F) - unusual format; neuroatypical narrator; brilliant conveyance of emotions
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/tea-time/ by Rachel Swirsky (SF/F) - voices! time! Alice in Wonderland riff.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/05/victory-lap/amp by George Saunders - the voices, OMG.
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/help-follow-sister-land-dead/ by Carmen Maria Machado (horror) - contemporary format. Alternate story by her: "Difficult at Parties," about assault recovery without talking about the assault
Either "Story of Your Life" http://www.kameli.net/~raimu/rnd/ted-chiang-story-of-your-life-2000.pdf (the story the movie Arrival was based on; fun with chronology) or "Tower of Babylon" (what if certain theological/metaphysical principles were real; then builds from there) by Ted Chiang (SF/F)
I will stop now. :)