I'm kind of new at this nomination thing, but I'd like to nominate Nancy Fulda's "Movement." There are short stories she's written that I enjoyed more (I like her adventure stories and mysteries because that's what I generally like anyway!)
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...-a-short-story
This story was nominated for the 2011 Hugo and Nebula awards.
When her concerned parents investigate a treatment that could change her life forever, Hannah's world is thrown into turmoil. Unable to speak -- at least not in ways most people can understand -- Hannah struggles to face the question of who she really is, and who she wishes to become.
If we are supposed to nominate one we haven't read yet, I'd pick her:
http://www.amazon.com/Starscape-Slig...ds=nancy+fulda
It totally looks like the type of fun read I'd enjoy.
Kittyhawk Gruff never wanted to compete with her sisters. It's not her fault she's good at everything from alien artifacts to hyperspace mechanics. She'd far rather be ordinary than deal with her family's resentment. But when a trans-dimensional entity lures her sisters into an archaeological death trap, Kittyhawk knows she will have to stop pretending and live up to her own potential.