“Dave’s Head” by Suzanne Palmer

[Oleksandr]

Here is the best for me story from 2019 Clarkesworld.

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/palme...

Suzanne Palmer was several times nominated for major awards in the last few years.

[Oleksandr]

This work is 8096 words long, so I shift it to novelette

[Ryan]

I enjoyed this quite a bit. The worldbuilding reminds me of Snow Crash, except it's more plausible.

I really wonder what's in those vials the protag has. They're an unexplained MacGuffin, my least favorite kind.