The Failed Dianas” by
Monique Laban. A young woman returning from a space-based financial internship goes to a high-end restaurant and meets a different version of herself, quite a bit older. It turns out that this is the original Diana who disappointed her parents deeply by refusing to go into finance; by the end of the story we’ve met five versions of the same person, each one cloned and raised at a different age by the same parents. This is a very pointed story about filial relationships, expectations, and autonomy. A very different and unexpected relationship forms in “