Recommend me some short fiction?

[redbird]

I would like recommendations of short fiction (individual stories or collections) or nonfiction for the kindle, to use as airplane reading. Most of the fiction I read is sf, fantasy, and mystery, but am open to other genres (including "mainstream"); nothing too dark please.

Comments

[kaberett]

The Saladin Ahmed I just linked to is really good and mostly hopeful. Some gore and some bittersweetness, but I loved it to bits (and my gore tolerance is super low).

Also really enjoyed Crossed Genre's Menial.