The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere

This love story is just so pure and heartwarming, I didn't want it to get over. Gus is a sweetheart and Matt maybe a bit scared but his heart is true. I liked everyone except Matt's sister and I don't care if she loves him, but she is a bully.

I also liked how fascinating this world was, and how everyone had to maneuver the way they spoke, hedging between truth and lies, so that they don't get drenched in water. It's a real dilemma and makes us realize how difficult it is to be truthful 100% of the time. I'm just amazed at how much the author was able to convey in such a small story and can totally understand why this won the Hugo.

that was ... short! I want to read more :/

An interesting short story - personal choices, families, relationships colliding in a world where if you lie, it rains on you.

Definitely worth a read.

Brilliant. Ended too soon. This is why I read spec fic short stories - there's a special genre of them which is lively, well-written, and totally different from the sci-fi/fantasy books they're ostensibly related to.

Another thing: this story made me realize how many good spec fic shorts I've read and lost. Like Practicing My Sad Face (which I've since remembered right now), and that one about invading aliens that look like piles of sticks and talk by clacking the sticks around. Or the aliens that invade and take on “comforting” forms like toasters. I think I found those in Apex & Abyss Magazine, but can't find them anymore - a great tragedy!