A Day in the Life of Anmar 20X1
ShortStory 3,378 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"It was 10 a.m., and Anmar clapped his hands to silence the screeching wake-up alarm he had set for himself. He didn’t actually need the alarm, since he had already been awake for twelve minutes before it went off, but Anmar enjoyed using technology whenever he could, even if he didn’t need it (his staff would say especially when he didn’t need it)."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.