Time: Marked and Mended
Novelette 8,471 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
Graff isn’t quite human. His people move through the galaxy collecting memories and experiences, recording their lives and passing them on. Then, one day, he breaks: he discovers a chunk of his memory is missing. This should be impossible—he’s never forgotten a moment in his life..
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor.com, where the author gets the click.