Seeking: a collection of essays or short stories I can intermittently read to wean off my phone usage. Could be single author, or anthology. The shorter the stories the better. Preferably of uniform interesting-ness. Potential topics include history, SFF, ethnic studies, queer/trans stuff…
OK, I'll think about other options but Futures from Nature springs immediately to mind. 100 short stories, professional writers & scientists & even a kid, all sorts of SF topics, & I liked almost all of them. Futures from Nature by Henry Gee | Goodreads share.google/jQ4HGZdA4ZhQ...
Also in the SF vein, anything by Ted Chiang. I think he has a couple of short story collections & a novella? Everything he does is fantastic. Good luck with all the books!
Have you been introduced to @premeemohamed.com's work? She has two short story collections out. No One Will Come Back For Us is a diverse and very entertaining SFF collection. One Message Remains is a smaller collection of stories all set in the same universe.