Damien Broderick. The Beancounter’s Cat. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 29th Annual Collection)

Originally in : Eclipse Four (ed Strahan).

A story that packs a lot into a few pages, introducing a character you want to know more about, offering a glimpse of a facinating setting that is left behind way too quickly, and leaving you with a tantalising glimpse of what is to come, but only that.