Greg Egan: TAP

Brilliant novelette about impacts of in-head implantats and new way of infra-red emotional communication.

Source: SF page refered by author's homepage

Mike Combs: Whose Image?

After his death, a guy meets God. Quite surprising meeting, after all ...

Source: Author's personal page

Dr. Laurance Doyle: A Cosmic Evolution

Our evolution in poem

Source: Author's article

David Brin: Lungfish

Excellent story about relationship of Humans and rest of galactic society.

Topics: Von Neumann probes, postbiological life, Fermi paradox and Great Silence question

Source: Author's personal page

Terry Bisson: They're Made out of Meat

Sweet aliens' dialog about essence of humanity.
(movie version here).

Source: Author's personal page