This looks like a pretty good subset of the best short fiction of 2015, chosen by the award committee.  Winners will be announced at Worldcon:

“And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
“The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred”, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 10/15)
“The New Mother”, Eugene Fischer (Asimov’s 4-5/15)
“Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny Magazine 1-2/15)
“Emergence”, Gwyneth Jones (Meeting Infinity)
“Damage”, David D. Levine (Tor.com 01/21/15)
“The Game of Smash and Recovery”, Kelly Link (Strange Horizons 10/17/15)
“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan”, Ian McDonald (Old Venus)
“Our Lady of the Open Road”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 6/15)
“The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill”, Kelly Robson (Clarkesworld 2/15)
“Gypsy”, Carter Scholz (F&SF 11-12/15)
“Avery Cates: The Walled City” Jeff Somers (self-published 6/15)