This short story is about archivists retrieving and classifying evidence in the aftermath of an incident in New York City. It has the near-future dystopian vibe which Valentine does so well, and a level of bleakness which I find satisfying in short stories (but tend to be less of a fan of in novels). I listened to the audio/podcast version read by Kate Baker.

The first time I’d ever even been to any of those streets was the morning I reported to my scope leader, who was sitting behind a desk that looked like it had once belonged to a teacher, but there had been a couple of schools in the neighborhood and it was better not to think too much about it.
When you applied to the Homeland Archive, they asked a lot of questions about how many questions you asked.