I love N.K. Jemisin's short fiction, and her stories deserve all the awards she's received. The City Born Great won the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, and was nominated for a number of other accolades. Make sure to check out Sinners, Saints, Dragons, And Haints, In The City Under The Still Waters over on PodCastle. 
 For anyone who enjoyed The Ballad of Black Tom and its response to Red Hook, this story is a neighbor in the modern era.