title: Out of All Them Bright Stars
text: # Out of All Them Bright Stars
  
  "Out of All Them Bright Stars" is a science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 1985.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  Sally Gourley is a waitress at a diner who watches as an alien tries to order a meal, only to have events spin out of control.
  
  ## Reception
  
  "Out of All Them Bright Stars" won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Kress has observed that Gourley is "powerless because of her class, not her gender."
  
  