A Son of the Rock

a shout is a prayer / for the waiting centuries¹ by T R Napper is a tale of a moneyed, privileged overclass and downtrodden servants with no choices, intermixed with memories of war.
The Re’em Song² by Julie C Day. The bones or blood of dead Re’em – unicorn-like creatures long hunted from the Kerill valley – protect farmland and buildings. Orri and Sunifa nevertheless encounter one.
Doors³ by Bonni Jo Stufflebeam. Nikki, effectively orphaned, has the responsibility of looking after her Down’s Syndrome brother Zack. On a visit to a fairground she enters a ride which offers her a choice of universes to live in.
Angel Fire by Christien Gholson. An ex-stock trader and serial divorcé roams a US where desperate people light fires to entice angels to save them.
Her First Harvest⁴ by Malcolm Devlin. On a colony world where there is no soil people are “seeded” with fungi which grow on their backs. The crop is harvested during a grand Ball.

Pedant’s corner:-
¹ a line of … were being created (a line was)
² fetid (fœtid)
³ Written in USian. Where her brother could take of himself (could take care of himself.)
⁴ Fungi have spores; not seeds. “the orchestra were establishing themselves (the orchestra members were….; or, the orchestra was establishing itself.)