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1985 short story by Nancy Kress
"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.
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.
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[1] Kress has observed that Gourley is "powerless because of her class, not her gender."[2]
Out of All Them Bright Stars title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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