There's a Hole in the City

"There's a Hole in the City" is a 2005 speculative fiction short story by Richard Bowes that describes the September 11th attacks alongside the "summoned ghosts from past disasters" in New York City. Originally published in the online magazine Sci Fiction, the story has been reprinted multiple times in various anthologies and won both the Million Writers Award and the International Horror Guild Award. It was also a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. The story has been called "the single best piece of fiction" about the experience and aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and has been analyzed in critical examinations of fiction related to New York.