"Lest We Forget" - First Prize, 1997 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing - Asimov's Science Fiction magazine web site, 1998 - READ magazine, Feb 1998 - Learning English: Green Line New, Klett, 2000 (Germany) - Learning English: Red Line New, Klett, 2000 (Germany)     She turned to face him. "Why do you do it, Morgan?"     "Why does anyone?" He sat down on the floor and leaned his back against the couch. "I don't want to have to remember all the shitty little things that happen to me." He sighed. "What's the point of having memory chips if you can't use them selectively?"     "They were designed for perfect long term memory," Corey said.     "At least I keep the memories of the erasure," Morgan said. "Most people don't even do that. They erase every trace, like nothing ever happened. That's dangerous. What I do just makes life easier to deal with."     In the future, all a person's memories are perfectly recorded on microchips implanted in the brain. Morgan and Corey had always been friends, but their friendship is put to the test when Morgan starts erasing unpleasant memories. It seemed like a good way to cope, but what you don't remember can hurt you.     The Dell Magazines Award (previously called the Isaac Asimov Award) is sponsored by Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and judged by editor Sheila Williams and novelist Rick Wilber. "Lest We Forget" has been reprinted several times, including in a textbook series for teaching the English language to German-speaking students. It was also adapted as a short film by Brian Barr and shown at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Melissa Garber, Rick Wilber, Sheila Williams, David Kirtley. Asimov's Magazine July 1997. Photo by Beth Gwinn.   Download the story: