A lot happened in April! I had a lot of chunky posts, so we will be short on the short fiction miscellany this month. But there’s still some. And it’s disproportionately good. So let’s get to some sci-fi fantasy: Short Fiction I posted my usual magazine review, a five-zine mini, and a review of If We Cannot Go… Continue reading April 2026 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
My March round-up is always late because I got distracted by Bingo. It’s an annual occurrence. But I read things, let me share my thoughts and recommendations! Short Fiction As usual, I started with two separate short fiction posts, one on Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus and the Magazine Minis post dipping into five different zines. I won’t repeat those… Continue reading March 2026 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
It was a short month, and this will be a short post (relative to the usual at least), because I spent a lot of my reading time on series and rereads. Did I also read new short fiction? Of course I did. Let’s take a look! Short Fiction As always, I started with a review… Continue reading February 2026 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
I’ve spent a bit of this month traveling and a bit snowed in with the kids, so my short fiction reading has been a little down from my usual. Does that mean I have nothing to recommend? (I always ask this, and the answer is always “no”). It may be a light round-up, but the… Continue reading January 2026 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
We’ve finished another month, and despite all the holidays and family demands, I did actually read things! Some of those things were very good! The best of them I’ve already shared, but the best of them are also worth sharing again. And there are a fair few others that are worth talking about. So let’s… Continue reading December 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
There’s been a little less miscellany than usual this month, as most of my short fiction reading has been part of either my monthly magazine reviewing or the couple Year’s Best anthologies I’m working through. Does that mean I have nothing to recommend? Of course not. Let’s get to it. Short Fiction November Favorites As… Continue reading November 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Somebody on the Internet told me that October was Black Speculative Fiction Month. I figured that was cause for a little bit of TBR shuffling, and I found some true gems mixed in with my usual new release reading schedule. As always, let’s start with short fiction before moving on to the longer works. Short… Continue reading October 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
It’s been a bit of a topsy-turvy month in real life, but I’ve managed to get a lot of reading done, albeit in a different order than usual. And when you read enough in any given month, you’re bound to find amazing things that you want to share with the world. So let’s do that,… Continue reading September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Travel and an unusually hefty short fiction project this month left me with relatively little time for miscellany, and what time I had was mostly spent in search of the lucky 10,000, focusing on acclaimed 20th century sci-fi that I’d somehow yet to read. And wouldn’t you know it, I found some great stuff! Let’s… Continue reading August 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
After finishing up my reading for both the Hugos and SPSFC, I felt strangely on top of things, so I decided to dig into some backlist short fiction. As it turns out, short stories that people are still recommending five (or more) years after their initial publication are disproportionately excellent. I’ve got quite a list… Continue reading July 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
