For the second straight month, I’m trying the “read a sci-fi periodical from cover-to-cover” thing. Between the October issue of Clarkesworld, the r/Fantasy Short Fiction Book Club, and my continued progress through my ARC of Africa Risen, I didn’t have many shorts that I just picked up on a whim. But I still read some absolutely fantastic… Continue reading October 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
I’ve been blogging for nearly two years now, but I’m still changing up how I handle short fiction reviews, given that I’ll sometimes read individual stories as they catch my eye and sometimes read anthologies straight through. This month, I’ve decided to experiment with reading some web magazines straight through, while leaving space for picking… Continue reading September 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
It was a slow month for novels, but my goodness was it an incredible month for short fiction. Thanks to a final push of reading from Hugo finalist publications, my monthly favorites list is the longest it’s been all year. And then I put down the 2021 publications and promptly found my two favorite stories… Continue reading August 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
I read a ton of short fiction this month, with a mix of 2022 publications, 2021 pieces from Hugo-shortlisted magazines or editors, and even one backlist award winner. As for the longer works, all but one of my reviews posted in July was either an SPSFC or Hugo finalist, so the majority of the links… Continue reading July 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
It’s been a big month of short fiction reading, with a lot of volume and a lot of really good stuff. On the long fiction side, it’s been a successful month as well, though mostly limited to SPSFC and Hugos. So what were my favorites? Let’s get to the roundup. Short Fiction June Favorites “Seen… Continue reading June 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
Between illness and travel and more illness, it’s been a weird spring. I hardly read any short fiction in April, so I’m rolling two months of short fiction together into one post. Because nomination deadlines passed in mid-March, I pivoted from catching up on “Best of 2021” lists to reading whatever caught my fancy, and… Continue reading April/May 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
Awards nomination season is over, so March was a transition away from catching up on everything I could read from “Best of 2021” lists back to reading whatever struck my fancy (and, on the longer work, fit my last few Bingo squares–March 31 is the end of the Bingo year). I did find a gem… Continue reading March 2022 Roundup and Short Fiction Focus
January delivered plenty of “Best of 2021” recommended reading lists, and so February was my heaviest month of short-fiction reading since I jumped back into the form in 2020. I made plenty of additions to my Hugo Nomination Draft, and I had such a good time reading that, even after going back at the end… Continue reading February 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
Moving into the new year, I’m going to make a small change to how I do my round-up posts. I feel like writing extended short story reviews would be too much, but with the length of my unusual comments, it’s hard to capture why a story might not work for me, and so my entries… Continue reading January 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
After a month hiatus stemming from SPSFC responsibilities and a truncated lunch break, November has brought me back to sci-fi/fantasy short fiction, and I’ve come across some truly exceptional work. I didn’t read a bad short story all month, with the monthly “other reads” category both shorter and higher in quality than it usually is.… Continue reading November 2021 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
