It has been a big month outside of reading. Multiple birthdays, the start of school for the kids, and. . . oh yes, moving. I probably haven’t been reading quite as much as usual. But what I have read have included a few absolutely tremendous pieces of sci-fi and fantasy. So let’s get to it,… Continue reading August 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
It was a big month, with the end of SPSFC2 and the announcement of the Hugo Finalists, so there hasn’t been very much short fiction miscellany. I have been reading Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker, which has a lot of excellent stories that I’d like to shout out, but which will get its own review in a… Continue reading July 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Between travel and the end-of-the-school year rush, it was a light month of short fiction reading. But as I nearly always say in light reading months, I still found things to love. Hey, if it weren’t true, I’d stop saying it. But there is a new wrinkle this month: the death grip that near-future sci-fi… Continue reading June 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Between Easter travel and the scramble to April 30th deadlines for both Hugo nominations and the end of the SPSFC2 semifinals, April was a bit of a chaotic reading month, and I ended up reading less short fiction than usual. But as always, I still have something to recommend. So let’s get to it. Short… Continue reading April 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
After a mad scramble through various “Best of the Year” lists in February, March slowed down a little bit, with one more magazine and bit less miscellany. That said, I still found some really fantastic short fiction, even outside my normal sources. And I read a pair of novels that read very outside the norm,… Continue reading March 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
It was a short month, but a busy one, and according to my spreadsheet, it was my favorite month of sci-fi/fantasy short fiction since August. I suppose that’s what mining “Best of the Year” lists will get you. Let’s jump in! Short Fiction As I mentioned in my magazine review post, I liked pretty much… Continue reading February 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
As part of my “read more magazines cover-to-cover” goal for 2023, I have started what will be a monthly magazine review post, which means I don’t have 40 short stories to recap in the monthly roundup. But I’ve done a lot of short fiction reading outside of staying current with my three chosen publications, so… Continue reading January 2023 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
It was the month that sees the “best of 2022” lists start dropping (including mine!), which means it was the month that saw my short fiction TBR explode and my reading pace try desperately to catch up. Overall, I read 25 short pieces this month, and there were some really good ones in that batch. … Continue reading December 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
With holidays and travel, it was a light reading month, one that saw me read just three shorter pieces that weren’t part of the Africa Risen anthology or the November 2022 issue of Clarkesworld. But even in a light month, there was a lot to like. So let’s get to the stories! Short Fiction November Favorites “Calf… Continue reading November 2022 Round-up and Short Fiction Focus
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
