I’ve been trying to organize my short fiction a little bit better this month, so I have two magazine review posts and a little bit less for the miscellany. And yet, I still have some favorites to share, both in short-form and long. Let’s take a look! Short Fiction September Favorites I’ve already reviewed the September issue… Continue reading September 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
My short fiction reviews over the last couple years have been almost entirely limited to two monthly posts: a review of the magazines I read cover-to-cover and a catch-all roundup with an assortment of everything else. But in 2024, I’ve been trying to be a little more consistent in my reading of magazines that aren’t… Continue reading Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis: Asimov’s (September/October 2024) and Lightspeed (August and September 2024)
I’m still chugging along reading my two regular magazines, and there was plenty of short fiction that I’m really excited to talk about this month. Let’s dive in! Clarkesworld I usually discuss each issue of Clarkesworld in the order that the stories are listed in the table of contents, but this issue has me mentally… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine: Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (September 2024)
It’s been a busy August in real life, with a family getaway, a couple celebrations, and the beginning of school. But I’ve been plugging along in my reading, and I’ve found some great fiction. Do I say that every month? Pretty much yeah. But I read enough to make it true. Let’s get to it,… Continue reading August 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Another month, another batch of short fiction to read. Let’s take a look at the two magazines I read in full this August! Clarkesworld The August issue of Clarkesworld features a couple authors I’d immensely enjoyed in the past, so I was really excited to get to this one. And as expected, it gave me… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2024)
I finished my Hugo reading at the end of June, and SPSFC is taking our annual break between the announcement of a winner and the starting of next year’s competition, which means I had a whole lot of opportunity to pick up whatever caught my eye. And wouldn’t you know it, I found some real… Continue reading July 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
Another month, another batch of short fiction to read. Let’s take a look at the two magazines I read in full this July! Clarkesworld Even when Clarkesworld doesn’t have a story that blows me away, it’s always a good read, and this month there were a couple standouts and a few others that were plenty… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (July 2024)
I’m keeping up with my four year-old tradition of reading and ranking every Hugo Award finalist in the categories of Short Story, Novelette, Novella, and Novel. Yesterday’s post was a downer about a Short Story shortlist that I did not care for at all, but today’s tone will be much different, as the Best Novelette… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novelette
In each of the last four years, I’ve read through and evaluated the Hugo Awards shortlists for Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story. I try to vote in other categories as well, but I realistically don’t have time for everything, and these categories are my primary focus. So this week, it’s… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Short Story
Every month, I say that I read great things. It’s always true–with as much as I read, something is going to be good enough to shout about. But sometimes slumps happen, and June 2024 saw me in the middle of one. I was going through a disappointing Hugo shortlist (more on that in the coming weeks),… Continue reading June 2024 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
