{"id":11716,"date":"2015-12-05T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2015-12-31T22:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T03:47:23","slug":"favorite-short-fiction-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=11716","title":{"rendered":"Favorite short fiction of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided this year to read at least one short story a day. I don&#8217;t recall how that New Year&#8217;s resolution came about, exactly, but it&#8217;s maybe the only one that I&#8217;ve really stuck to. I&#8217;ve only missed <s>two<\/s> three days since January 1, and I&#8217;ve read <s>more than 400<\/s> 440 short stories. (That&#8217;s on top of anything I read for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaleidotrope.net\">Kaleidotrope<\/a> or writing workshop.) Not all of these stories were brand new, but a sizable chunk were, and I&#8217;d say they&#8217;re all well worth your time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I Can See Right Through You&#8221; by Kelly Link (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/pages\/i-can-see-right-through-you\">McSweeney&#8217;s<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Vacui Magia&#8221; by L. S. Johnson (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/2015\/20150105\/VacuiMagia-f.shtml\">Strange Horizons<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Returned&#8221; by Kat Howard (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/returned\/\">Nightmare<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Cat Pictures Please&#8221; by by Naomi Kritzer (<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/kritzer_01_15\/\">Clarkesworld<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Covenant&#8221; by Elizabeth Bear (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2014\/09\/covenant_a_creepy_sci_fi_short_story_from_the_anthology_hieroglyph.html\">Hieoglyph<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Floating Girls: A Documentary&#8221; by Damien Angelica Walters (<a href=\"http:\/\/damienangelicawalters.com\/short-fiction\/the-floating-girls-a-documentary\/\">Jamais Vu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Makeisha in Time&#8221; by Rachael K. Jones (<a href=\"http:\/\/crossedgenres.com\/magazine\/020-makeisha-in-time\/\">Crossed Genres<\/a>) (Her story &#8220;Traveling Mercies&#8221; in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/2015\/20150209\/TravelingMercies-f.shtml\">Strange Horizons<\/a> is also quite lovely.)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Chocolate Chip Cookies for the Apocalypse&#8221; by Claire Spaulding (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/science-fiction\/disaster-apocalypse\/claire-spaulding\/chocolate-chip-cookies-for-the-apocalypse\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Lion and the Unicorn&#8221; by A.C. Wise (<a href=\"http:\/\/lackingtons.com\/2015\/02\/12\/the-lion-and-the-unicorn-by-a-c-wise\/\">Lackington&#8217;s<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Schr\u00c3\u00b6dinger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gun&#8221; by Ray Wood (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2015\/02\/schroedingers-gun-ray-wood\">Tor.com<\/a>)<\/i>\n<li>&#8220;Marking Time&#8221; by Stephanie Burgis (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/hither-and-yon\/magic-realism\/stephanie-burgis\/marking-time\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Dweller in Amenty&#8221; by Genevieve Valentine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/a-dweller-in-amenty\/\">Nightmare Magazine<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Jackalope Wives&#8221; by Ursula Vernon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/jackalope-wives\/\">Apex<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We Are the Cloud&#8221; by Sam J. Miller (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/cloud\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sickly Sweet&#8221; by Evan Dorman (<a href=\"http:\/\/lakesidecircus.com\/2015\/03\/evan-dorman-presents-sickly-sweet\/\">Lakeside Circus<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sing Me Your Scars&#8221; by Damien Angelica Walters (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/sing-me-your-scars\/\">Apex<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Where Monsters Dance&#8221; by Merc Rustad (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inscriptionmagazine.com\/story\/where-monsters-dance\/\">Inscription<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The House in Winter&#8221; by Jessica Sirkin (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/the-house-in-winter\/\">Apex<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Wild Things Got to Go Free&#8221; by Heather Clitheroe (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/wild-things-got-to-go-free\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Good Son&#8221; by Naomi Kritzer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-good-son\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;All That We Carry, All That We Hold&#8221; by Damien Angelica Walters (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com\/original-short-story-all-that-we-carry-all-that-we-hold\/\">Fantastic Stories of the Imagination<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am Graalnak of the Vroon Empire, Destroyer of Galaxies, Supreme Overlord of the Planet Earth. Ask Me Anything&#8221; by Laura Pearlman (<a href=\"http:\/\/flashfictiononline.com\/main\/article\/i-am-graalnak-of-the-vroon-empire-destroyer-of-galaxies-supreme-overlord-of-the-planet-earth-ask-me-anything\/\">Flash Fiction Online<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Stay&#8221; by Daniel Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Older (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firesidefiction.com\/issue22\/chapter\/stay\/\">Fireside Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When the Circus Lights Down&#8221; by Sarah Pinsker (<a href=\"http:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/when-the-circus-lights-down\/\">Uncanny<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ishq&#8221; by Usman Malik (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/ishq\/\">Nightmare<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Among the Thorns&#8221; by Veronica Schanoes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2014\/05\/among-the-thorns-veronica-schanoes\">Tor.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Come My Love and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Tell You a Tale&#8221; by Sunny Moraine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shimmerzine.com\/come-my-love-and-ill-tell-you-a-tale-by-sunny-moraine\/\">Shimmer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Among the Sighs of the Violoncellos&#8221; by Daniel Ausema (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/2015\/20150413\/Violoncellos-f.shtml\">Strange Horizons<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Sorcerer&#8217;s Unattainable Gardens&#8221; by A. Merc Rustad (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/magic-and-wizardry\/a-merc-rustad\/the-sorcerers-unattainable-gardens\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dr. Polingyouma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Machine&#8221; by Emily Devenport (<a href=\"http:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/dr-polingyoumas-machine\/\">Uncanny<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Time Bomb Time&#8221; by C.C. Finlay (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/time-bomb-time\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>) [though maybe less for the story itself than the skill with which Finlay pulls it off]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Remembery Day&#8221; by Sarah Pinsker (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/remembery-day\/\">Apex<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury&#8221; by Neil Gaiman (<i>Trigger Warning<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family&#8221; by Usman T. Malik (<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@usmantm\/the-vaporization-enthalpy-of-a-peculiar-pakistani-family-6362b08bbf2a\">Qualia Nous<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Elephants and Corpses&#8221; by Kameron Hurley (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/2015\/05\/13\/elephants-and-corpses-kameron-hurley\/\">Tor.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s East, Moon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s West&#8221; by Merrie Haskell (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/suns-east-moons-west\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Planet Lion&#8221; by Catherynne M. Valente (<a href=\"http:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/planet-lion\/\">Uncanny<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ossuary&#8221; by Ian Muneshwar (<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/muneshwar_05_15\/\">Clarkesworld<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Song for You&#8221; by Jennifer Marie Brissett (<a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/a-song-for-you\">Terraform<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land&#8221; by Ruthanna Emrys (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/2014\/08\/20\/seven-commentaries-on-an-imperfect-land-ruthanna-emrys\/\">Tor.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Two to Leave&#8221; by Yoon Ha Lee (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/audio\/bcs-151-two-to-leave\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hunting Monsters&#8221; by S.L. Huang (<a href=\"http:\/\/thebooksmugglers.com\/2014\/10\/hunting-monsters-by-s-l-huang.html\">The Book Smugglers<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>June<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Three Feats of Agani&#8221; by Christie Yant (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-three-feats-of-agani\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye&#8221; by Matthew Kressel (<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/kressel_05_14\/\">Clarkesworld<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Fisher Queen&#8221; by Alyssa Wong (<a href=\"http:\/\/fu-gen.org\/crash\/fisherqueen-wong.htm\">Fantasy &#038; Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Breath of War&#8221; by Aliette de Bodard (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-breath-of-war\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What Merfolk Must Know&#8221; by Kat Otis <a href=\"http:\/\/flashfictiononline.com\/main\/article\/what-merfolk-must-know\/\">Flash Fiction Online<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In the Dawns Between Hours&#8221; by Sarah Pinsker (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/queers-destroy-flash-fiction\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Cure&#8221; by Malinda Lo (<a href=\"http:\/\/interfictions.com\/the-curemalinda-lo\/\">Interfictions<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind by Erica L. Satifka (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/bucket-list-found-in-the-locker-of-maddie-price-age-14-written-two-weeks-before-the-great-uplifting-of-all-mankindbucket-list-found-in-the-locker-of-maddie-price-age-14-written-two-weeks-before\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Deathbird&#8221; by Harlan Ellison (<i>Deathbird Stories<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Voidrunner&#8221; by Rachael K. Jones (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/science-fiction\/space-travel\/rachael-k-jones\/voidrunner\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Flash&#8221; by Lavie Tidhar (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/other-worlds-fantasy\/lavie-tidhar\/flash-scifi\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Pirate Songs&#8221; by Nicolette Barischoff (<a href=\"http:\/\/press.futurefire.net\/p\/accessing-future.html\"><i>Accessing the Future<\/i><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Courting the Silent Sun&#8221; by Rachael K. Jones (<a href=\"http:\/\/press.futurefire.net\/p\/accessing-future.html\"><i>Accessing the Future<\/i><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Wendigo Nights&#8221; by Siobhan Carroll (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Episode Three: On the Great Plains, In the Snow&#8221; by John Langan (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Magical Negro&#8221; by Nnedi Okorafor (<i>Kabu-Kabu<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hell Is the Absence of God&#8221; by Ted Chiang (<i>Stories of Your Life and Others<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Shay Corsham Worsted&#8221; by Garth Nix (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Catching Flies&#8221; by Carole Johnstone (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Button Bin&#8221; by Mike Allen (<i>Unseaming<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Shoggoths in Bloom&#8221; by Elizabeth Bear (<i>Shoggoths in Bloom<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Other Forty-Two&#8221; by Sean Williams (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/science-fiction\/other-worlds-sf\/sean-williams\/the-other-forty-two\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>August<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Life on the Sun&#8221; by C.S.E. Cooney (<i>Bone Swans<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Her Pound of Flesh&#8221; by Cassandra Khaw (<a href=\"http:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/?page_id=3479\">Mythic Delirium<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And We Were Left Darkling&#8221; by Sarah Pinsker (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/and-we-were-left-darkling\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Wish from a Bone&#8221; by Gemma Files (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It is Healing, It is Never Whole&#8221; by Sunny Morraine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/it-is-healing-it-is-never-whole\/\">Apex<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Given the Advantage of the Blade&#8221; by Genevieve Valentine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/given-the-advantage-of-the-blade\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Mount Chary Galore&#8221; by Jeffrey Ford (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Atlas of Hell&#8221; by Nathan Ballingrud (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Suffer Little Children&#8221; by Robert Shearman (<i>Fearful Symmetries<\/i>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>September<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Nothing Is Pixels Here&#8221; by K.M. Szpara (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/nothing-is-pixels-here\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;This Side of Time&#8221; by Sarah Gray (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com\/original-flash-fiction-this-side-of-time\/\">Fantastic Stories of the Imagination<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Five Drinks in Siltown&#8221; by Frances Rowat (<a href=\"http:\/\/betwixtmagazine.com\/five-drinks-in-siltown-by-frances-rowat\/\">Betwixt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ouroboros&#8221; by Casandra Khaw (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsungstories.co.uk\/short\/2014\/17\/12\/ouroboros\">Unsung Stories<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Attic of Memories&#8221; by Sunil Patel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com\/flash-fiction-attic-of-memories\/\">Fantastic Stories of the Imagination<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And This Is the Song It Sings&#8221; by Megan Arkenberg (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/and-this-is-the-song-it-sings\/\">Nightmare<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Neuraugment, verb&#8221; by Felicia Davin(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v525\/n7568\/full\/525284a.html\">Nature<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ten Stamps Viewed Under Water&#8221; by Marissa Lingen (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/fsf\/\">Fantasy &#038; Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World&#8221; by Caroline Yoachim (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/seven-wonders-of-a-once-and-future-world\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Murder Goes Hungry&#8221; by Margaret Ronald (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/murder-goes-hungry\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Today I Am Paul&#8221; by Martin L. Shoemaker (<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/shoemaker_08_15\/\">Clarkesworld<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;First Impressions&#8221; by Ricardo Sumalavia (<i>Flash Fiction International<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dustbaby&#8221; by Alix E. Harrow (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shimmerzine.com\/dustbaby-by-alix-e-harrow\/\">Shimmer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Solder and Seam&#8221; by Maria Dahvana Headley (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/solder-and-seam\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Follow Me Down&#8221; by Nicolette Barischoff (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/follow-me-down-by-nicolette-barischoff\/>Unlikely Story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Closest Thing to Animals&#8221; by Sofia Samatar (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firesidefiction.com\/issue27\/chapter\/the-closest-thing-to-animals\/\">Fireside Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Silencer, Head Like a Hole Remix&#8221; by E. Catherine Tobler (<a href=\"http:\/\/ttapress.com\/1851\/interzone-259\/\">Interzone<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Fresh Prince of Gamma World&#8221; by Austin Grossman (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/10\/excerpt-fresh-prince-of-gamma-world\/\">Press Start to Play<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Shapes of Us, Translucent to Your Eye&#8221; by Rose Lemberg (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/the-shapes-of-us-translucent-to-your-eye-by-rose-lemberg\/\">Unlikely Story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Soteriology And Stephen Greenwood: The Role of Salus in the Codex Lucis&#8221; by Julia August (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/soteriology-and-stephen-greenwood-by-julia-august\/\">Unlikely Story<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Crystal&#8221; by Ken Liu (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/modern-fantasy\/ken-liu\/crystal\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Game of Smash and Recovery&#8221; by Kelly Link (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/2015\/20151019\/linksmashandrecovery-f.shtml\">Strange Horizons<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;8 Steps to Winning Your Partner Back (From the Server)&#8221; by A. T. Greenblatt (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/science-fiction\/virtual-reality\/a-t-greenblatt\/8-steps-to-winning-your-partner-back-from-the-server\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Law of the Conservation of Hair&#8221; by Rachael K. Jones (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shimmerzine.com\/the-law-of-the-conservation-of-hair-by-rachael-k-jones\/\">Shimmer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Devil Is Beating His Wife Today&#8221; by Sandra McDonald (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/hither-and-yon\/magic-realism\/sandra-mcdonald\/the-devil-is-beating-his-wife-today\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Lonesome Place&#8221; by August Derleth (<i>American Supernatural Tales<\/i>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>November<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Wooden Feathers&#8221; by Ursula Vernon (<a href=\"http:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/wooden-feathers\/\">Uncanny<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Werewolf Loves Mermaid&#8221; by Heather Lindsley (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/werewolf-loves-mermaid\/\">Lightspeed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Cup of Salt Tears&#8221; by Isabel Yap (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/2014\/08\/27\/a-cup-of-salt-tears-isabel-yap\/\">Tor.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Last Drink Bird Head&#8221; by Daniel Abraham (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Drink-Bird-Head-Anthology\/dp\/1890464120\">Last Drink Bird Head<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Loving Armageddon&#8221; by Amanda C. Davis (<a href=\"http:\/\/crossedgenres.com\/magazine\/019-loving-armageddon\/\">Crossed Genres<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In Autumn&#8221; by Theodora Goss (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/fairy-tales\/theodora-goss\/in-autumn\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Air We Breathe Is Stormy, Stormy&#8221; by Rich Larson (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/2014\/20140811\/stormy-f.shtml\">Strange Horizons<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What Wags the World&#8221; by Sarah Pinsker (<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/modern-fantasy\/sarah-pinsker\/what-wags-the-world\">Daily Science Fiction<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Ape&#8217;s Wife&#8221; by Caitlin R. 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I don&#8217;t recall how that New Year&#8217;s resolution came about, exactly, but it&#8217;s maybe the only one that I&#8217;ve really stuck to. I&#8217;ve only missed two three days since January 1, and I&#8217;ve read more than 400 440 short stories. 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