Short stories I've enjoyed recently

[mrissa]

It's time once again for that regular feature of this blog: short stories I've enjoyed recently! Occasionally a poem sneaks in here too, but mostly it's what it says on the tin.

To This You Cling, With Jagged Fingernails, by Beth Cato, Fireside
Rapture, by Meg Elison, Shimmer
Carborundum > /Dev/Null, by Annalee Flower Horne, Fireside: serious content warning here, this is a disturbing story that deals with not only sexual violence but lack of trust around its reporting.
Furious Girls, by Juliana Goodman, Fiyah Issue 6
Periling Hand, by Justin Howe, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Midnight Burritos with Zozrozir, by Rachael K. Jones , Daily Science Fiction
When I Was Made, by Kathryn Kania, Robot Dinosaur Fiction
Robo-Liopleurodon!, by Darcie Little Badger, Robot Dinosaur Fiction
The Chariots, the Horsemen, by Stephanie Malia Morris, Apex
Yard Dog, by Tade Thompson, Fiyah Issue 7
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie Sing the Stumps Down Good, by LaShawn M. Wanak, Fiyah Issue 7

Comments

[sonia]

Thank you for the short story recs! I've been enjoying poking through them each time you post them.

Your Beth Cato link didn't work for me. I found it at https://firesidefiction.com/to-this-you-cling-with-jagged-fingernails (Looks like the final 's' is missing)

[mrissa]

Thanks for letting me know! I can fix it easily here; now to figure out whether WordPress will let me do it on the blog site....

[sonia]

That story was totally worth tracking down, too!

[mrissa]

Happily Word Press behaved, so it should be fixed in all locations!

Good recs

[eileenlufkin]

Thank you; these were awesome.