Favorite short work from the end of 2023

[mrissa]

 

This is not my year-end round-up of short pieces! That will come soon! This is just my late fall/early winter faves!

Held at the Roots, Jennifer Crow (Kaleidotrope)

Five Easy Hairstyles for Snake-Haired Girls, Jelena Dunato (Small Wonders)

Junebug, Sarah Hollowell (Apex)

"The Corruption of Malik the Unsmiling," Naseem Jamnia (Sunday Morning Transport)

My Bonsai Lover in Winter, Rachael K. Jones (The Deadlands)

The Sound of Children Screaming, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare)

The Year Without Sunshine, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny)

Imagine Yourself Happy, Premee Mohamed (Small Wonders)

Ivy, Angelica, Bay, C.L. Polk (Tor.com)

What Will Bring You Home, Jenny Rae Rappaport (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

To Carry You Inside You, Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld)

Five of Cups, Ali Trotta (The Deadlands)

In Memories We Drown, Kelsea Yu (Clarkesworld)