Short Stuff I've Enjoyed, Third Quarter 2024

[mrissa]

 

Again, please feel free to recommend things in the comments, I definitely have not read everything that's out there!

Testimony of an Encounter with the Death-Mage, Taken at the Canal Village of Po-Endenn, Stephen Case (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

This Mentor Lives, J. R. Dawson and John Wiswell (Haven Spec)

Father Ash, Rachel Hartman (Sunday Morning Transport)

Reciprocity, Valerie Kemp (Haven Spec)

Caring for Your Damage Sponge, Rich Larson (Small Wonders)

Letters from Mt. Monroe Elementary, Third Grade, Sarah Pauling (Diabolical Plots)

The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors, Aimee Picchi (Lightspeed)

At the Stopping Place, Grace Seybold (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Moon Pies, Taylor Thackaberry (Uncharted)

Skinless, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Haven Spec)

I'll Miss Myself, John Wiswell (Reactor)

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

A novella rec: Small Gods of Calamity by Sam Kyung Yoo. My new favourite Asian American story: most characters are Korean, but there's also a Japanese one and a Chinese one. Bi, ace lead with anxiety. No romance, but I have a ship.

[mrissa]

Thank you! This list never includes novellas but I'm always happy to have novella recs.

[profiterole_reads]

Yes, I was wondering where you put the cut, so I decided to just state that it's a novella and then you do want you want with it. :-)

[mrissa]

An entirely sensible solution!

[hunningham]

Thank-you for doing this. Working my way the list and enjoying it a lot.

[mrissa]

Hooray, glad you're enjoying!

[vcmw]

oooh, an Aimee Picchi story! I am looking forward to nibbling lots of stories on this list but I dashed to that one first.