Again with the short stories I’ve liked

Here we are once again with this irregularly recurring feature: short stories I have liked since last time I posted about short stories I have liked. I make no pretense about having read everything, so if you want to recommend something in the comments section, please do; I am nothing like caught up, even on the magazines to which I have links here, much less those which I do not. It has been quite a time lately and is not going to get any less timey. So links to good stories are appreciated wherever they come. I can easily miss things right now.

Asleep in the Traces, by Michael J. DeLuca (Middle Planet)

The Signal Birds, by Octavia Cade (Liminal Stories)

The Middle Child’s Practical Guide to Surviving a Fairy Tale, by Mari Ness (Fireside Fiction)

Spirit of Home, by José Pablo Iriarte (Motherboard)

Contra Gravitatem (Vita Genevievis), by Arkady Martine (Lackington’s)

Blood Reckonings, by Alec Austin (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Mortal Eyes, by Ann Chatham (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Originally published at Novel Gazing Redux