You know how this goes by now: I make no pretense of comprehensive reading, even of the magazines for which I’ve linked a story. This is some stuff I’ve read and liked. If there’s something you’ve enjoyed lately, please feel free–encouraged, in fact–to link to it in the comments. This is just a roundup of stories (and maybe a poem) I thought well of. Yay! If you thought well of some stories (and maybe a poem or two) since last time I did this, by all means please share.
Feeding Mr. Whiskers, by Dawn Bonanno (Fireside)
Dire Wolf, by Michael J. DeLuca (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
Man-Size, by Gwynne Garfinkle (The Sockdolager)
The Last Cheng Beng Gift, by Jaymee Goh (Lightspeed)
We Came Here to Make Friends, by Martha Hood (The Sockdolager)
If a Bird Can Be a Ghost, by Allison Mills (Apex)
And Sneer of Cold Command, by Premee Mohamed (The Sockdolager)
Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes, by Wendy Nikel (Flash Fiction Online)
Birth, Place, by Brandon O’Brien (Uncanny)
Stories We Carry on the Back of the Night, by Jasper Sanchez (Mithila Review)
Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny)
You Can Adapt to Anything, by John Wiswell (Daily Science Fiction)