Well. Here it is, all of them together. I make no pretense of reading everything. I make no pretense of giving you a Top Ten; I am not David Letterman, and why should I be. What I do is like the things I like, and point at them. This is a lot, and I thought about just pointing at the composite posts from over the year, but you know what? No. Stand as you are able and be counted, stories I like. Other people can worry about their awards ballot. Everyone on this list has just won the Marissa Award of I Read That and Liked It, and when I went to put the link in I thought of it again and went ooh, oh, that one yesssss.<\/p>\n
I am mortally certain that there were wondrous things I didn’t get to. Things that will be collected and I will say that was 2017? I didn’t read it then, how did I miss that?<\/em> And that makes me so happy, knowing there is more still out there. I was perpetually book-short as a child. This feeling of abundance: it is so satisfying.<\/p>\n There were things by people I have known over a decade, friends who have sat in my chairs and eaten my food and drunk my drink. And that pleases me, I like it when my friends do things I like. And there were things by new friends, people I’d just met, people I met after I liked their things and said so, even. People I could greet with, oh yes, you had that thing about topic, I liked that. But what makes me even happier, in this tiny world that is folded funny that is speculative fiction publishing, is that I still don’t know all of these people. I still had not heard all of these names, not by a long shot. And that means there are all sorts of wondrous people out there making wondrous things I can’t even make a stab at anticipating yet.<\/p>\n Yay. Do that, wondrous people. Do that more.<\/p>\n What to Expect from the Large Hadron Collider as a college roommate, Betsy Aoki<\/a>, Uncanny Well. Here it is, all of them together. I make no pretense of reading everything. I make no pretense of giving you a Top Ten; I am not David Letterman, and why should I be. What I do is like the things I like, and point at them. This is a lot, and I thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-short-story-glory"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Old Woman Who Hands You An Apple, Betsy Aoki<\/a>, Uncanny
\n“Lanny Boykin Rises Up Singing,” Jess Barber, Reckoning 2
\nThe Last of the Minotaur Wives, Brooke Bolander<\/a>, Tor.com
\nFeeding Mr. Whiskers, Dawn Bonanno<\/a>, Fireside
\n2067 Transcript of Found Audio Interview, Adrienne Maree Brown<\/a>, Riverwise
\nHer Hands Like Ice, KT Bryski<\/a>, Bracken
\nSearch History, K. T. Bryski<\/a>, Daily Science Fiction
\nCrown of Thorns, Octavia Cade<\/a>, Clarkesworld
\nThe Atomic Hallows and the Body of Science, Octavia Cade<\/a>, Shimmer
\nAnd the Village Breathes, Emily Cataneo<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nWith Cardamom I’ll Bind Their Lips, Beth Cato<\/a>, Uncanny
\n“The Bull Who Bars the Gate to Heaven,” Zella Christensen, Reckoning 2
\nPipecleaner Sculptures and Other Necessary Work, Tina Connolly<\/a>, Uncanny
\nDire Wolf, Michael J. DeLuca<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nThe Lies I’ve Told to Keep You Safe, Matt Dovey<\/a>, Daily Science Fiction
\nJunebug’s Magical Magnificent Mercurial Barbershop, Malon Edwards<\/a>, Fireside
\n“Rumplestiltskin,” Jane Elliott, Reckoning 2
\nThe Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales, Fei Dao<\/a>, Clarkesworld
\nMan-Size, Gwynne Garfinkle<\/a>, The Sockdolager
\nThe Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom, Max Gladstone<\/a>, Tor.com
\nThe Last Cheng Beng Gift, Jaymee Goh<\/a>, Lightspeed
\n“Excavate,” Melody Gordon, Fiyah Issue 4
\n“Barbara in the Frame,” Emmalia Harrington, Fiyah Issue 4
\nProsthetic Daughter, Nin Harris<\/a>, Clarkesworld
\nWe Came Here to Make Friends, Martha Hood<\/a>, The Sockdolager
\nA Late Quintessence, Justin Howe<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nLe Lundi de la Matraque, Claire Humphrey<\/a>, Strange Horizons
\nRegarding the Robot Raccoons Attached to the Hull of My Ship, Rachael K. Jones and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali<\/a>, Diabolical Plots
\nPacking, T. Kingfisher<\/a>
\n“Earthspun,” Krista Hoeppner Leahy, Reckoning 2
\nelemental haiku by Mary Soon Lee<\/a>
\nThe Compassion of the Pheasant Lord, Leena Likitalo<\/a>, Lackington’s
\n“The Last Exorcist,” Danny Lore, Fiyah Issue 3
\nRed Bark and Ambergris, Kate Marshall<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nRuin Marble, Arkady Martine<\/a>, Mithila Review
\nFlare, Kathryn McMahon<\/a>, Ellipsis
\nMaking Us Monsters, Sam J. Miller and Lara Elena Donnelly<\/a>, Uncanny
\nIf a Bird Can Be a Ghost, Allison Mills<\/a>, Apex
\nAnd Sneer of Cold Command, Premee Mohamed<\/a>, The Sockdolager
\nThe Water and the World, Premee Mohamed<\/a>, Mythic Delirium
\nLearning to See Dragons, Sarah Monette<\/a>
\nNational Geographic on Assignment: the Unicorn Enclosure, Sarah Monette<\/a>, PodCastle
\nThe Stars That Fall, Samantha Murray<\/a>, Flash Fiction Online
\nStealing Tales, Mari Ness<\/a>, Daily Science Fiction
\nPlain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes, Wendy Nikel<\/a>, Flash Fiction Online
\nBirth, Place, Brandon O’Brien<\/a>, Uncanny
\nThey Will Take You From You, Brandon O’Brien<\/a>, Strange Horizons
\nThe Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon, Finbarr O’Reilly<\/a>, Clarkesworld
\nThe Cold, Lonely Waters, Aimee Ogden<\/a>, Shimmer
\nThat Lingering Sweetness, Tony Pi<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nWelcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM, Rebecca Roanhorse<\/a>, Apex
\n“Riley and Robot,” Arnica Ross, Fiyah Issue 4
\nFor Now, Sideways, A. Merc Rustad<\/a>, Diabolical Plots
\nSuddenwall, Sara Saab<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
\nStories We Carry on the Back of the Night, Jasper Sanchez<\/a>, Mithila Review
\nElemental Love, Rachel Swirsky<\/a>, Uncanny
\nSome Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus, Bogi Takacs<\/a>, Clarkesworld
\nA Lovesong from Frankenstein’s Monster, Ali Trotta<\/a>, Uncanny
\nSun, Moon, Dust, Ursula Vernon<\/a>, Uncanny
\n“Fourth-Dimensional Tessellations of the American College Graduate,” Marie Vibbert, Reckoning 2
\nTwelve Pictures from a Second World War, Nghi Vo<\/a>, Strange Horizons
\nA Burden Shared, Jo Walton<\/a>, Tor.com
\nClearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand, Fran Wilde<\/a>, Uncanny
\nThe First Stop is Always the Last, John Wiswell<\/a>, Flash Fiction Online
\nYou Can Adapt to Anything, John Wiswell<\/a>, Daily Science Fiction
\n“Cracks,” Xen, Fiyah Issue 3
\nAuspicium Melioris Aevi, JY Yang<\/a>, Uncanny
\nTexts from the Ghost War, Alex Yuschik<\/a>, Escape Pod<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"