Please note that this is NOT REPEAT IT IS NOT my year in review post of recommended stories. That will come later (tomorrow, maybe, if I’m speedy; after if not). This is JUST what I enjoyed most from the short stuff I read in the late part of the year. Okay? okay good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anta Baku’s recent story project including\/starting with Ian and the Beanstalk<\/a> and The Emperor’s New Beth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n On Safari in R’lyeh and Carcosa With Gun and Camera<\/a>, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enchanted Objects: Buy-Sell-Trade Group, YOU MUST BE APPROVED TO JOIN<\/a>, Tina Connolly (Daily SF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five Quests and the Oracle, Pamela Dean (Her Magical Pet<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Scholar of the Bamboo Flute, Aliette de Bodard (Silk & Steel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Feast from Tile and Stone<\/a>, Ryan Eric Dull (BCS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n You and Whose Army?<\/a>, Greg Egan (Clarkesworld)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seams of Iron, Adriana C. Grigore (Common Bonds<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Heart That Saves You May Be Your Own<\/a>, Merrie Haskell (BCS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Tally of What Remains<\/a>, R.Z. Held (BCS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words We Say Instead<\/a>, Brit E. B. Hvide (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Born Again<\/a>, Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Lolwe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uncontrolled Variable, Sara Joiner (Her Magical Pet<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fight Some Crime Or I’ll Tell Mom<\/a>, Rachael K. Jones (Daily SF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five Tips for Sealing Away an Ancient Evil, Ann LeBlanc (If There’s Anyone Left Vol. 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Story for a Bottle, Darcie Little Badger (Love After the End<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Salt Crypts of Ghiarelle, Jennifer Mace (Silk & Steel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to Burn Down the Hinterlands, Lyndsie Manusos (F&SF Nov\/Dec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elinor Jones Vs. the Ruritanian Multiverse, Freya Marske (Silk & Steel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Layer of Catherines<\/a>, Elisabeth R. Moore (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note to Self<\/a>, Sunny Moraine (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Science and Artistry of Snake Oil Salesmanship<\/a>, Timothy Mudie (BCS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to Survive the Apocalypse for Native Girls, Kai Minosh Pyle (Love After the End<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ambrosia, Margaret Saunders (Fiyah No. 16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heard, Half-Heard, in the Stillness<\/a>, Iona Datt Sharma (Anathema)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Margo Lai’s Guide to Dueling Unprepared, Alison Tam (Silk & Steel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together We Can Be More!, Juliette Wade (Analog Nov\/Dec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bottomless Martyr<\/a>, John Wiswell (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n