{"id":3393,"date":"2021-12-31T21:43:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T02:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2021-12-31T21:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T02:43:14","slug":"recommended-short-stories-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"Recommended short stories 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;and a few novelettes and poems mingled in&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/on-a-branch-floating-down-the-river-a-wren-is-singing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On a Branch Floating Down the River, A Wren Is Singing<\/a>, Betsy Aoki (Uncanny) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White Road or How a Crow Carried Death Over a River, Marika Bailey (Fiyah Issue 18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2021\/06\/23\/the-red-mother-elizabeth-bear\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Red Mother<\/a>, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/plenitudemagazine.ca\/trojan-road\/?fbclid=IwAR0ao5zUH12UKKHheRqw1Y2YEpCHjruzQasrQpT2ihygkm5q6GYVp-kGoX8\" target=\"_blank\">Trojan Road<\/a>, Leah Bobet (Plenitude)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2021\/09\/08\/the-station-of-the-twelfth-chaz-brenchley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Station of the Twelfth<\/a>, Chaz Brenchley (Tor.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mermaidsmonthly.com\/2021\/07\/20\/below-salt-heavy-tides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Below Salt-Heavy Tides<\/a>, Andi C. Buchanan (Mermaids Monthly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/radioactivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radioactivity<\/a>, Octavia Cade (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I fell apart my mother put me back together, Renee S. Christopher (Fiyah Issue 20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apex-magazine.com\/demon-fighter-sucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demon Fighter Sucks<\/a>, Katherine Crighton (Apex)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Fire, Leah Cypress (Asimov&#8217;s Nov\/Dec 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reckoning.press\/salvage-song\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salvage Song<\/a>, Julia Da Silva (Reckoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-last-days-of-summer-in-the-city-of-olives\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Last Days of Summer in the City of Olives<\/a>, Filip Hajdar Drnov\u0161ek Zorko (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/when-your-being-here-is-gentler-than-your-absence-hard\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Your Being Here Is Gentler Than Your Absence Hard<\/a>, Filip Hajdar Drnov\u0161ek Zorko (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/for-the-worlds-more-full-of-weeping\/\" target=\"_blank\">For the World\u2019s More Full of W<\/a>eeping, Andrew Dykstal (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/quintessence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quintessence<\/a>, Andrew Dykstal (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-revolution-will-not-be-served-with-fries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Revolution Will Not Be Served With Fries<\/a>, Meg Elison (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thedeadlands.com\/issue-03\/cause-and-manner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cause and Manner<\/a>, Jeannelle Ferreira (The Deadlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allium.colum.edu\/fall-2021-poetry-1\/jeannine-hall-gailey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women on the Edge of an Atomic Breakdown<\/a>, Jeannine Hall Gailey (Allium)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mermaidsmonthly.com\/2021\/09\/27\/i-swim-up-from-below\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Swim Up From Below<\/a>, Sarah Gailey (Mermaids Monthly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Redwood Houses, Amelia Gorman (<em>Climbing Lightly Through Forests<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedeadlands.com\/issue-06\/open-highways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All the Open Highways<\/a>, Alexis Gunderson (The Deadlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hourglass, Jordan Hirsch (Star*Line, Fall 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/alexa-play-solidarity-forever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexa, Play Solidarity Forever<\/a>, Audrey R. Hollis (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/fix\/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-case-of-the-turned-tide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Case of the Turned Tide<\/a>, Savitri Horrigan (Grist: Imagine 2200)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/poetry\/city-lights-as-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Lights As Myth<\/a>, Yong-Yu Huang (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashfictiononline.com\/article\/the-wizards-book-tastes-of-flight\/\">The Wizard&#8217;s Book Tastes of Flight<\/a>, Jennifer Hudak (Flash Fiction Online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/fiction\/a-serpent-for-each-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Serpent for Each Year<\/a>, Tamara Jer\u00e9e (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/six-fictions-about-unicorns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Six Fictions About Unicorns<\/a>, Rachael K. Jones (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Rest, and to Create, L.A. Knight (Fiyah Issue 19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frequently Asked Questions About the Portals at Frank\u2019s Late-Night Starlite Drive-In, Kristen Koopman (<em>It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/translunartravelerslounge.com\/2021\/02\/15\/fractured-by-aimee-kuzenski\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fractured<\/a>, Aimee Kuzenski (Translunar Travelers Lounge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-bear-prince\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bear Prince<\/a>, P.H. Lee (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-02763-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friendship and Other Anomalous Results<\/a>, P.H. Lee (Nature Futures)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/giganotosaurus.org\/2021\/05\/01\/just-enough-rain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Just Enough Rain<\/a>, P.H. Lee (Giganotosaurus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/giganotosaurus.org\/2021\/04\/01\/kuemo-of-the-masks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kuemo of the Masks<\/a>, Naomi Libicki (Giganotosaurus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constelacionmagazine.com\/my-mother-s-hand\" target=\"_blank\">My Mother\u2019s Hand<\/a>, Dante Luiz (Constelacion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bafflingmag.com\/issue-two\/birds-are-trying-to-reinvent-your-heart\" target=\"_blank\">Birds Are Trying to Reinvent Your Heart<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Baffling)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reckoning.press\/letters-from-the-ides\/\" target=\"_blank\">Letters from the Ides<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Reckoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ossify, Jennifer Mace (<em>Climbing Lightly Through Forests<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reckoning.press\/photolinguistics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photolinguistics<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Reckoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/my-custom-monster\" target=\"_blank\">My Custom Monster<\/a>, Jo Miles (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/escapepod.org\/2021\/07\/22\/escape-pod-794-episode-4-the-deflection-of-probability\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Deflection of Probability<\/a>, Premee Mohamed (Escape Pod)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constelacionmagazine.com\/post\/the-badger-s-digestion-or-the-first-first-hand-description-of-deneskan-beastcraft-by-an-aouwan-rese\" target=\"_blank\">The Badger\u2019s Digestion; Or the First First-Hand Description of Deneskan Beastcraft by an Aouwan Researcher<\/a>, Malka Older (Constelacion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2021\/11\/10\/a-better-way-of-saying\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Better Way of Saying<\/a>, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/where-oaken-hearts-do-gather\/\" target=\"_blank\">Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather<\/a>, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Music of the Siphorophenes, C.L. Polk (F&amp;SF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-shape-of-wings-and-feathers\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Shape of Wings and Feathers<\/a>, Jenny Rae Rappaport (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reckoning.press\/from-the-embassy-of-leaks-to-the-court-of-cracks\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the Embassy of Leaks to the Court of Cracks<\/a>, Catherine Rockwood (Reckoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditations on Sun-Ra\u2019s Bassism, Yah Yah Scholfield (Fiyah Issue 19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khoreomag.com\/fiction\/all-worlds-left-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Worlds Left Behind<\/a>, Iona Datt Sharma (Khoreo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/as-i-wait-for-the-killing-blow\" target=\"_blank\">As I Wait for the Killing Blow<\/a>, M. Shaw (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedarkmagazine.com\/forward-victoria\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forward, Victoria<\/a>, Carlie St. George (The Dark)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/thirteen-of-the-secrets-in-my-purse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thirteen of the Secrets in my Purse<\/a>, Rachel Swirsky (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/every-night-and-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">Every Night and All<\/a>, Sonya Taaffe (Nightmare)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/talabi_03_21\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application for an Eternal Spirit Core<\/a>, Wole Talabi (Clarkesworld)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/letters-from-a-travelling-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">Letters from a Traveling Man<\/a>, W.J. Tattersdill (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/phases-of-the-moon\" target=\"_blank\">Phases of the Moon<\/a>, Alice Towey (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-burning-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Burning Girl<\/a>, Carrie Vaughn (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Simon of 9th and Oblivion, Sabrina Vourvoulias (<em>Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/fiction\/bathymetry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bathymetry<\/a>, Lorraine Wilson (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/unseelie-brothers-ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unseelie Brothers, Ltd<\/a>., Fran Wilde (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/fairy-tales\/a-c-wise\/how-to-find-yourself-in-a-fairy-tale\" target=\"_blank\">How to Find Yourself in a Fairy Tale<\/a>, A.C. Wise (Daily SF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diabolicalplots.com\/dp-fiction-74b-for-lack-of-a-bed-by-john-wiswell\/\" target=\"_blank\">For Lack of a Bed<\/a>, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/gender-reveal-box-1695\" target=\"_blank\">Gender Reveal Box, $16.95<\/a>, John Wiswell (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/guidelines-for-appeasing-kim-of-the-hundred-hands\" target=\"_blank\">Guidelines for Appeasing Kim of the Hundred Hands<\/a>, John Wiswell (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/that-story-isnt-the-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">That Story Isn&#8217;t the Story<\/a>, John Wiswell (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drabblecast.org\/2021\/08\/02\/drabblecast-449-the-tyrant-lizard-and-her-plus-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Tyrant Lizard (And H<\/a>er Plus One), John Wiswell (Drabblecast)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/we-are-not-phoenixes\" target=\"_blank\">We Are Not Phoenixes<\/a>, John Wiswell (Fireside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/escapepod.org\/2021\/04\/02\/escape-pod-778-the-machine-is-experiencing-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Machine Is Experiencing Uncertainty<\/a>, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (Escape Pod)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and a few novelettes and poems mingled in&#8230;. On a Branch Floating Down the River, A Wren Is Singing, Betsy Aoki (Uncanny) The White Road or How a Crow Carried Death Over a River, Marika Bailey (Fiyah Issue 18) The Red Mother, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com) Trojan Road, Leah Bobet (Plenitude) The Station of the Twelfth, [&hellip;]<\/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-3393","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\/3393","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=3393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3394,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions\/3394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}