I spent the year feeling perpetually behind on reading short things, and I finished it the same way. The thing is, though, that I would rather shout about the things I got to and liked than hold off because I didn’t get to everything. And so here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do Houses Dream of Scraping the Sky?<\/a>, Jana Bianchi (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testimony of an Encounter with the Death-Mage, Taken at the Canal Village of Po-Endenn<\/a>, Stephen Case (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This Mentor Lives<\/a>, J. R. Dawson and John Wiswell (Haven Spec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Kristen, Who Would Have Turned 47 Today<\/a>, Melissa Frederick (The Deadlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Father Ash<\/a>, Rachel Hartman (Sunday Morning Transport)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reciprocity<\/a>, Valerie Kemp (Haven Spec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carbon Cycle<\/a>, Lindsay King-Miller (The Deadlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Evan: A Remainder<\/a>, Jordan Kurella (Reactor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Series of Accounts Surrounding the Risen Lady of the Orun-Alai and Other Alleged Miracles in the Final Days of the Riverlands War<\/a>, Aimee Ogden (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caring for Your Damage Sponge<\/a>, Rich Larson (Small Wonders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Morphology<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pockets Full of Stones<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sparsely Populated With Stars<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Flash Fiction Online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ways the Woods May Answer<\/a>, Jennifer Mace (Haven Spec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hot Hearts<\/a>, Lyndsie Manusos (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further Examination and Capture of Candle Skulls Associated with the Baba Yaga<\/a>, Mari Ness (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Letters from Mt. Monroe Elementary, Third Grade<\/a>, Sarah Pauling (Diabolical Plots)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Only Writing Advice You\u2019ll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors<\/a>, Aimee Picchi (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blackjack<\/a>, Veronica Schanoes (Reactor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the Stopping Place<\/a>, Grace Seybold (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Empty Ones<\/a>, Vivian Shaw (The Deadlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Weight of Your Own Ashes<\/a>, Carlie St. George (Clarkesworld)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amitruq Nekyia<\/a>, Sonya Taaffe (Strange Horizons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHagstone,\u201d Sonya Taaffe (Not One of Us, Issue #78)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Intergalactic Smuggler\u2019s Guide to Homecoming<\/a>, Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moon Pies<\/a>, Taylor Thackaberry (Uncharted)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skinless<\/a>, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Haven Spec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have<\/a>, John Wiswell (Uncanny)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Great Beyond Commands<\/a>, John Wiswell (Small Wonders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n