Dec. 2nd, 2019

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I haven't been reading a ton of short fiction lately. As someone who is known at least in part for my short fiction recommendations, this seems less than ideal. I did a short fiction reading challenge in July, but before that I’d read barely any 2019 works. Since then, I’ve been trying to read a small number of stories online every month. But it's so much less than I used to read. I still love short SFF, and I know we are living in an amazing time for it. There’s so much diverse, creative, wonderful short SFF being published right now—much of it free to read online.

But the fact that there’s so much might be part of my problem. I can’t keep up. I could never keep up, so I don’t know why this is a problem now. But it's been feeling more overwhelming this year than it was last year. Maybe it's that I have more other stuff on my plate. However, it's also my emotional needs in the last few years. Read more... )
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