Mar 23, 2023
If you haven't read any short stories in a while, it's a great time to get back into them. A ton of truly excellent books of short speculative fiction came out recently, and wondrous new tales are appearing in magazines all the time. We talk about some of our favorite new books of short stories — and we offer some tips for writing some short fiction yourself.
Works mentioned:
All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight
New Suns 2, ed. Nisi Shawl
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Drinking From Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker
Evil Flowers by Gunnhild Øyehaug
The Wishing Pool by Tananarive Due
Never Too Old to Save the World: A Midlife Calling Anthology, edited by Alana Joli Abbott and Addie J. King
Sunday Morning Transport
Escape Pod Podcast
Starship Sofa Podcast
Asimov's Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Analog Science Fiction
Lightspeed Magazine
Uncanny Magazine
Strange Horizons
Tor.com
Clarkesworld Magazine
NIghtmare Magazine
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