{"id":3894,"date":"2015-02-04T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloggie.org\/books2\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2015-02-04T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:16:28","slug":"a-short-story-a-day-keeps-the-critic-at-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/books2\/2015\/02\/a-short-story-a-day-keeps-the-critic-at-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"A short story a day keeps the critic at bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI want to read more short science fiction and fantasy, even have subscribed to Clarkesworld<\/cite> and Apex Magazine<\/cite> but the digital issues keep piling up on my virtual coffee table. I need to set myself a challenge, to actually start reading short fiction again.\n<\/p>\n

\nEnter Monsieur Caution’s nicely curated list of noticable fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories published in 2014<\/a>. That seems like a nice challenge to plough through. Read one or two a day, jot down some notes about them here, see if I can get through it before the Hugo nominations close<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe list:\n<\/p>\n

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  1. Charlie Jane Anders, “The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick<\/a>.” Lightspeed, June 2014 (“Women Destroy Science Fiction!” special issue); reprinted at Tor.com. [LM]<\/li>\n
  2. Eleanor Arnason, “The Scrivener<\/a>.” Subterranean, Winter 2014. [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  3. Dale Bailey, “The End of the End of Everything<\/a>.” Tor.com, April 23, 2014. [LM; UM]<\/li>\n
  4. Jessica Barber, “Coma Kings<\/a>.” Lightspeed, February 2014. [GD]<\/li>\n
  5. Elizabeth Bear, “Covenant<\/a>.” Slate, September 11, 2014. [GD; JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  6. Elizabeth Bear, “This Chance Planet<\/a>.” Tor.com, October 22, 2014. [FW; LM]<\/li>\n
  7. Helena Bell, “Lovecraft<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, October 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  8. Holly Black, “Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (the Successful Kind)<\/a>.” Lightspeed, September 2014. [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  9. Aliette de Bodard, “The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile<\/a>.” Subterranean, Spring 2014. [GD; LM]<\/li>\n
  10. Richard Butner, “Circa<\/a>.” Interfictions Online #3, May 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  11. Richard Bowes, “Sleep Walking Now and Then<\/a>.” Tor.com, July 9, 2014. [FW; LM; UM]<\/li>\n
  12. Chaz Brenchley, “The Burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini<\/a>.” Subterranean, Spring 2014. [GD]<\/li>\n
  13. Siobhan Carroll, “The Year of Silent Birds<\/a>.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 9, 2014. [FW]<\/li>\n
  14. Dario Ciriello, “Free Verse<\/a>.” Free Verse and Other Stories<\/em>, Panverse, 2014. [KL]<\/li>\n
  15. C. S. E. Cooney, “Witch, Beast, Saint: an Erotic Fairy Tale<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, July 21, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  16. Julio Cortázar, “Headache<\/a>.” Tor.com, September 3, 2014 (first English translation). [K&K]<\/li>\n
  17. Tom Crosshill, “The Magician and Laplace’s Demon<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, December 2014. [KL; LM; UM]<\/li>\n
  18. Amanda C. Davis, “Loving Armageddon<\/a>.” Crossed Genres, July 2, 2014. [K&K]<\/li>\n
  19. Amal El-Mohtar, “The Truth About Owls<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, January 26, 2015 (originally published in Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios (eds.), Kaleidoscope<\/em>, Twelfth Planet Press, 2014). [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  20. Ruthanna Emrys, “The Litany of Earth<\/a>.” Tor.com, May 14, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  21. K. M. Ferebee, “The Earth and Everything Under<\/a>.” Shimmer #19, 2014. [FW; K&K]<\/li>\n
  22. Jeffrey Ford, “The Prelate’s Commission<\/a>.” Subterranean, Winter 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  23. Karen Joy Fowler, “Nanny Anne and the Christmas Story<\/a>.” Subterranean, Winter 2014. [K&K; LM]<\/li>\n
  24. Max Gladstone, “A Kiss with Teeth<\/a>.” Tor.com, October 29, 2014. [TC; previously<\/a> on MeFi]<\/li>\n
  25. Kathleen Ann Goonan, “A Short History of the Twentieth Century, or, When You Wish Upon A Star<\/a>.” Tor.com, July 20, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  26. Theodora Goss, “Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology<\/a>.” Lightspeed, July 2014. [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  27. Nicola Griffith, “Cold Wind<\/a>.” Tor.com, April 16, 2014. [JS]<\/li>\n
  28. Shane Halbach, “Copy Machine<\/a>.” Flash Fiction Online, June 2014. [KL]<\/li>\n
  29. Maria Dahvana Headley, “The Tallest Doll in New York City<\/a>.” Tor.com, February 14, 2014. [FW; LM]<\/li>\n
  30. Kat Howard, “The Saint of the Sidewalks<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, August 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  31. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, “Where the Trains Turn<\/a>.” Tor.com, November 19, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  32. N. K. Jemisin, “Stone Hunger<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, July 2014. [FW]<\/li>\n
  33. Xia Jia, “Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy<\/a>.” Translated by Ken Liu. Clarkesworld, September 2014. [KL; UM]<\/li>\n
  34. Xia Jia, “Tongtong’s Summer<\/a>.” Translated by Ken Liu. Clarkesworld, December 2014 (originally in Neil Clarke (ed.), Upgraded<\/em>, Wyrm Publishing, 2014). [KL]<\/li>\n
  35. Rachael K. Jones, “Makeisha in Time<\/a>.” Crossed Genres #20, August 2014. [BC]<\/li>\n
  36. Stephen Graham Jones, “Chapter Six<\/a>.” Tor.com, June 11, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  37. Vylar Kaftan, “Ink of My Bones, Blood of My Hands<\/a>.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 12, 2014. [FW]<\/li>\n
  38. Caitlín R. Kiernan, “Bus Fare<\/a>.” Subterranean, Spring 2014. [K&K]<\/li>\n
  39. Ellen Klages, “Caligo Lane<\/a>.” Subterranean, Winter 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  40. Jay Lake, “West to East<\/a>.” Subterranean, Summer 2014. [GD; LM]<\/li>\n
  41. Rich Larson, “The Air We Breathe is Stormy, Stormy<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, August 11, 2014. [K&K]<\/li>\n
  42. Yoon Ha Lee, “Combustion Hour<\/a>.” Tor.com, June 18, 2014. [FW; LM; UM; previously<\/a> on MeFi]<\/li>\n
  43. Yoon Ha Lee, “The Contemporary Foxwife<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, July 2014. [LM; previously<\/a> on MeFi]<\/li>\n
  44. Yoon Ha Lee, “Wine<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, January 2014. [LM; previously<\/a> on MeFi]<\/li>\n
  45. Rose Lemberg, “A City on Its Tentacles<\/a>.” Lackington’s, Winter 2014. [SS]<\/li>\n
  46. Kelly Link, “I Can See Right Through You<\/a>.” McSweeney’s Quarterly 48, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  47. Ken Liu, “Reborn<\/a>.” Tor.com, January 29, 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  48. Ken Liu, “The Long Haul, From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, November 2014. [GD; JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  49. Carmen Maria Machado, “Observations About Eggs from the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa<\/a>.” Lightspeed, April 2014. [K&K; SS]<\/li>\n
  50. Carmen Maria Machado, “The Husband Stitch<\/a>.” Granta, October 28, 2014. [K&K; UM; SS]<\/li>\n
  51. Usman T. Malik, “Resurrection Points<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, August 4, 2014. [FW; K&K; KL]<\/li>\n
  52. Usman T. Malik, “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family<\/a>.” Medium, October 22, 2014 (originally in Michael Bailey (ed.), Qualia Nous<\/em>, Written Backwards, 2014). [JS; KL; LM]<\/li>\n
  53. Tim Maughan, “Four Days of Christmas<\/a>.” Vice, December 24, 2014. [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  54. Sandra McDonald, “Selfie<\/a>.” Lightspeed, May 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  55. Sam J. Miller, “Kenneth: A User’s Manual<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, December 1, 2014. [CMM]<\/li>\n
  56. Mary Anne Mohanraj, “Communion<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, June 2014. [GD]<\/li>\n
  57. Sunny Moraine, “So Sharp That Blood Must Flow<\/a>.” Lightspeed, February 2014. [K&K]<\/li>\n
  58. Sunny Moraine, “What Glistens Back<\/a>.” Lightspeed, November 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  59. John P. Murphy, “Still Life, With Oranges<\/a>.” Lakeside Circus, January 6, 2014. [KL]<\/li>\n
  60. Anna Noyes, “Becoming<\/a>.” Guernica, November 3, 2014. [CMM]<\/li>\n
  61. An Owomoyela, “And Wash Out by Tides of War<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, February 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  62. Susan Palwick, “Weather<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, September 2014. [GD]<\/li>\n
  63. K. J. Parker, “Heaven Thunders the Truth<\/a>.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October 2, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  64. K. J. Parker, “I Met a Man Who Wasn’t There<\/a>.” Subterranean, Winter 2014. [JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  65. K. J. Parker, “The Things We Do For Love<\/a>.” Subterranean, Summer 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  66. Richard Parks, “The Manor of Lost Time<\/a>.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 26, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  67. Richard Parks, “The Sorrow of Rain<\/a>.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October 2, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  68. Shannon Peavey, “Dogs From Other Places<\/a>” (audio only). Orson Scott Card\u2019s InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 38, March 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  69. Robert Reed, “Pernicious Romance<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, November 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  70. Alastair Reynolds, “The Last Log of the Lachrimosa<\/a>.” Subterranean, Summer 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  71. Mary Rickert, “The Mothers of Voorhisville<\/a>.” Tor.com, April 30, 2014. [FW; LM; UM]<\/li>\n
  72. Sofia Samatar, “How to Get Back to the Forest<\/a>.” Lightspeed, March 2014. [CMM; LM]<\/li>\n
  73. Kelly Sandoval, “The One They Took Before<\/a>.” Shimmer #22, November 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  74. John Scalzi, “Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden\u2019s Syndrome<\/a>.” Tor.com, May 13, 2014. [MU]<\/li>\n
  75. Veronica Schanoes, “Among the Thorns<\/a>.” Tor.com, May 7, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  76. Karl Schroeder, “Jubilee<\/a>.” Tor.com, February 26, 2014. [GD]<\/li>\n
  77. Lewis Shiner, “The Black Sun<\/a>.” Subterranean, Summer 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  78. Alex Shvartsman, “Icarus Falls<\/a>.” Daily Science Fiction, September 23, 2014. [KL]<\/li>\n
  79. Vandana Singh, “Wake-Rider<\/a>.” Lightspeed, December 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  80. Michael Swanwick, “Passage of Earth<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, April 2014. [BN (winner); GD; LM]<\/li>\n
  81. Rachel Swirsky, “Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)<\/a>.” Subterranean, Summer 2014. [GD; JS; KL; LM]<\/li>\n
  82. Bogi Takács, “This Shall Serve as a Demarcation<\/a>.” Scigentasy: Gender Stories in Science Fiction and Fantasy #6, July 5, 2014. [SS]<\/li>\n
  83. Anna Tambour, “The Walking-Stick Forest<\/a>.” Tor.com, May 21, 2014. [LM]<\/li>\n
  84. Natalia Theodoridou, “The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, February 2014. [KL]<\/li>\n
  85. E. Catherine Tobler, “Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, May 2014. [FW]<\/li>\n
  86. Jeremiah Tolbert, “In the Dying Light, We Saw a Shape<\/a>.” Lightspeed, January 2014. [BN]<\/li>\n
  87. Harry Turtledove, “The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging<\/a>.” Tor.com, January 8, 2014. [BC]<\/li>\n
  88. Genevieve Valentine, “The Insects of Love<\/a>.” Tor.com, May 28, 2014. [FW; JS; LM]<\/li>\n
  89. Damien Angelica Walters, “The Floating Girls: A Documentary<\/a>.” Jamais Vu<\/em> 3, September 2014. [KL; UM]<\/li>\n
  90. Damien Angelica Walters, “The Serial Killer’s Astronaut Daughter<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, January 6, 2014. [BC]<\/li>\n
  91. LaShawn M. Wanak, “21 Steps to Enlightenment (Minus One)<\/a>.” Strange Horizons, February 3, 2014. [FW; TC]<\/li>\n
  92. Peter Watts, “The Colonel<\/a>.” Tor.com, July 29, 2014. [GD; LM]<\/li>\n
  93. Kai Ashante Wilson, “The Devil in America<\/a>.” Tor.com, April 2, 2014. [JS; LM; UM]<\/li>\n
  94. Alyssa Wong, “Santos de Sampaguitas<\/a>” (also, part two<\/a>). Strange Horizons, October 13, 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  95. Alyssa Wong, “The Fisher Queen<\/a>.” F&SF, May\/June 2014. [KL; UM]<\/li>\n
  96. Jy Yang, “Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, September 2014. [UM]<\/li>\n
  97. Isabel Yap, “A Cup of Salt Tears<\/a>.” Tor.com, August 27, 2014. [K&K; UM]<\/li>\n
  98. Caroline Yoachim, “Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion<\/a>.” Clarkesworld, August 2014. [BN; KL; TC]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \nThe initials at the end of each entry correspond to the critics, writers or anthologists who found these noticable:\n<\/p>\n