I hit the ground running this month with a pile of unread anthologies, which I tend to collect more of than any other type of book. The only books I read to completion this month were the two anthologies listed below, which contained almost all of the short prose which is listed after. Despite some significant chaos in my personal life, it was a good month for reading, with 37 short stories, which brought me into the triple digits for the year. Still less than half of what I had hoped at this point, but many more than I completed last year.
The last three, in the short prose list are from George Saunders’ magnificent A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. I am less than halfway through, and already it is one of my top five writing advice books.
Books
- Smith, Angela Yuriko and Noel, Scot (editors) – Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.08)
- Coe, David B. and Palmatier, Joshua (editors) – Derelict (2021.09.15)
Short Prose
- Ulibarri, Sarena, “The Spiral Ranch”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.01)
- Amburgey, David, “An Infinite Number”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.01)
- Teffeau, Lauren C., “Sing! & Remember”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.02)
- Bondoni, Gustavo, “A Sip of Pombé”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.04)
- Linskold, Jane, “Born from Memory”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.04)
- Tork, Tyler, “Tea With Gibbons”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.05)
- Colter, L. Deni, “The Weight of Mountains”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.05)
- Mana, Davide, “Sapiens”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Linzner, Gordon, “The Dead Don’t Dream”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Gragg, Austin, “Collection Violet”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Palisano, John, “Humani”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Manzetti, Alessandro, “Joy of Life”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Maberry, Jonathan, “Artifact”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.06)
- Shelby, Jennifer, “The Feline, The Witch, and the Universe”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.07)
- Del Carlo, Eric, “Hands of a Toolmaker”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.07)
- Grant, John Linwood, A Farewell to Worms”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.07)
- Rogers, Ian, “A Glass Darkly”, Worlds of Light and Darkness (2021.09.08)
- Smith, Kristine, “Symbiote”, Derelict (2021.09.08)
- Jackson, D.B., “The Wreck of the Sarah Mohr“, Derelict (2021.09.09)
- Tyree, Griffin Ayaz, “The Tempest in Space”, Derelict (2021.09.09)
- Popovic, Andrija, “Playing Possum”, Derelict (2021.09.10)
- Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve, ” Standing Orders”, Derelict (2021.09.10)
- Brandt, Gerald, “Time, Yet”, Derelict (2021.09.11)
- Harding, Kit, ” Flight Plans Through the Dust of Dreams”, Derelict (2021.09.12)
- Koch, Gini (writing as Ensal, Anita), “Saving Sallie Ruth”, Derelict (2021.09.12)
- Bedford, Jacey, “Methuselah”, Derelict (2021.09.13)
- Jacobsen, Mark D., “Celestial Object 143205”, Derelict (2021.09.13)
- Bledsoe, Alex, “When the Stars Fell and the Levee Broke”, Derelict (2021.09.13)
- Brenchley, Chaz, “Derelict of Duty”, Derelict (2021.09.14)
- Held, R.Z., “Two Ruins Make a Beginning”, Derelict (2021.09.14)
- Campbell, Jack, “Orpheus”, Derelict (2021.09.14)
- Czerneda, Julie E., “Decay in Five Stages”, Derelict (2021.09.15)
- Farrenkopf, Corey, “Birdwatching During the End Times“, Coffin Bell #4.3 (2021.09.15)
- Squirrel, William, “In the Armies of Hell All the Soldiers Are Kings“, Coffin Bell #4.3 (2021.09.15)
- Chekhov, Anton (Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, translator), “In the Cart”, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (2021.09.20)
- Turgenev, Ivan (Magarshack, David, translator), “The Singers”, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (2021.09.21)
- Chekhov, Anton (Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, translator), “The Darling”, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (2021.09.28)