Starting in 2023 I am combining my annual book acquisition list and my monthly readings lists into a single monthly post. Ideally my rate of reading will be greater than my rate of book acquisition. This month, however, I went to ConFusion, and while I did not grab as many books as I usually do, I still picked up four new titles.

Acquisitions

1. Hieu Minh Nguyen, Not Here (Coffee House Press) [2023.01.08] – I picked up Not Here on a whim, during a visit to Books & Mortar.
2. Adrain Collins and Mike Myers (editors), The King Must Fall (Grimdark Magazine) [2023.01.10] – This is from a Kickstarter.
3. Sheree Renée Thomas (editor), Sorghum and Spear (Outland Entertainment) [2023.01.12] – This is from a Kickstarter
4. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #46 [2023.01.16] – Published by the excellent Small Beer Press.
5. Catherine Stein, Eden’s Voice (self-published) [2023.01.21] – Acquired from the author at ConFusion 2023
6. Catherine Stein, The Courtesan and Mr. Hyde (self-published) [2023.01.21] – Acquired from the author at ConFusion 2023
7. Rami Ungar, The Pure World Comes (self-published) [2023.01.21] – Acquired from the author at ConFusion 2023
8. Todd Sanders (editor), The Librarian (Air and Nothingness Press) [2023.01.21] – Acquired from one of the authors, Storm Michael Humbert, at ConFusion 2023.
9. Shalash the Iraqi (Luke Leafgren, translator), Shalash the Iraqi (And Other Stories) [2023.01.24] – This is an arrival from my subscription to And Other Stories
10. Johanna Hedva, Your Love Is Not Good (And Other Stories) [2023.01.24] – This is from my subscription to the catalog of And Other Stories.

Reading List

Books and Journals

1. Dreamforge #1 [2023.01.02]
2. Poetry [2023.01.03]
3. Nicole Sealey, Ordinary Beast [2023.01.04]
4. Kathe Koja, Velocities [2023.01.12]
5. Ananda Devi (Jeffery Zuckerman, translator), Eve Out of Her Ruins [2023.01.15]
6. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (Jethro Soutar, translator), The Gurugu Pledge [2023.01.23]
7. Ho Sok Fong (Natascha Bruce, translator), Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.31]

Short Prose

1. Sarena Ulibarri, “The Spiral Ranch”, Dreamforge #1 [2023.01.01]
2. Terra LeMay, “Glass Roses”, Dreamforge #1 [2023.01.01]
3. Barbara Barnett, “Z-Spot”, Dreamforge #1 [2023.01.01]
4. Steven Brust and Skyler White, “Smith’s Point”, Dreamforge #1 [2023.01.02]
5. Kathe Koja, “At Eventide”, Velocities [2023.01.05]
6. Kathe Koja, “Baby”, Velocities [2023.01.06]
7. Kathe Koja, “Velocity”, Velocities [2023.01.06]
8. Kathe Koja, “Clubs”, Velocities [2023.01.08]
9. Kathe Koja, “Urb Civ”, Velocities [2023.01.08]
10. Kathe Koja, “Fireflies”, Velocities [2023.01.09]
11. Kathe Koja, “Coyote Pass”, Velocities [2023.01.09]
12. Kathe Koja, “Road Trip”, Velocities [2023.01.10]
13. Kathe Koja, “Toujours”, Velocities [2023.01.10]
14. Kathe Koja, “Far and Wee”, Velocities [2023.01.11]
15. Kathe Koja, “The Marble Lily”, Velocities [2023.01.11]
16. Kathe Koja, “La Reine D’Enfer”, Velocities [2023.01.12]
17. Jim C. Hines, “144th Contact” (Patreon story) [2023.01.12]
18. Kathe Koja, “Pas De Deux”, Velocities [2023.01.12]
19. Ho Sok Fong, “The Wall”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.25]
20. Ho Sok Fong, “Radio Drama”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.26]
21. Ho Sok Fong, “Lake Like a Mirror”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.28]
22. Ho Sok Fong, “The Chest”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.29]
23. Ho Sok Fong, “Summer Tornado”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.29]
24. Ho Sok Fong, “Aminah”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.29]
25. Ho Sok Fong, “Wind through the Pineapple Leaves, through the Frangipani”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.29]
26. Ho Sok Fong, “October”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.30]
27. Ho Sok Fong, “March in a Small Town”, Lake Like a Mirror [2023.01.31]