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  • September 2024 Books and Reading Notes

    In contrast with last month, September was an excellent month for short fiction. I have dozens of issues of various magazines and journals lying around my house unread, as well as probably close to 100 anthologies and short story collections awaiting my attention.  Any progress is better than no progress.

    Acquisitions

    Books acquired in September 2024

    1. Cassie Hart, Sloane Leong (editors), Death in the Mouth, vol. 2 [2024.09.12]
    2. Neil Kaufman, Darkness Is as Light To You [2024.09.21]
    3. Dorothy Roberts, Killing the Black Body [2024.09.26]
    4. Jack Ridl, All at Once (CavanKerry Press) [2024.09.28]

    Reading List

    Books read in September 2024

    Books

    1. Fleur Jaeggy, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    2. Dreamforge #2 [2024.09.14]
    3. Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.16]
    4. Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.22]
    5. Neil Kaufman, Darkness Is as Light To You [2024.09.24]

    Short Prose

    1. Fleur Jaeggy, “I Am the Brother of XX”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.01]
    2. Fleur Jaeggy, “Negde”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.02]
    3. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Last of the Line”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.02]
    4. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Gentleman and the Lizard”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.03]
    5. Fleur Jaeggy, “Agnes”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.03]
    6. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Aseptic Room”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.03]
    7. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Heir”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.03]
    8. Fleur Jaeggy, “Portrait of an Unknown Woman”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.03]
    9. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Black Lace Veil”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.04]
    10. Fleur Jaeggy, “An Encounter in the Bronx”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.04]
    11. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Aviary”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.04]
    12. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Visitor”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.04]
    13. Fleur Jaeggy, “Adelaide”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    14. Fleur Jaeggy, “Tropics”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    15. Fleur Jaeggy, “Cat”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    16. Fleur Jaeggy, “Osmosis”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    17. Fleur Jaeggy, “Names”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    18. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Hanging Angel”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    19. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Perfect Choice”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    20. Fleur Jaeggy, “FK”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    21. Fleur Jaeggy, “The Saltwater House”, I Am the Brother of XX [2024.09.05]
    22. Alyssa Eckles, “Home”, Dreamforge #2 [2024.09.06]
    23. Andrew Jensen, “Sid”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.08]
    24. Marie Vibbert, “Loitering with Mathematical Intent”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    25. Tyler Tork, “Tea with Gibbons”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    26. L.P. Melling, “Luna’s First Eclipse”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    27. Blake Jessop, “I See Punk Elephants”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    28. G.M. Periera, “Sudan”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    29. Gregory L. Norris, “Hysterical”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    30. Michael McCormick, “Snow, 2562”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    31. Adam Fout, “We Are Cherished”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    32. Mark Gallacher, “Pioneer”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    33. Lif Strand, “Being Me”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.09]
    34. Davide Mana, “Sapiens”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.10]
    35. Deborah L. Davitt, “Arcology”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.10]
    36. Lucy Stone, “Haunting the Present”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.11]
    37. Emily Mah, “Wrath of a Lightweight”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.13]
    38. L. Deni Colter, “The Weight of Mountains”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.14]
    39. David Weber, “A Certain Talent”, Dreamforge#2 [2024.09.14]
    40. Jane Linskold, “A Question of Truth”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.14]
    41. Gustavo Bondoni, “A Sip of Pombé”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    42. Isaac E. Payne, “Esclados the Red”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    43. Hal Y. Zhang, “The Specular Boy”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    44. Scott Paul Hallam, “Fire in the Sky”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    45. Mary Soon Lee, “Wrong Turn”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    46. Jennifer R. Donohue, “Fundamentals of Search and Rescue”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.15]
    47. Josh Rountree, “Revolutions Per Minute”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.16]
    48. George Nikolopoulos, “Our New Home in the Stars”, Dreamforge #3 [2024.09.16]
    49. Jim C. Hines, “On the Efficacy of Supervillain Battles in Eliciting Therapeutic Breakthroughs” (Patreon) [2024.09.16]
    50. John Jos. Miller, “The Ghost of a Smile”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.17]
    51. Marie Croke, “Cessation of Civilization”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.17]
    52. Kurt Pankau, “Autoimmune”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.18]
    53. Gary Kloster, “Hot Times in Shady Pines”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.18]
    54. Anna Madden, “The Last Petal”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.21]
    55. Sally Wiener Grotta, “Beyond Our Hidden Stars”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.22]
    56. Robert E. Harpold, “Extremophile”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.22]
    57. Donald S. Crankshaw, “Dreamforger”, Dreamforge #4 [2024.09.22]

  • Weekly Round-up, September 7, 2024

    The weekly harvest from our garden.

    [ The weekly harvest from our garden. Zucchini, string beans, a few varieties of tomato, and a hot pepper. ]

    Well, this was another busy week. My partner had a food booth at the Eastown Street Fair on Saturday so I spent a good amount of time assisting her with preparation, setup, selling, and the tear down. All this in addition to working a 45-hour week. So not a lot happened otherwise.

    Reading

    I finished Fleur Jaeggy’s short story collection I Am the Brother of XX, which upon review of my LibraryThing account I saw that I had read before, but as I do not remember a single thing about this book I am going to say that I have not, in fact, read it before, and that the rating in LibraryThing was a mistake.

    Writing

    Per usual, my writing was confined to this blog post and a few pages in my journal. I did put in an appearance at the River City Writer’s Group, where I presented a poem along with the first draft version, and general consensus was that the first draft was the superior draft, so back to the drawing board, I guess.

    Weekly Writing Prompt

    Subject: Dragons, Colonization
    Setting: Border Town
    Genre: Horror

    Listening

    Laura Branigan, “Self Control“. Boy oh boy, did I have a crush on Laura Branigan when this video appeared on MTV.

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