October was a fantastic month both for reading and for acquiring new books. I had more quiet time than I have in any other month this year, and I also know that November will be exceptionally busy, due to it being the Month of Writing (formerly NaNoWriMo).

And this year has been very stressful, so I indulged in some retail therapy.

And finally, the Grand River Poetry Collective held an event on October 30 at The Lit (formerly the Ladies’ Literary Club), where I picked up all of the Collective’s books which I had not yet purchased.

So yeah, a good month to be a reader and collector of books.

Acquisitions

48. Jeff Chang, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America [2025.10.02]
49. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (And Other Stories) [2025.10.06]
50. Shrikant Verma (Rahul Soni, translator), Magadh (And Other Stories) [2025.10.06]
51. Efraín Kristal, Invisible Works: Borges and Translation (Vanderbilt University Press) [2025.10.09]
52. Peninsula Poets, Spring 2025 [2025.10.15]
53. Tim Hawkins, West of the Backstory (Fernwood Press) [2025.10.18]
54. Peninsula Poets, Fall 2025 [2025.10.20]
55. David T. Courtwright, The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business (Harvard University Press) [2025.10.27]
56. Barbara Saunier, There is Room in a Horse For the Whole Boy (Grand River Poetry Press) [2025.10.30]
57. Christine Stephens-Krieger, Love Garden at the End of the World (Grand River Poetry Press) [2025.10.30]
58. David Cope, Moonlight Rose in Blue: Collected Poems 1971 – 2024 (Grand River Poetry Press) [2025.10.30]

Reading List

Books

37. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
38. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.10]
39. Peninsula Poets, Spring 2025 [2025.10.19]
40. New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1 [2025.10.19]
41. Peninsula Poets, Fall 2025 [2025.10.20]
42. New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #2 [2025.10.22]
43. Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.26]
44. Dreamforge #6 [202510.28]
45. New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #3 [2025.10.31]

Short Prose

77. Kameron Hurley, “Living the Old Stories” (Patreon supporter reward) [2025.10.01]
78. Tobias Buckell, “The Grove’s Lament” (Patreon supporter reward) [2025.10.01]
79. Sarah Langan, “You Have the Prettiest Mask”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.02]
80. Nicole Kimberling, “Nostalgia in a Box”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
81. Vandana Singh, “Sticky Man”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
82. Stewart Moore, “Madeline’s Wings”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
83. Jack Larsen, “Bright and Shabby Buses”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
84. Kristin Yuan Roybal, “Separation Theory”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42 [2025.10.03]
85. Alisa Alering, “The Night Farmers’ Museum”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.05]
86. Ayşe Papatya Bucak, “Half-Papatya”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.05]
87. Erica Clashe, “The Shine of Green Floors”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.06]
88. Leah Bobet, “The Mysteries”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.07]
89. Joanne Rixon, “Wires from the Same Spool”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.07]
90. Quinn Ramsay, “The House of the Gutter-Prince”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.07]
91. Kirk A. Johnson, “Carnivora”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.08]
92. Jim Marino, “Acting Tips for Remaining Unknown”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.09]
93. Zack Moss, “If You Had Been Me Then What Would I Have Been?”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.10]
94. Kathleen Jennings, “Gisla and the Three Favours”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.10]
95. Nicole Kimberling, “Time Travel Self-Care System”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.10]
96. Gillian Daniels, “King Moon’s Tithe to Hell”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43 [2025.10.10]
97. Margaret Killjoy, “Come Lay the Crone to Rest”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.11]
98. Bryn Hammond, “Sister Chaos”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.16]
99. Jesús Montalvo (Gonzalo Baezra, translator), “Chak Muuch”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.19]
100. Sarah A. Macklin, “Tears of Eb”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.19]
101. Prashanth Srivatsa, “The Pillars of Silence”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.19]
102. Michael Moorcock, “The Folk of the Forest”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.1 [2025.10.19]
103. Daniel Quiogue, “The Demon of Tashi Tzang”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.19]
104. Jacquie Kawaja, “Fang”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.20]
105. Gemma Files, “Revelstroke”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.21]
106. Jeremy Pak Nelson, “A Debt Forgotten, A Debt Unpaid”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.21]
107. J.M. Clarke, “The Eyes of the Demon”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.22]
108. T.K. Rex & L. Ann Kinyon, “Water, Which Laughs At All Things”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.22]
109. David C. Smith, “Atonement for a Resurrected God”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.22]
110. June Orchid Parker, “How Many Deaths Till Vengeance?”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #1.2 [2025.10.22]
111. Scott Edelman, “Answered Prayers”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.22]
112. Deborah L. Davitt, “Pterrors of the Caribbean, part 1”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.23]
113. Henry Szabranski, “Climbing the Motherman”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.23]
114. Jamie Munro, “Counterclockwise”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.23]
115. Floris M. Kleijne, “Summit Attempt”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.24]
116. M. T. Reiten, “Robot Princess”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.24]
117. H. Orion Kim, “The Dryad’s Smile”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.25]
118. Robert Silverberg, “House of Bones”, Dreamforge #5 [2025.10.26]
119. Deborah L. Davitt, “Pterrors of the Caribbean, part 2” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.26]
120. Nyla Bright, “Mothers Know Buttons” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.26]
121. Ronald D. Ferguson, “Never the Twain” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.27]
122. Scot Noel, “Pangenesis” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.27]
123. Alexandra Seidel, “The Shepherdess, the Roc, and One Errant Sheep” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.27]
124. James Verran, “Silent Partnership, part 1” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.27]
125. Jane Linskold, “The Problem with Magic Rings” Dreamforge #6 [2025.10.28]
126. Matt John, “Beating Stars, Dying Hearts”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.28]
127. Premee Mohamed, “The Betrayal of the Rhinoceros”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.29]
128. Thomas Ha, “St. Fario’s Feast”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.30]
129. John R. Fultz, “Gravediggers of Carsonne”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.30]
130. Oliver Brackenbury, “Something Oathlike”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.30]
131. Molly Tanzer, “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3 [2025.10.31]