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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]

  • January 2023 Books and Reading Notes

    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

    Acquisitions for the month of January 2023

    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 I read in January 2023

    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]