January was a low-acquisition month until the last two days, when I drove to Novi to help run Magical ConFusion, and picked up half a dozen new books from the attending authors. I also picked up a beautiful new print from the 2026 ConFusion Creative Guest of Honor Megen Leigh.

Acquisitions

1. Geetanjali Shree, The Roof Beneath Their Feet (And Other Stories) [2026.01.17]
2. In Formation #3 [2026.01.21]
3. Jordan Kurella, The Death of Mountains (Lethe Press) [2026.01.31] – Inscribed
4. D.M. Beucler, Memory and Magic (Luna Press) [2026.01.31] – Inscribed
5. Steph Campbell, A Constructs’ Nature: A solo-journaling TTRPG – [2026.01.31]
6. Maurice Broaddus, The Knights of Breton Court (JABberwocky Literary Agency) [2026.01.31]
7. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Summer 2025 [2026.01.31]
8. Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1993 [2026.01.31]
9. Ashley Castañόn, Submerged [2026.01.31] – Inscribed

Reading List

Books

1. Stephen Leigh, A Fading Sun [2026.01.02]
2. New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.04]
3. David T. Courtwright, The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business [2026.01.17]
4. Todd Goddard, Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer’s Life [2026.01.23]
5. New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.25]

Short Prose

1. Kameron Hurley, “The Flesh of Memory” [2026.01.02]
2. Jeremy Pak Nelson, “Gaze Upon the Beating Dark”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.01]
3. Jonathan Olfert, “White in the Eye”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.02]
4. Kirk A. Johnson, “The Concord of the Outhar”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.03]
5. Michael Moorcock, “A Portrait in Ivory”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.03]
6. Oliver Brackenbury, “Hunter”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.03]
7. Harry Turtledove, “The Jesting Jann”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.03]
8. Dariel R. A. Quiogue, “Battle of the Nine Waters”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.04]
9. June Orchid Parker, “A Serpent From the Ash”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #4 [2026.01.04]
10. Audrey Stollings, “The Dissolving City”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.09]
11. Samir Sirk Morató, “In Perfection’s Shape I Writhe”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.10]
12. Luana Saitta, “Staku-Ra’s Hoard”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.11]
13. Timaeus Bloom, “The Lament of a Shieldman”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.11]
14. Premee Mohamed, “The Maiden of the Serpent Moon”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.25]
15. Bryn Hammond, “The Change”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.25]
16. Molly Tanzer, “Jirel Meets Death”, New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine #5 [2026.01.25]