After almost two months, I finally finished Demons , by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Wow, was that a slog. A good slog, but a slog nonetheless. Now on to fifteen or twenty shorter, easier reads before attempting something arduous.
Almost all of the books I acquired in January were purchased at, or in anticipation of, ConFusion 2024.
Acquisitions
David Estes and Dyrk Ashton , Kraken Rider Z Wraithmarked Creative ) [2024.01.03] – I have been a fan of Dyrk Ashton’s work for several years. We are Convention friends, and he is a Righteous Dude.Jean Davis , Frayed (self-published) [2024.01.19] – purchased from Davis at ConFusion 2024.Michael J. DeLuca , Night Roll Stelliform Press ) [2024.01.20] – Purchased from Reckoning Press at ConFusion 2024.Reckoning: Creativity and Coronavirus Reckoning #6 Reckoning #7 Zack Be (editor), Inner Workings: A Calendar of Fools Anthology Calendar of Fools, LLC ) [2024.01.20] – Purchased from Storm Humbert during a group signing at ConFusion 2024.Tamsyn Muir , Nona the Ninth Lesley Connor and Jason Sizemore (editors), Robotic Ambitions Apex Book Company ) [2024.01.21] – Reward for a Kickstarter campaign run by Apex.
Reading List
Books
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Larissa Volokhonsky and Richard Pevear , translators), Demons Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2023.01.30]
Short Prose
Jim C. Hines , “The Girls From the Hood” (Patreon post) [2024.01.15]Rosamund Lannin , “The Lake House”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 Jim C. Hines, “Coyote Cave” (Patreon post) [2024.01.28]
Eliza Langhans , “A Giants’ Heart”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]D. A. Xiaolin Spires , “Fresh and Imminent Taste of Cucumbers”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]Anthony Ha , “Late Train”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]Chloe N. Clark , “Jumpers”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]Nicole Kimberling , “Sugar-Salt Time: A Love Story”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]Felix Kent , “Dynastic Arrangements of the Habsburgs, Washakie Branch”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.28]Eric Darby , “The Parking Witch”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.29]Gavin J. Grant , “Possum, Not Playing”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.29]Jordan Taylor , “Strange Engines”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.29]Audrey R. Hollis , “How to Be Afraid”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #39 [2024.01.29]Frances Rowat , “Ink, and Breath, and Spring”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.29]Fred Nadis , “The Giant Jew”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.29]Amber Burke , “In Pictures”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.29]T.S. McAdams , “Duck Circles”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.29]Margo Lanagan , “More Information to Help You Get to Rookwood”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]Mary Cool , “The Fruit That Bears the Flowers”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]Lisa Martin , “Seat Belt On, Falling”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]Jeff Benz , “The Stone People”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]Nicole Kimberling , “We Should See Less of Each Other”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]Michael Byers , “Sibling Rivalry”, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #40 [2024.01.30]
