January 2026 Books and Reading Notes

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

Books and other media acquired in the month of January 2026.
Books and other media acquired in the month of January 2026.
  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

Books and magazines I read in the month of January 2026.
Books and magazines I read in the month of January 2026.
  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]

January 2025 Books and Reading Notes

January was a good month for acquisition, but not a good month for reading.

Acquisitions

  1. Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Connor (editors), The Map of Lost Places (Apex Book Company) [2025.01.14]
  2. David Estes and Dyrk Ashton, Kraken Rider Z: Thunder Kraken (Wraithmarked Creative, LLC) [2025.01.15]
  3. Stephen Leigh, A Fading Sun [2025.01.24]- A gift from the author, received at ConFusion 2025 (inscribed)
  4. Stephen Leigh, A Rising Moon [2025.01.24] – A gift from the author, along with the previous books, received at ConFusion 2025. (inscribed)
  5. J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle, Heavy are the Stones (Hampton Creek Press) [2025.01.25] – Received as part of an ARC giveaway, by the authors, to the attendees of ConFusion 2025.
  6. Brandon Butler (editor), The Science Fiction Tarot (tdotSpec, Inc) [2025.01.25] – An anthology created for a Kickstarter campaign. I picked this up at ConFusion 2025, where Storm Humbert, one of the anthology contributors, had copies for sale. (inscribed)

Reading List

Books

  1. Jordan S. Carroll, Speculative Whiteness [2025.01.27]