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And I would be happy to give them to you! (Apologies for the slight delay!) These are all going to be sf/f because that's just how I roll...

I continue to stand by everything I said in this post a little while back in which I was asked a similar question, but here are a few others I’ve read more recently and have been thinking loads about:

Abstraction Is When I Design Giant Death Creatures And Attraction Is When I Do It For You by Claire Jia-Wen: Pacific Rim a little to the left, and by the left I do mean, the sinister side. A masterwork of toxic yuri. I am truly obsessed with this piece’s protagonist :) She’s so fucked-up. It’s awesome

Remember Me in the Meat by Sarah Pauling: Speaking of toxic yuri vibes and fucked-up relationships… This is one of those pieces it’s best not to say too much about ahead of time because loads of the impact depends on the rate and timing of the reveal on the crucial pieces of background information. It’s a little more plot-y than I tend to go for in short fiction, but it just pulls you right along the whole time. Lots of fun, will also hopefully leave you feeling slimy

A Wolf in Iceland Is the Child of a Lie by Sonya Taaffe: Really you can’t go wrong with Sonya Taaffe generally speaking, especially if you’re also into poetry. But this piece in particular compels me… the language is beautiful; the imagery is so stark and harsh, and the whole piece is gorgeously enigmatic. Lends itself very well to rereads/continued chewing-on

Human Voices by Isabel J. Kim: In the post I linked to up at the top I recced a bunch of other Isabel J. Kim already, but this is a newer one of hers I particularly enjoyed and want to call out as well. Messy families and responsibilities you never asked for and the siren song of abdication-damn-the-consequences… Again, you can’t go wrong with IJK either; I’d happily recommend any of her work (including also her debut novel Sublimation, out next month!)

Chapter 20 - Harrow the Ninth

1. make a syllabus for yourself - books, media, places, recipes

2. complete 40% of it