2021 SFF - misc
Mar. 5th, 2022 12:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psocopteraWrapping up this year's online short sff recommendations! These come from various places - the Locus list, recommendation lists from Quick Sip Reviews and Speculatively Queer, and random recs I came across somewhere.
For Lack of a Bed, John Wiswell, Diabolical Plots. A woman with chronic pain and an unusual magical artifact/creature.
A Minnow, or Perhaps a Colossal Squid, Carlos Hernandez and C.S.E. Cooney, Mermaids Monthly. Transfiguration as debtors' prison. This is neat.
All Worlds Left Behind, Iona Datt Sharma, khōréō. Wow, I loved this. My favorite portal fantasy I've read in awhile.
AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is A Quest (Or: What Danny Did Over Spring Break), Isabel J. Kim, Cast of Wonders. Cute light story about some teenagers who do not want to be on a quest.
So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered, Marissa Lingen, Nature. A short cute piece about later-in-life transition of a sort.
Sleep and the Soul, Greg Egan, Asimov's. A railway accident and the development of anesthesia in an alternate-universe 19th century where humans don't sleep. NOVELLA. (Note: this link may not work past nomination season.)
The Case of the Teapot of Enlightenment, Anya Ow, Translunar Travelers Lounge. A detective-priest investigates a missing teapot.
Broken Idols, Guarded Hearts, Elizabeth Loupe, Translunar Travelers Lounge. Two ex-goddesses at a support group, a vaguely Sandman feel. F/F.
Treedom, A.J. Cunder, Metamorphosis. Some kids and a dude who is a tree.
Nine-Tailed Heart, Jessica Cho, khōréō. A breakup and a gumiho. F/F.
Sorry We Missed You!, Aun-Juli Riddle, khōréō. A traveling restaurant spaceship and the intertwining of food, memory, and family.
(I'm excited about khōréō; I didn't read all their 2021 stuff, but they're fundraising right now and I just subscribed.)
The Enchanted Gardener, Jessica Yang. Magical plants and asexuality and ghost grandmas, yay!
Unknown Number, Azure, screenshots on Twitter. A powerful story about alternate selves told in an interesting format.
5:37, A.P. Howell, Translunar Travelers Lounge. The Ring vs an archivist.
You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday, Isabel J. Kim, khōréō. Motherhood and bargains.
For Lack of a Bed, John Wiswell, Diabolical Plots. A woman with chronic pain and an unusual magical artifact/creature.
A Minnow, or Perhaps a Colossal Squid, Carlos Hernandez and C.S.E. Cooney, Mermaids Monthly. Transfiguration as debtors' prison. This is neat.
All Worlds Left Behind, Iona Datt Sharma, khōréō. Wow, I loved this. My favorite portal fantasy I've read in awhile.
AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is A Quest (Or: What Danny Did Over Spring Break), Isabel J. Kim, Cast of Wonders. Cute light story about some teenagers who do not want to be on a quest.
So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered, Marissa Lingen, Nature. A short cute piece about later-in-life transition of a sort.
Sleep and the Soul, Greg Egan, Asimov's. A railway accident and the development of anesthesia in an alternate-universe 19th century where humans don't sleep. NOVELLA. (Note: this link may not work past nomination season.)
The Case of the Teapot of Enlightenment, Anya Ow, Translunar Travelers Lounge. A detective-priest investigates a missing teapot.
Broken Idols, Guarded Hearts, Elizabeth Loupe, Translunar Travelers Lounge. Two ex-goddesses at a support group, a vaguely Sandman feel. F/F.
Treedom, A.J. Cunder, Metamorphosis. Some kids and a dude who is a tree.
Nine-Tailed Heart, Jessica Cho, khōréō. A breakup and a gumiho. F/F.
Sorry We Missed You!, Aun-Juli Riddle, khōréō. A traveling restaurant spaceship and the intertwining of food, memory, and family.
(I'm excited about khōréō; I didn't read all their 2021 stuff, but they're fundraising right now and I just subscribed.)
The Enchanted Gardener, Jessica Yang. Magical plants and asexuality and ghost grandmas, yay!
Unknown Number, Azure, screenshots on Twitter. A powerful story about alternate selves told in an interesting format.
5:37, A.P. Howell, Translunar Travelers Lounge. The Ring vs an archivist.
You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday, Isabel J. Kim, khōréō. Motherhood and bargains.
