2022 not-online short fiction: Xenocultivars

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Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth, 2022, a plant-themed anthology from the same editorial team, Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin, who did It Gets Even Better. A bunch of good stuff in here; I particularly liked "The Aloe's Bargain" by Julian Stuart, "Folded Into Tendril and Leaf" by Bogi Takács, and "How to Make a Spell Jar" by EA Crawley. (And a reprint of Audrey R. Hollis's "Seedlings", which I remember reccing from Strange Horizons a few years ago.) And the cover is gorgeous - Laya Rose was on the Fan Artist ballot in 2021 (and got my first-place vote), and I look forward to nominating her again this year.