For the past week, I’ve read one story every day. (I’ve always favored novels over short stories, so this trend is kind of a Big Deal for me.)
I didn’t plan to do it, at least not at first; I’d just finished reading a novel and wasn’t sure what I wanted to read next. I was looking through my Kindle for ideas and spotted a couple of books I’d started reading last year but hadn’t finished: a short story collection by Cat Rambo and an anthology edited by my friend Nayad Monroe. So I decided it was high time I picked them up again. I also read a couple of stories online, just for variety — and I read two flash fiction pieces today. (I figured I needed at least two for it to count, since they were so short.)
Here’s the full list of my reading for the past week:
- Events at Fort Plentitude (Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight, by Cat Rambo)
- Dew Drop Coffee Lounge (Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight)
- A Crash Course in Fate, by Eric James Stone (What Fates Impose, edited by Nayad Monroe)
- Read Me Up, by Maurice Broaddus (What Fates Impose)
- Body of Truth, by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (What Fates Impose)
- Still Life, With Oranges, by John P. Murphy (published by Lakeside Circus)
- Earth’s Destruction: A Crowdfunding Campaign, by Nicky Drayden and Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw, by Alex Shvartsman (published by Daily Science Fiction)
Will I keep at it? Probably, at least for now. I’ve got a few other anthologies and story collections that I haven’t even touched yet, including Ceaseless Steam, a steampunk anthology that I’d been eager to read and then forgot I had. (It’s easy to misplace things on a Kindle — no physical book lying around to remind you to read it!) How long will I keep at it? Hard to say… as long as I’m enjoying, most likely. Check in next week and see…
