A big part of setting up this blog was to share things I come across that I feel like are worth sharing. I’ve been reading a lot more short fiction this year, and i wanted to showcase some that I’ve truly enjoyed. Not only do I enjoy enabling people into finding stories, but I wanted to show the authors that there’s another person out there who loves the things they do.

(Look, I write too, I get how nice it can be to know this kind of thing.)

There probably won’t be themes to these posts, and I’m not sure how often they’ll be put up, but I think I’ll aim for once or twice a month. I might also talk about other media too, but I’m holding myself accountable to share at least one or two stories each time.

I’m not sure how articulate I’ll be when talking about these, but know that I love them all and I hope anyone who comes across this will give them a chance.

The Transmasculinization Of Tentacle Porn – j ambrose
This is the first story I read this year. I don’t know why, probably just because I like Baffling, but I’m so glad I did. I had enough fun that it made me want to keep reading things, and I needed that at the start of this month. It made me smile so much, and I’m such a sucker for flash fiction. The language mixed with the actual story made my brain happy and, I’m gonna be honest here, if it’s queer and in second person, I’m probably going to love it.

Your Body as a Haunted House, or When the Ghost Moves In – Lynne Sargent
This is very different to the previous story but oh, how much I loved this one. Again, I’m a big fan of second person, and anything to do with forms of haunting. I felt seen in a way I hadn’t been prepared for, and it took me a few minutes to process it. Yes, it kind of hurt, but in the way certain, very good, stories can and I’m glad it made its way into my life.

I Met My Wife in the Woods – Ash Vale
The voice and energy in this piece are great. I love how it feels just a little bit feral, which tracks considering the story, and a bit frantic. I’m also a big fan of wild things claiming others and this was some good, good brain candy all around.

Four Questions with Something Like God – Carlie St. George
No really, I cannot emphasize enough how much I love weird forms and POVs, Stories like this can be hard because they’re not really great for anything like a screen-reader or TTS (which I use almost all the time for reading) but I didn’t care. The story seemed like it was going to be my thing and yes, I was absolutely right about that. Give me all your weird death stories, folks. I will eat them with my hands.


Three Cats, At the End of the World – Aimee Ogden
This is soft, and sad, and so lovely. The almost gentle way this story feels was wonderful and I loved every moment of it. I’m a cat person, and I’m a gentle apocalypse person, so this was also one of those things I was doomed to love.

And that’s it for now! I read some other things too, but these were my stand-outs for the month so far. Thank you to all the authors for sharing their lovely brain children and I’m excited to see what else all of these people have in the world.