Read in May 2026
Oh hey, look at how much more fun I have with 10 hours of free time back in my week. I got to read a lot this month! Yay!! I invite everyone at my dayjob to continue not heaping onto…
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June 3, 2026
Read in April 2026
I spent most of this month reading slush. Expect something about that in like, half a year. My workload in fiscal year 2027 looks like it’s going to be normal??? I’m already able to take lunch breaks again?? I don’t…
May 1, 2026
Read in March 2026
Posting early because there is zero chance I get to read anything else this month. March always sucks for me. Note that February’s post didn’t get to go up till tonight either. I’m stealing time from sleep to do this.…
March 30, 2026
Read in February 2026
Ignore that it’s basically April and I didn’t otherwise write a blurb for this. I am in three book clubs lately: A fantasy bookclub that a friend and I accidentally hijacked from a passive organizer, who seems quietly devastated to…
March 30, 2026
Read in January 2026
Man, doing this is suddenly a pain in the ass. It’s not just that I read a lot this month— I’m also logging more essays and articles than I usually bother to. But I don’t want to lose or bookmark…
February 2, 2026
Favorite reads of 2025
I suspect this might be a short list. Or maybe it's that my memory is in shambles. Looking over what I read this year... Books Leech by Hiron Ennes was a fun, gothic, post-apocalyptic sci fi. The supporting characters were…
January 2, 2026
Read in December 2025
Yay happy new year. I don’t like my brain chemistry lately. I have an anxiety disorder that means I do very well when kept desperately busy, but slide into malaise once the pressure lets up. On the plus side, I…
January 2, 2026
Read in November 2025
Ughhhhhh sick. Just gonna post this without a “diary entry” preamble, or else it’ll never happen. Short Stories and Essays “Malfunctioning Sex Robot” by Patricia Lockwood A roast of John Updike that’s laugh-out-loud funny at times. It needed to be,…
December 21, 2025
Read in October 2025
This is the month I read about 200 stories for the upcoming issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge. But I can’t talk about any of that yet. Short stories “Changeling” by William Alexander A robots-as-people story about mail fraud and theater…
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November 2, 2025
Read in September 2025
I read a crap ton this month, but it was 90% stuff I can’t talk about. I joined the team going through slush for Translunar Travelers Lounge. TTL is a speculative fiction magazine focused on “fun” stories. Lest ye sin,…
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October 5, 2025