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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
This month I decided fuck it: If I’ve read a nonfiction piece over a certain wordcount, it may go in the diary, depending on whether my left leg itches or Mars is in the fifth spleen. I’m on a nonfiction…
I had a deadish day at the office this month, so I got to knock back about eight stories in a row. Yay! Otherwise, bluh. Summer vacation is a mistake. Them kids should be in school all year round. Two…
I had just a tiny bit more free time this month than I usually do, but in fragments. This sucks. I miss the sense of peace that comes from the freedom of having spare hours to fill. I miss exploring,…
Stories read in January 2025, with links.