Good job with the immunostabbification, Jus!

Read: Realms 1 (ed Jeff Vandermeer): Collection of the first year of Clarkesworld. I suppose technically a few different genres are represented, but it’s all pretty horrific, if not actual horror. In tone, I mean, not skill! Anyway, not cheerful.

Read: The Goblin and the Dancer (Allison Tebo): A retelling of that fairy tale with the one-legged tin soldier and the music-box ballerina, or whatever, only it’s eloi and morlocks C19ish elves and goblins and jealousy and unexpected trips through the undercity and too many tentacles and the real magic is friendship. (But not in a poly way.)

Read: Hatch (Kenneth Oppel): Sequel to Bloom, with mad scientists, further alien ecoinvasion, daring escapes, adults who just won’t listen, and maybe some actual aliens.

Words: Check.