• Motherthing - Ainslie Hogarth

Loved it! Read it so so fast. It was funny and creepy and sad and icky, just how I like it. There was triggering mom stuff but I think that it was done well.

• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes - Eric LaRocca

Booooooo! The first story had great potential but then ended up feeling…misogynistic? I’m not sure but it rubbed me the wrong way. And then LaRocca uses the same ideas in different stories (crucifixion/bleach in ear) but not connecting them in any meaningful way.

• Kindred - Octavia E. Butler

I love how Butler writes! This story didn’t grab me in the way that Fledgling did, but she was still masterful in her storytelling.

• Hans Zatzka
• Edouard Bisson
• Cicely Mary Barker
• Emile Vernon
• Francois Martin-Kavel
• John William Godward

• Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
• Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare
• Imaginary Friend - Stephen Chbosky
• The Need - Helen Phillips
• Lakewood - Megan Giddings
• Neuromancer - William
• Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge
• The Fisherman - John Langan
• Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt
• Bunny - Mona Awad
• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk
• Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurian