This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you liked it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. An anthology of stories about Marvel’s female characters, staffed by Marvel’s female creators is …
As short fiction is a sizable part of one of my day jobs, I like to keep an eye on any interesting anthologies that come out. This one got my attention this week. Firstly, this has the sort of table of contents that makes anyone stand up and take notice. Elizabeth Bear, Ann Leckie, Nancy …
I am belligerently optimistic when it comes to short fiction. It’s a medium I’ve seen do nothing but expand since I first painstakingly downloaded a Pseudopod episode via dialup just under ten years ago. Anthologies, podcasts, magazines and new delivery systems like Patreon have all combined to make the short not just a viable market …
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