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This is a thread for tracking short fiction read in 2016. Threads tracking short fiction for years past have been hosted by either myself or Greg and may be found here (2013 thread), here (2014), and here (2015).

In the context of this thread, the term “short fiction” can be defined as broadly or as narrowly as the person crafting the list desires — it can include, for example, novellas, novelettes, or poems as well as short stories. Similarly, the fiction in question can come from whatever genre the list-maker is interested in (although one presumes that since this group is primarily interested in horror that at least some of the entries will be horror-related). The fiction can come from magazines, story collections, the web, chapbooks, e-books, whatever. The format of the list can take whatever form is deemed appropriate by the list-maker. (I tend to make separate posts for each month, but that’s just me.) Finally, any list entries can also serve as the springboard for the discussion of said entries if members so desire.

Last year I set for myself the goal of reading 400 stories, but ended up falling woefully short as my reading fell off rather dramatically in the second half of the year. This year, I’ll strive to reach a more reasonable goal of 300 stories (in recent years I’ve typically been in the 200-300 range).

In part because the obsessive-compulsive way in which I fashion these lists generates a lot of characters (breaking the Goodreads-imposed cap on characters per post), I’m going to follow my usual practice of partitioning my posts by month.

And, here we go...

January
February
March-June
July, Part I
July, Part II
August-December

Canavan’s short stories

January

1. “Kate’s Choice”, Louisa May Alcott (1872). ✭✭✭
2. “Master of Fallen Years”, Vincent O’Sullivan (1921). ✭✭✭✭
3. “Adventure on Dartmoor”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1924). ✭✭
4. “A Coincidence”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1927). ✭✭✭
5. “The Diver”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1927). ✭✭✭½
6. “The Hair”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭½
7. “The House of the Worm”, Mearle Prout (1933). ✭✭
8. “Black Man with a Horn”, T. E. D. Klein (1980). ✭✭✭✭✭
9. “The Last Feast of Harlequin”, Thomas Ligotti (1990). ✭✭✭✭
10. “Love, Death and the Maiden” (variant title: “Mädelein”), Roger Johnson (1991). ✭✭✭✭
11. “The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu”, Kim Newman (1991). ✭✭✭
12. “Sometimes, in the Rain”, Charles Grant (1994). ✭✭✭✭½
13. “More Tomorrow”, Michael Marshall Smith (1995). ✭✭✭½
14. “The Bone Church” [poem], Stephen King (2009). ✭✭½
15. “Morality”, Stephen King (2009). ✭✭✭✭½
16. “Ur”, Stephen King (2009). ✭✭✭½
17. “Tommy” [poem], Stephen King (2010). ✭✭✭
18. “The Key”, Gregory Miller (2010). ✭✭
19. “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive”, Stephen King (2011). ✭✭✭✭
20. “Under the Weather”, Stephen King (2011). ✭✭✭✭
21. “Miss Riley’s Lot”, Gregory Miller (2011). ✭✭½
22. “Seventeen”, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭½
23. “Afterlife”, Stephen King (2013). ✭✭✭
24. “That Bus Is Another World”, Stephen King (2014). ✭✭½
25. “Bad Little Kid”, Stephen King (2014/trans. 2015). ✭✭✭✭½
26. “X’s For Eyes”, Laird Barron (2015). ✭✭✭½
27. “A Death”, Stephen King (2015). ✭✭✭
28. “Drunken Fireworks”, Stephen King (2015). ✭✭
29. “Mr. Yummy”, Stephen King (2015). ✭✭✭
30. “Obits”, Stephen King (2015). ✭✭✭✭
31. “White Rabbit”, Georgina Bruce (2016), ✭✭✭
32. “Man of the House”, V. H. Leslie (2016). ✭✭✭

The best short I read this past month was T. E. D. Klein’s “Black Man with a Horn”. This was actually a re-read; I first encountered the story in the Ramsey Campbell-edited New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos and later on in Klein’s own collection, Dark Gods . It’s been reprinted a bunch of times, most recently in S. T. Joshi’s anthology, A Mountain Walked . It’s one of the very best Lovecraftian pastiches I’ve ever read. Klein is especially good at lifting the necessary 30s-era horror tropes and transporting them to a comparatively modern setting (the story was first published in 1980). The story’s narrator, for those who might not know, was based on Frank Belknap Long, one of HPL’s early acolytes and who was himself responsible for a few high-quality stories along with a fair amount of forgettable dreck.

Thanks for starting the thread for 2016, Canavan! :)

Greg commented:

Thanks for starting the thread for 2016, Canavan! :)

No problem, Greg.

There so far doesn’t appear to be all that much interest in the thread, but — what the heck — as I’ve noted in the past, I make note of the stories I’ve read primarily for my own amusement.

Canavan wrote: "Greg commented:


Thanks for starting the thread for 2016, Canavan! :)


No problem, Greg.

There so far doesn’t appear to be all that much interest in the thread, but — what the heck — as I’ve n..."

I'll probably add something shortly once I get around to it. (It's an excerpt of a novel appended to a graphic novel I read the other day.)

Canavan’s short stories

February

33. “The Red Brain”, Donald Wandrei (1927). ✭½
34. “Lycanthropus” [poem], C. Edgar Bolen (1936). ✭✭½
35. “Witch-Burning” [poem], Mary Elizabeth Counselman (1936). ✭✭½
36. “The Terrible Parchment”, Manly Wade Wellman (1937). ✭✭✭
37. “Deceased Effects”, Michael Chislett (1998). ✭✭✭✭
38. “Friends of Faustina”, Michael Chislett (2011). ✭✭✭½

A terrible, terrible month for reading — only a handful of entries to report here. The best of the rather scanty lot was Michael Chislett’s “Deceased Effects”. The plot, which I won’t spoil here, is a rather unremarkable variation on the typical British ghost story (reminiscent, perhaps, of something by H. R. Wakefield), but it was done so well that I was still quite pleased with the result. The story originally appeared in Issue 27 of Rosemary Pardoe’s Ghosts & Scholars, but was recently reprinted in In the City of Ghosts .

Here's my official spot!

March
1. Excerpt from Spice & Wolf, Vol. 1 by Isuna Hasekura (appended to its manga adaptation, Spice & Wolf, Vol. 1).
2. 'American gothic' by Ray Russell, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). A solid four-star read and one of the longer stories in this anthology!

April
3. 'Moist dreams' by Stanley Wiater, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Two stars for me.
4. 'Dog, cat and baby' by Joe R. Lansdale, Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Two-and-a-half stars.
5. 'Nothing from nothing comes' by Katherine Ramsland, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three stars.

May
6. 'If you take my hand, my son' by Mort Castle, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three stars.
7. 'Maurice and Mog' by James Herbert, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three stars.
8. 'Fish story' by Dennis Hamilton, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Four stars.
9. 'Outsteppin' Fetchit' by Charles R. Saunders, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three stars.
10. 'In the tank' by Ardath Mayhar, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three stars.
11. 'Hidey hole' by Steve Rasnic Tem, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three-and-a-half stars.
12. 'The night is freezing fast' by Thomas F. Monteleone, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Four stars.
13. 'Buried talents' by Richard Matheson, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Three-and-a-half stars.
14. 'Late George in high August' by John Robert Bensink, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Two stars.
15. 'Wordsong' by J. N. Williamson, in in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Four stars.
16.'The man who drowned puppies' by Thomas Sullivan, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Four stars.
17. 'The boy who came back from the dead' by Alan Rogers, in Masques Two (edited by J. N. Williamson). Four stars. [The last story in this anthology.]

June
18. 'Inundation' by John Lagan, at https://lovecraftzine.com/magazine/is.... 2.5 stars.

August
19. 'Plasty' by Michael Bailey, at https://blog.nettirw.com/2016/07/30/p.... Two-and-a-half stars.
20. 'O brave old world!' by Avram Davidson, in idem, The Other Nineteenth Century (ed. by Grania Davis & Henry Wessells), pp 15-31. Three stars.
21. 'Great is Diana' Avram Davidson, in idem, The Other Nineteenth Century (ed. by Grania Davis & Henry Wessells), by pp 33-42. Three stars.
22. 'Not the end of the world' by Jeannie Warner, in Tightbeam, 272 (May 2015), pp 4-6. Three stars.

I hope to finish Masques Two this weekend. When that happens my short story count will probably drop substantially for a while as I have a few novels lined up to read.

Canavan wrote: "
Canavan’s short stories


February

33. “The Red Brain”, Donald Wandrei (1927). ✭½
34. “Lycanthropus” [poem], C. Edgar Bolen (1936). ✭✭½
35. “Witch-Burning” [p..."

It's been a while since you posted here, Canavan! I almost dread to ask how many short stories you've read since February!

Greg wrote:

It's been a while since you posted here, Canavan! I almost dread to ask how many short stories you've read since February!

It’s been a terrible year for me reading-wise, I’m afraid. A handful of books and not many short stories. A new job, cross-country move, parental health issues, etc., etc. have all severely limited my leisure time. I do plan on posting here — hopefully within the next few weeks.

While I mainly read novels, I do have lots of shorts/novellas to read. I have read "Extraction," by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. (It's attached to the Agent Pendergast series.) Thanks for reminding me that I have so many short things to read!

Oh GREAT TBR PILE IS GROWING!!!!!! (Insert scream queen Scream!)

I was looking for short stories so thanks for this thread :).

Canavan wrote: "Greg wrote:


It's been a while since you posted here, Canavan! I almost dread to ask how many short stories you've read since February!


It’s been a terrible year for me reading-wise, I’m afrai..."

I haven't been reading as much as I'd like to either this year. I can relate to the parental health issues too but congrats on getting the new job! The great thing about this thread is that it allows you to take note of that occasional short story read here and there such as one in a general magazine found while waiting at the doctor's surgery.

Karen wrote: "While I mainly read novels, I do have lots of shorts/novellas to read. I have read "Extraction," by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. (It's attached to the Agent Pendergast series.) Thanks for remin..."

Will you have time to list them here though?

I read so many anthologies, I don't think I'd ever have time to list a year's worth here!

Kimberly wrote: "I read so many anthologies, I don't think I'd ever have time to list a year's worth here!"

Originally, the idea was to list only stray short story reads. This would be just a single story in an anthology, a couple of stories in a magazine, a story posted as a blog post and so on, since none of them can be listed as books in their own right on GR. But I figured that if you're reading an anthology over more than one year then why not list the individual short stories you read in each year?

Canavan’s short stories

March

39. “The Big Front Yard”, Clifford D. Simak (1958). ✭✭✭✭
40. “The Night Listener”, Chet Williamson (1984). ✭✭½
41. “Where All Past Years Are” (variant title: Tell Me Where the Lost Years Are), David Longhorn (1995). ✭✭½
42. “The Regulars”, David Longhorn (1996). ✭✭✭½
43. “The Ptolemaic System”, David Longhorn (1997). ✭✭✭✭
44. “Skirmish”, David Longhorn (1997). ✭✭✭
45. “The Befriender”, David Longhorn (1998). ✭✭✭½
46. “The Glyphs”, David Longhorn (2001). ✭✭✭
47. “At Dusk”, C. E. Ward (2008). ✭✭✭✭
48. “The Mound”, C. E. Ward (2008). ✭✭✭½
49. “Merfield Hall”, M. R. James & C. E. Ward (2011). ✭✭½

April

50. “Footsteps”, Harlan Ellison (1980). ✭✭½
51. “On Call”, Dennis Etchison (1980). ✭✭½
52. “The King”, William Relling Jr. (1980). ✭✭✭✭
53. “The Catacomb”, Peter Shilston (1980). ✭✭✭✭
54. “Without Rhyme or Reason”, Peter Valentine Timlett (1980). ✭✭✭
55. “Corporautolysis”, Christopher Slatsky (2011). ✭✭✭✭
56. “An Infestation of Stars”, Christopher Slatsky (2015). ✭✭½
57. “Loveliness Is a Shadow”, Christopher Slatsky (2015). ✭✭✭

June

58. “Panopticon”, Livia Llewellyn (2010). ✭✭
59. “Stabilimentum”, Livia Llewellyn (2013). ✭✭

Canavan’s short stories

July, Part I

60. “My Adventure in Norfolk”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭✭
61. “The B.B.I.”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭
62. “Charles”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭
63. “The First of April”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭
64. “A Foggy Evening”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭
65. “An Impromptu Dance”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭
66. “The Photograph”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭½
67. “The Voice”, Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭✭
68. “Night Court”, Mary Elizabeth Counselman (1953). ✭✭
69. “Drawer 14”, Talmage Powell (1965). ✭✭✭
70. “Blackham’s Wimpey”, Robert Westall (1982). ✭✭✭½
71. “Double Vision”, Mary Higgins Clark (1988). ✭✭
72. “The Wheatstone Pond”, Robert Westall (1993). ✭✭✭½
73. “The Devil’s Number”, Reggie Oliver, (2004). ✭✭✭½
74. “The Sleeping Portrait of Monkshood Hall”, Reggie Oliver (2006). ✭✭✭½
75. “Putting on the Surrealist Hat: The Decadent Aesthetic of Jules Charnier”, Reggie Oliver (2008). ✭✭✭
76. “The Bleeding Horse”, Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭
77. “Father Corrigan’s Diary”, Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭✭
78. “Lavender and White Clover”, Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭
79. “Meones’ Beast”, Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭
80. “Oil on Canvas”, Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭
81. “Takowanda”, Nadia Aguiar (2009). ✭✭½
82. “An Easy Gig”, M. T. Anderson (2009). ✭✭✭
83. “Horrorku” [Poem], Katherine Applegate (2009). ✭✭✭½
84. “The Creeping Hand”, Margaret Atwood (2009). ✭✭½
85. “The Itch”, Avi (2009). ✭½
86. “A Very Short Story”, Holly Black (2009). ✭✭✭
87. “The Attack of the Flying Mustsches”, Pseudonymous Bosch (2009). ✭✭
88. “Them”, Libba Bray (2009). ✭✭✭
89. “The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, A Novel as Told by Lisa Brown in Fewer Than 30 Seconds”, Lisa Brown (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭½
90. “Shortcut”, Michael Connelly (2009). ✭✭½
91. “Krüger’s Sausage Haus”, Mark Crilley (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭½
92. “All Fingers and Thumbs!”, Joseph Delaney (2009). ✭✭✭½
93. “The Rash”, Daniel Ehrenhaft (2009). ✭✭✭
94. “Aloft”, Carson Ellis (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭½
95. “The Shadow”, Neil Gaiman (2009). ✭✭
96. “Up to My Elbow”, Jack Gantos (2009). ✭
97. “Death Rides a Pink Bicycle”, Stacey Godenir (2009). ✭✭✭
98. “The Dare”, Carol Gorman (2009). ✭✭✭½
99. “Don’t Wet the Bed”, Alan Gratz (2009). ✭✭
100. “The Beast Outside”, Adele Griffin (2009). ✭✭✭
101. “I’m Not Afraid”, Dan Gutman (2009). ✭½
102. “The Final Word”, Brett Helquist (Artist) & Josh Greenhut (Author) (2009). ✭✭✭
103. “The Babysitter”, Erin Hunter (2009). ✭✭✭
104. “Nanny”, Angela Johnson (2009). ✭✭
105. “Unannounced”, Aliza Kellerman (2009). ✭✭✭½
106. “Deep Six”, Faye Kellerman (2009). ✭✭
107. “The Foot Dragger”, M. E. Kerr (2009). ✭½
108. “The Legend of Alexandra & Rose”, Jon Klassen (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭✭½
109. “The Doll”, Alice Kuipers (2009). ✭✭✭
110. “Inventory”, Jonathan Lethem (2009). ✭½

Canavan’s short stories

July, Part II

111. “The New Me: A Pantoum” [Poem], Gail Carson Levine (2009). ✭✭½
112. “A Day at the Lake”, Lesley Livingston (2009). ✭✭½
113. “Hank”, Dean Lorey (2009). ✭½
114. “In Conclusion”, Gregory Maguire (2009). ✭✭✭
115. “Four Gleams in the Moonlight”, Stephen Marche (2009). ✭½
116. “Where Nightmares Walk”, Melissa Marr (2009). ✭½
117. “Through the Veil”, Alison McGhee (2009). ✭✭✭
118. “The Goblin Book”, Brad Meltzer (2009). ✭✭½
119. “Heart Stopper”, Sienna Mercer (2009). ✭✭
120. “Strawberry Bubbles”, Lauren Myracle (2009). ✭½
121. “Soup”, Jenny Nimmo (2009). ✭½
122. “Tiger Kitty”, Joyce Carol Oates (2009). ✭✭✭½
123. “A Boiled Egg Called Lowestoft”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭½
124. “A Cautionary Tale Concerning Beards”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭½
125. “The Destruction of the Great Empires by Trees”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭
126. “The Devil’s Funeral”, Reggie Oliver, (2009). ✭✭✭½
127. “The Head”, Reggie Oliver, (2009). ✭✭✭½
128. “ ‘I Uomini di Burro’ by Ugo Sossigi, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭
129. “Mrs. Midnight's Animal Comedians”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭½
130. “The Rev. Arthur Gasport and His Daemonograph”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭½
131. “The Romantic Ruin at St. Botolph’s”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭½
132. “Soren Ünting and His Philosophy”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭½
133. “Tawny”, Reggie Oliver, (2009). ✭✭✭½
134. “Temporary Disappearance of a School”, Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭½
135. “The Wig: A Monologue for an Actor”, Reggie Oliver, (2009). ✭✭✭½
136. “In Hiding”, Kenneth Oppel (2009). ✭✭✭½
137. “Grand Entrance”, James Patterson (2009). ✭½
138. “Tenton”, Tom Genrich & Michèle Perry (2009). ✭✭
139. “Mr. Black”, Yvonne Prinz (2009). ✭✭
140. “Chocolate Cake”, Francine Prose (2009). ✭½
141. “A Disturbing Limerick” [Poem], Vladimir Radunsky (2009). ✭✭
142. “On a Tuesday During That Time of Year”, Chris Raschka (2009). ✭✭
143. “The Prisoner of Eternia”, Aaron Renier (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭✭½
144. “Trick”, Adam Rex (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭✭
145. “The Ballad of John Grepsy”, David Rich (2009). ✭½
146. “The Old Man in the Picture”, Richard Sala (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭✭½
147. “Whispered”, Jon Scieszka (2009). ✭½
148. “A Thousand Faces”, Brian Selznick (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭
149. “What’s Coming”, Arthur Slade (2009). ✭½
150. “Stuck in the Middle”, Abi Slone (2009). ✭✭✭
151. “Worms”, Lane Smith (2009). ✭✭
152. “Something You Ought to Know”, Lemony Snicket (2009). ✭✭
153. “Halloween Mask” [Poem], Sonya Sones (2009). ✭½
154. “The Chicken or the Egg”, Jerry Spinelli (2009). ✭½
155. “Always Eleven”, David Stahler Jr. (2009). ✭✭✭
156. “My Worst Nightmare”, R. L. Stine (2009). ✭✭✭
157. “There’s Something Under the Bed”, Allan Stratton (2009). ✭✭½
158. “Skittering”, Tui T. Sutherland (2009). ✭✭½
159. “Wet Sand, Little Teeth”, Mariko Tamaki (2009). ✭✭✭
160. “Cat’s Paw”, Sarah L. Thomson (2009). ✭✭
161. “Easy Over”, Frank Viva (Author & Artist) (2009). ✭✭
162. “At the Water’s Edge”, Ayelet Waldman (2009). ✭✭✭
163. “One of a Kind”, Sarah Weekss (2009). ✭½
164. “A Walk Too Far”, Gloria Whelan (2009). ✭✭½
165. “We Think You Do”, Barry Yourgrau (2009). ✭½
166. “The Falls: A Luna Story”, Ian McDonald (2015). ✭✭✭½

Canavan’s short stories

August

167. “The Leasehold of His Days”, Gregory Miller (2010). ✭✭✭
168. “A Quick Break”, Gregory Miller (2010). ✭✭½
169. “Time to Go Home”, Gregory Miller (2010). ✭✭✭✭
170. “The Character”, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭✭½
171. “Comfortable Silence”, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭½
172. “Dead End”, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭✭
173. “Graduation Day, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭✭

September

174. “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes”, Harlan Ellison (1967). ✭✭✭
175. “Tiger! Tiger!”, Elizabeth Bear (2003). ✭✭✭½
176. “It Is Done”, Edward Pearce (2005). ✭✭✭
177. “Summer-Time”, Gregory Miller (2010). ✭✭✭½
178. “On the Edge of Twilight”, Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭✭½
179. “Where the Marshes Meet the Sea”, Edward Pearce (2014). ✭✭✭½
180. “Rabbit, Cat, Girl“, Rebecca Kuder (2015). ✭✭✭½
181. “Another Episode of Cathedral History”, Peter Holman (2016). ✭✭✭½
182. “A Gap in Society”, John Howard (2016). ✭✭✭
183. “The Observers”, Edward Pearce (2016). ✭✭✭
184. “Paranormal Holidays”, Edward Pearce (2016). ✭✭✭½
185. “A Very Merry Christmas”, Edward Pearce (2016). ✭✭✭½
186. “Tempus Edax Rerum”, John Llewellyn Probert (2016). ✭✭½
187. “The Man in the Rose Bushes”, Steve Rasnic Tem (2016). ✭✭½
188. “Twenty Years After”, C. E. Ward (2016). ✭✭✭½

October

189. “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allan Poe (1843). ✭✭✭✭
190. “The Dead Valley”, Ralph Adams Cram (1895). ✭✭✭
191. “Pickman’s Model”, H. P. Lovecraft (1927). ✭✭✭✭½
192. “Violet Is the Color of Your Energy”, Nadia Bulkin (2015). ✭✭✭✭

November

193. “The Beast in the Cave”, H. P. Lovecraft (1918). ✭½
194. “In the Vault”, H. P. Lovecraft (1925). ✭✭✭½
195. “Cool Air”, H. P. Lovecraft (1928). ✭✭✭✭
196. “The Curse of Yig”, H. P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop (1929). ✭✭✭✭
197. “The Slaying of the Monster”, H. P. Lovecraft & R. H. Barlow (1933). ½
198. “Little Radish”, Angela Slatter (2008). ✭✭✭½
199. “Gallowberries”, Angela Slatter (2010). ✭✭✭½
200. “The Shadow Tree”, Angela Slatter (2010). ✭✭✭½

December

201. “The Greatest Gift”, Philip Van Doren Stern (1943). ✭✭✭
202. “SantaLand Diaries”, David Sedaris (1994). ✭✭✭✭
203. “Calyn”, Edward Pearce (2005). ✭✭✭½
204. “What Happened in Westholme Woods”, Edward Pearce (2006). ✭✭✭
205. “Pumpkin Face”, Edward Pearce (2016). ✭✭✭

Yikes! You've been busy reading short stories after all! Good going, Canavan!

Greg said:

Yikes! You've been busy reading short stories after all! Good going, Canavan!

I did manage to get a few under my belt, but to be honest I wasn’t nearly as productive as I had aspired to be. It was a rather tumultuous year on a personal level and that negatively impacted my reading. I’m hoping that in the coming year I can do better. And, at a minimum, I’ve resolved to not neglect the 2017 thread the way I did the 2016 one.

Canavan wrote: "Greg said:


Yikes! You've been busy reading short stories after all! Good g


I did manage to get a few under my belt, but to be honest I wasn’t nearly as productive as I had aspired to be. It w..."

I hope 2017 proves to be a better year for you (indeed for everyone) and I'll keep an eye out for your posts in the new thread!