A new batch of awesome short speculative fiction coming your way! March delivered a ton of narratively innovative short stories, several of which earned a spot on this list. I also have for you tales of murder and retribution, not-so-distant futures, and the mundane made hilarious.
“When the fires calmed and the bright red embers turned to ash, when the city grieved and grieved until it couldn’t grieve anymore, Dusa Dayan rose from the back pew of Beale Street First African Baptist Church and let the sounds of Doctor Watts’ hymns usher her out the red door.” After white men burn down a Freedman’s school with children inside, Dusa, their teacher, uses root magic to punish the killers. Exquisite writing, vivid descriptions, and a powerful plot. A real gut punch of a story.
ONLINE: Watershed Reading Series
December 14, 2020
Dorothy Chan is a poet and assistant professor of English at UW-Eau Claire.
The Arts + Literature Laboratory kicks off the poetry year 2021 with an online reading by Dorothy Chan, Ernest O. Ãgúnyẹmà and Kirwyn Sutherland streamed live on its YouTube and Facebook pages. Chan is the author of
Revenge of the Asian Woman as well as
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold and the chapbook
Chinatown Sonnets. Sutherland has been published in
American Poetry Review and elsewhere and has a chapbook,
Jump Ship. Ãgúnyẹmà has also published widely and is the editor of
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: November 2020 tor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.