In July, I set out my first ever "reading plan", an idea I stole from Cliff's Dark Gems on Youtube. I decided that I liked the idea and am carrying it forward in August. I have also once again signed up for another writing course. This one is a short story writing course from Crystal Lake. In keeping with that theme, I'm going to focus on reading short fiction this month.

Photo by Mahendra Kumar on Unsplash July Reading Plan Progress

In July, I set out to read an ambitious 8 books over a few categories and completed 5/8, and read a bonus book that wasn't on my list.

Completed:

The Knave of Graves by S. J. Shank - Read my review hereHush Don't Wake the MonsterVampire Hunters from Speculative Publications - Read my review hereTheatre Macabre by Sèphera Girón - Read my review hereMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Review forthcoming. Part of my Horror Reading ChallengeAll Systems Red by Martha WellsAugust Reading PlanAlready On the Go

Wearing the Lion by John WiswellVolume 1 of Frost Zone StoriesWe are All Thieves of Somebody's FutureBook of Accidents by Chuck Wendig - Audiobook - This will be my second Chuck Wendig book. I really enjoyed Black River Orchard and this one is also part of my Horror Reading ChallengeARCs

Even with my focus on short fiction, I do have some ARCs to complete. 

5. We Like it Cherry by Jacy Morris - Horror that takes place in the deep, frozen north is one of my favourite things. Read more about what I love about icy horror here.

6. Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher - I am a big fan of T. Kingfisher and was excited to receive an arc of her upcoming work. 

Short Fiction 

I'm going to play a little catch up on the zines I currently subscribe to and start two anthologies this month. I don't expect to finish all of these this month, but I'm going to start working through them. I currently subscribe to Small Wonders, Apex Magazine, and The Stygian Zine. I find it difficult to keep up with monthly subscriptions, so I don't maintain many. I prefer to purchase individual issues when I can, or subscribe to ones that publish less frequently.

7-8. Small Wonders Issues 25 and 26 - I'm a somewhat recent subscriber to Small Wonders, but I love their flash fiction.

9-10. Apex 145 and 146 - A magazine for dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, and horror short fiction. I'm only a few issues behind.

11. Aphrodite from Flame Tree Press - One of these stories is written by me! I'm excited to see who I'm sharing the book with. Aphrodite retellings.

12. Noncorporeal III from Inkd Publishing - I also have a story in this collection and love reading the stories I share pages with. Spooky ghost stories.

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