October 2014

Read:

• Chasing the Queen of Sassi by Paul Di Filippo (K)


• Bugjuice by (http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/schoen-freebies/) (K)


• And That, My Children, is Why We Can't Go to Space Anymore by Shane Halbach (http://www.everydayfiction.com/and-that-my-children-is-why-we-cant-go-to-space-anymore-by-shane-halbach/)


• There is a Season by Peter Wood (http://www.everydayfiction.com/there-is-a-season-by-peter-wood/)


• Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan (http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/daughter-of-necessity-marie-brennan)


• Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch by Kelly Barnhill (http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/mrs-sorensen-and-the-sasquatch-kelly-barnhill)


• Baby's on the Roof by Connie Cockrell (http://www.everydayfiction.com/babys-on-the-roof-by-connie-cockrell/)


• Tennyson Hess by Wilma Bernard (http://www.everydayfiction.com/tennyson-hess-by-wilma-bernard/)


• Recipes by Julianne DiNenna (http://www.everydayfiction.com/recipes-by-julianne-dinenna/)


• Miss Carstairs and the Merman by Delia Sherman (http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/miss-carstairs-and-the-merman/)


• The Girl in the High Tower by Gennifer Albin (http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/the-girl-in-the-high-tower-gennifer-albin)


• Hatchlings by Beth Cato (http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/biotech/beth-cato/hatchlings_scifi)


• Motivational Story by Eric James Stone (http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/slipstream/eric-james-stone/motivational-story)


• There and Back Again by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/high-fantasy/sylvia-spruck-wrigley/there-and-back-again)


• When it Ends, He Catches Her by Eugie Foster (http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/fairy-tales/eugie-foster/when-it-ends-he-catches-her)


• The Dryad’s Shoe by T. Kingfisher (http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-dryads-shoe/)


• A Very Long Ride by SMNilsen (http://www.everydayfiction.com/a-very-long-ride-by-smnilsen/)


• Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (PG)


• V Disappointing by Susanne Chapman (http://www.everydayfiction.com/very-disappointing-by-susanne-chapman/)


• The Tightrope by Helen de Búrca (http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-tightrope-by-helen-de-burca/)


• Reason Abandoned by Moriah Geer-Hardwick (http://www.everydayfiction.com/reason-abandoned-by-moriah-geer-hardwick/)


• This Chance Planet by Elizabeth Bear (http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/this-chance-planet-elizabeth-bear) **especially enjoyed the "petal busses"! (typos for the win!)**


• With Polish by H. L. Cassel (http://www.everydayfiction.com/with-polish-by-h-l-cassel/)


• Gifted by Glenn Rosado (http://www.everydayfiction.com/gifted-by-glenn-rosado/)


• Halloween Stray by Holly Geely (http://www.everydayfiction.com/halloween-stray-by-holly-geely/)


• Trick or Treat by Patrick Perkins (http://www.everydayfiction.com/trick-or-treat-by-patrick-perkins/)


• A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone (http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/a-kiss-with-teeth-max-gladstone)


• Halloween Coming Out by Jeff Switt (http://www.everydayfiction.com/halloween-coming-out-by-jeff-switt/)

Knit:

• Days 14 (ugh!)-20 of Advent Scarf (and--provisionally--done)

Wrote:

• Beginning of seance story


• Beginning of "Bounded in a Nutshell"

Watched:

• Frankenstein (NT via Vue; Jonny Lee Miller as monster, Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankenstein)