Dec
23
My favorite things of 2024
4 min read
fictionreading
Dec
20
Things I found and loved this year
2 min read
Dec
05
A run of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
1 min read
Dec
02
Distinguish conversation between stories about tropes from conversation about ideas
4 min read
Dec
01
Bouncing off books
1 min read
Nov
30
Important names in Too Like the Lightning
6 min read
Nov
29
A pre-reveal
1 min read
Nov
26
What do I like about fantasy fiction? Maybe the struggle with received wisdom
2 min read
Nov
25
Disagreements in Too Like the Lightning function as prompts for the reader
4 min read
Nov
21
Some inconsistencies between the cover of Deserter and the story
1 min read
Nov
20
What's going on with "The Reanimator's Sword"?
2 min read
Nov
19
In a mystery, false leads don't have to be developed or specifically contradicted
1 min read
Nov
14
Deciphering manga panel order via "Where the Sandman Lives"
1 min read
Nov
14
"Where the Sandman Lives"
2 min read
Nov
12
A bunch of writing dichotomies that bother me
2 min read
Nov
11
How I think about fiction genre
3 min read
Nov
10
Frame text
2 min read
Oct
24
You can move a (prose) story forward outside of its scenes
4 min read
Oct
13
Hogswatch charity
2 min read
Oct
12
No hard feelings
1 min read
Sep
11
Mr. Calvin Tower
1 min read
Aug
27
Possible failure modes of Public Universal Friendship
1 min read
Aug
26
A mystery story is made of a series of smaller mysteries
3 min read
Aug
23
Buddhism for Space Colonists
2 min read
Jul
18
Poisonous snakes
1 min read
Jun
21
Horror and escapist fantasy should go together
1 min read
Jun
19
Leaves in "Doc's Story"
1 min read
Jun
13
Drawing of the Three's minor characters
1 min read
Jun
12
Yuppie Psycho has ~good endings, but no Good Ending
3 min read
Jun
11
Recurring themes in Yuppie Psycho
1 min read
Jun
11
What is witch paper?
1 min read
Jun
08
Ghost stories come with a paranoid aftertaste
1 min read
Apr
21
Famous authors playing with genre boundaries
1 min read
Apr
14
A shed
1 min read
Mar
23
The mysterious affair at Styles
7 min read
Mar
20
Review: "The Elephant Vanishes"
2 min read
Mar
20
Track your response to elements of craft
3 min read
Mar
01
Mystery in the dungeon
1 min read
Feb
27
It's nearly fresh
1 min read
Feb
13
Analyzing short stories
2 min read
Jan
19
Review: "A Family Supper"
2 min read
Jan
10
Norse Mythology
1 min read
Jan
05
An abstract paragraph
1 min read
Dec
13
Someone ought to do something
1 min read
Dec
09
But they're all dead now
2 min read
Dec
03
The Great God Om
1 min read
Nov
18
Did you give the spoon back?
1 min read
Nov
01
Clinkers
1 min read
Oct
26
The stable
1 min read
Oct
25
Deflated Rastafarian hedgehog
1 min read