Nature and gods are what defines most of the recommendations from February. Another short story and poem from Apparition Lit’s justice issue are on this list because it’s just that good and although it was technically published in January, the chosen pieces were only made available on their website last month. I also have an anthology to recommend since one of the following pieces is a reprint originally published in it: Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha, including a foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Recommendations
- “History in Pieces” by Beth Goder
in Clarkesworld #173
- “A Wild Patience” by Gwynne Garfinkle
in Escape Pod #772
- “Honey and Mneme” by Marika Bailey
in Apparition Lit #13
- “In the Library of Longing” by Xan van Rooyen
in Daily Science Fiction
- “Small and Bright” by Autumn Brown
in Lightspeed #129
- “The Demon Sage’s Daughter” by Varsha Dinesh
in Strange Horizons, Issue 8 Feb 2021
- “On Brutal Wing” by Brian Hugenbruch
in Apparition Lit #13
- “Andromeda” by Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos and Seth Martel
in Mermaids Monthly #2
- “The High Witch of Westham” by Tom Jolly
in Translunar Travelers Lounge #4
- “A Serpent For Each Year” by Tamara Jerée
in Strange Horizons, Issue 1 Feb 2021
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