Short Stories I Read In March

 

It’s the twenty-ninth of April. So it’s time to talk about the short stories, miscellaneous posts, and podcast episodes I read or listened to in March.

The Pigeon Keeper’s Daughter by Su-Yee Lin (Strange Horizons; Issue: 7 March 2022)

The first short story I tackled in March was The Pigeon Keeper’s Daughter. This was an interesting story. Set in Taipei, it’s about the daughter of a pigeon keeper going about her daily life until she begins to notice strange happenings surrounding her (it involved birds). There were a lot of metaphorical moments as well as political messaging woven into the story alongside the light fantasy parts. I liked this one.

The Kaleidoscopic Visitor by Shaoni C. White (Uncanny Magazine; Issue Forty-Five)

The second and last short story I read in March was Shaoni C. White’s The Kaleidoscopic Visitor. This was another good one. It’s well written with a clear theme, and I liked what they did with the titular Kaleidoscopic Visitor.

From Around the Web…

• Our Opinions Are Correct Episode #101: Hell Yeah, We Want To Change the Timeline!
• Print Run Podcast Episode 147: Publishing’s Great Resignation
• Writing Horses: Bridles and Bits and Getting the Details Right (Judith Tarr; Tor.com, March 7, 2022)
• Print Run Podcast Episode 148: All the Wrong Lessons
• Good Things Come In Small Packages: The Fabulous Flight by Robert Lawson (Alan Brown; Tor.com, March 16, 2022)
• Author Spotlight: Maria Dong (Lightspeed Magazine; March 2022 (Issue 142)
• Our Opinions Are Correct Episode #102: Money is a Fantasy
• The Curse of Good Representation (Ashia Monet; March 24, 2022)