Welcome all to the first short story recommendations of the year! To get the year off to good start, I've dug through various magazines and anthologies to provide quality stories for all of you people reading along (which also means this isn't the month I finally work through my Daily Science Fiction backlog). A Night … Continue reading Story Recommendations – January 2022
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Story Recommendations – December 2021
Merry Christmas everyone! It's time for the final story recommendations of the year. For that occasion, I've dug out a couple of stories from one of my very favorite writers of all time, Neil Gaiman. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Chivalry by Neil Gaiman (Smoke and Mirrors ): An … Continue reading Story Recommendations – December 2021
Story Recommendations – November 2021
For the November edition of my monthly short story recommendations, I've finally started to work through my backlog of Daily Science Fiction stories. I took a month or two away from DSF stories, for not apparent reason really. Getting back to them, though, I was reminded just why I love that particular magazine so much. … Continue reading Story Recommendations – November 2021
Story Recommendations – August 2021
Summer is coming to an end which, for some reason beyond my understanding, means I'm finding more quality stories. Or maybe the two aren't related at all. Who knows? Either way, the monthly recommendations are back with a full roster of stories. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Clouds Gleam … Continue reading Story Recommendations – August 2021
Story Recommendations – July 2021
So... July has been another slow month, both when it comes to the amount of short stories I managed to read and in regards to finding gems amongst those stories. I really should stop being surprised by this since it's the same issue every summer. Though, I still can't quite wrap my head around why … Continue reading Story Recommendations – July 2021
Story Recommendations – May 2021
Better late than never. Here are the story recommendations for May. Economic Principles of the Zombie Apocalypse by Wendy Nikel (DSF): I loved the concept of this story, where people are trying to just have a normal life and get by after the zombie apocalypse has hit. Which, of course, is exactly as difficult as … Continue reading Story Recommendations – May 2021
Story Recommendations February 2021
I've gone back to an old favourite of mine and read a bunch of flash fiction these last couple of month. So all the recommendations for February comes from Daily Science Fiction. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did. Fragments of a Falling-Out by Florijs M. Kleijne (DSF): This is a story … Continue reading Story Recommendations February 2021
Story Recommendations – December 2020
Minority Report by Philip K. Dick (Minority Report and other stories): This is an older piece, and it does show in the writing. However, the premise and the plot was interesting enough that it was worth recommending regardless. Like all of the best Philip K. Dick stories, the premise isn't just original but also strongly … Continue reading Story Recommendations – December 2020
Story Recommendations – November 2020
Some of you might've noticed that my short story recommendations for October never went up, and for that I'm sorry. The good news are that I missed putting up the recommendations because my wife gave birth to our daughter. So, yeah, I've been more than busy trying to keep the little devil alive and happy, … Continue reading Story Recommendations – November 2020
Story Recommendations – August 2020
Better late than never. Sorry for not delivering the monthly story recommendations in July. I'll spare you the bad excuses about being busy and summer vacation and all that and just admit that I was lazy and needed a break. Hopefully, the stories I've gathered for you this month will be worth the long wait. … Continue reading Story Recommendations – August 2020
Toby Backman 