Category Archives: Short fiction

The Empty Family, by Colm Toibin

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Kristin

I just finished reading The Empty Family, the new short story collection by Irish literary author Colm Toibin (apologies for the lack of accents; I’m not a sophisticated enough blogger to know if WordPress has a way of including accents in … Continue reading →

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Mystic Signals Magazine

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Kristin

Continuing in the vein of finally getting around to reading magazines that have my stories in them, I recently finished Issue 10 of Mystic Signals.  At least I finished this one before the new issue was out!  Mystic Signals is … Continue reading →

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Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Kristin

I finally finished reading the Spring 2011 issue of Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine (in which my story “Sons of God, Daughters of Men” appears).  Of course, now the summer issue is out.*  Oh well.  What with getting laid off … Continue reading →

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Prairie Fire review

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Kristin

My story “Woman Moving to the Country” was published in Prairie Fire magazine at the beginning of this year, and I promised in my blog post announcing the publication that I would write about the other stories in the issue … Continue reading →

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New story available in Mystic Signals

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Kristin

My story “The Shoemaker’s Daughter” is now out in Mystic Signals. You can download a PDF version for free right here. If you like paper, a hard copy of the magazine is also available for $12. Once you get to … Continue reading →

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New story out in Prairie Fire

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Kristin

My story “Woman Moving to the Country” is in the current issue of Prairie Fire, a Canadian literary magazine. Although I do write mostly fantasy and science fiction, I decided to venture into the mysterious realm of literary fiction for … Continue reading →

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Daily Science Fiction (great new online magazine!)

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Kristin

If you haven’t seen Daily Science Fiction yet, they’re publishing some great stories. You can read them at their website; or, if you want the stories when they first come out, subscribe to their mailing list, and they’ll e-mail you … Continue reading →

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Great Canadian science fiction

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Kristin

I just finished reading the latest issue of On Spec magazine (I often have a magazine going at the same time as whatever book I’m reading.). On Spec is probably Canada’s best-known speculative fiction magazine (edit: Actually, Chizine might be … Continue reading →

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Sybil’s Garage no. 7

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Kristin

I just finished reading the latest issue of the magazine Sybil’s Garage. I can’t claim to be unbiased in my recommendation, since the editor, Matt Kressel, is a friend of mine. But I’ve been reading Sybil’s Garage almost from the … Continue reading →

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Great story from Realms of Fantasy

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Kristin

I’ve been reading the August issue of Realms of Fantasy, and I really liked Sara Genge’s story, “Seagull Girl’s Butterfly Tongue.” It’s a zombie story with an unusual take on zombies (they’re a little like a fantastical version of the … Continue reading →

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