I love discovering little new universes.

Did you know there is a Magazine that deal only with SFF furry fiction? https://zooscape-zine.com/about/

Or one just for SFF queer fiction? https://www.bafflingmag.com/about

Or one about translated SFF fiction? http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/about/

And they are all free to read?

The world is vast, and I have so very little time

In this shitty adventskalendar that’s my quest to read short stories through all of december, no story Today but a short, delightful nonfic article about stories

~1.2k words

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-necessity-of-trans-joy/

❄️Five Reasons for the Sign Above Her Door, One of Them Unspoken❄️
by Izzy Wasserstein

🏳️‍🌈 rep: Trans author

One of the stories in yesterday’s article. This was well worth the read.

https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2020/06/five-reasons-for-the-sign-above-her-door-one-of-them-unspoken/

✂️The Only Innocent Man✂️
by Julian K. Jarboe

🏳️‍🌈 rep: black MC, transmasc MC, nb author

For me, it tried to do too many things at once but, as it always happens with slate, the food for thought was delicious

https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/the-only-innocent-man-julian-k-jarboe.html

🍳can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time🍳
by Iori Kusano

This is by the skin of my teeth, but I Made it in time.

Strange, a bit sad, a bit unfullfilling

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/can-i-offer-you-a-nice-egg-in-this-trying-time/

✨ SyncALife ✨
by Ruben Reyes Jr.

~6,600 words

CW: grief, domestic abuse, homophobia
🏳️‍🌈rep: bi MC, positive sex work representation

https://www.lightspeed magazine.com/fiction/syncalife/

🐉THE DRAGON PROJECT🐉
by Naomi Kritzer

Kritzer’s work is always a delight

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_03_22/

Good for her

🕰️ A Glossary of Psychological Terms Useful for People Trying to Change their Past 🕰️
by M. J. Pettit

Did you know a story could come
in the form of a glossary?
Sadly it was about time travel, which I loathe, so yeah, sometimes it’d be like dat

https://kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2022/a-glossary-of-psychological-terms-useful-for-people-trying-to-change-their-past-by-m-j-pettit/

🪺 Only When You Laugh 🪺
by Amanda Song

I know Nightmare is a horror magazine, but holy cow this was dark

https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/only-when-you-laugh/