Liberty Hardy

I just got the e-galley and I am looking forward to it!

January 1 3— "The Haunting of Dr. Claudius Winterson" by Sarah Monette (Katherine Addison)

The narrator's colleague is attracting unwanted attention.

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At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories a book by Kij Johnson A sparkling debut collection from one of the hottest writers in science fiction: her stories have received the Nebula Award the last two years running. These stories feature cats, bees, wolves, dogs, ...

January 12 — “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson

A woman buys a traveling magic act in which monkeys climb into a bathtub and disappear, then reappear hours later, and no one knows where they go.

(Story available in AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER OF BEES: STORIES bookshop.org/a/86661/9781...)

My Mother's Boyfriends a book by Samantha Schoech A daughter witnesses her mother grow angels' wings. A mistress begins writing letters to her lover's wife. Thanks to a genealogy test, a middle-aged woman meets a sister she's never known, and they're...

January 11 — “Ascension” by Samantha Schoech

A teen girl's mercurial mother wakes up with angel wings, but it takes a lot more than that to impress a teenager.

(Story available in MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIENDS, out 1/21 bookshop.org/a/86661/9798...)

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January 10 — “A Love Story" by Samantha Hunt

New motherhood, multiple realities, and maybe a coyote.

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January 9 — “Maintenance, Hvidovre" by Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken (translator)

A woman has an eerie experience at the hospital after giving birth to her third child.

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January 8 — “The Answer Is No" by Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma (translator)

Hell is other people.

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January 7 — “The Six Deaths of the Saint" by Alix E. Harrow

“Out of the ash I rise with my red hair and I eat men like air.”

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January 6 — “The Promise of a Portal" by Debbie Urbanski

The grass is always greener on the other side of the portal.

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January 5 — “Younger Women" by Karen Joy Fowler

A mother meets her teen daughter's vampire boyfriend.

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Thank you for suggesting it! I read this collection when it came out (how has it been ten years how how how) and it was fun to revisit it. \m/\m/

January 4 — “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying" by Alice Sola Kim

"Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing / she won't let you fly but she might let you sing."

(Story available in MONSTROUS AFFECTIONS smallbeerpress.com/books/2014/0...)

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January 3 — “U.F.O. in Kushiro” by Haruki Murakami

A man takes a trip after his wife leaves him. (*David Mills voice* "What's in the box???")

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January 2 — “Toad Words” by T. Kingfisher

'Frog in your throat,' but mean it literally.

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January 1 — “The Only Writing Advice You’ll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors” by Aimee Picchi.

Maintaining a relationship is hard when you have a secret identity.

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Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025?

Thank you!

Holy cats, what an amazing selection, thank you! I have read a couple of these, and am furiously scribbling down the rest.

Unrelated: Did you see that The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas is being reissued in March? (If I remember correctly, you are the only other fan of it that I have met.)

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We will fend together! Also, have you read Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh? It's one of my favorite collections of the year (and so deliciously effed up.)

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Coming from you, this is high praise! I can't wait to check them out. Thank you!

Thank you!!!

Thank you. :)

Thank you. :)

Thank you so much. (And I'm so excited you have a new book coming!)

One of my most-reread authors. ❤️

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Thank you! \m/\m/

Thank you!