This episode we're reading Short Story Collections! We talk about the differences between collections and anthologies, when a short story is too long, futurespeak, and how little Charles Dickens knows about writing. Plus: Accidentally buying Canadians. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Books We Read This Month (or tried to read…) All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva Robots vs. Fairies edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe Gutshot by Amelia Gray The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by N.K. Jemisin Three Deaths by Josip Novakovich Fantastic Adventures How Long till Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville Her Bodies and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Hark! Episode 212: Strawberry Equinox (with the neck ribbon story) Gothic Tales of Haunted Love edited by Hope Nicholson and S.M. Beiko Other books Meghan read Useful Phrases for Immigration by May-lee Chai Wedding in Autumn and Other Stories by Chiung-Yu Shih Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories by Yukiko Motoya The End of the Moment We Had by Toshiki Okada A Manual for Cleaning Women: Collected Stories by Lucia Berlin Bad Endings by Carleigh Baker Can RJ Recommend a Book by a Trans Author in this Genre? A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett Maiden Mother Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes Transcendent: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction Other Media We Mention Hellboy Series Itty Bitty Hellboy by Art Baltazar and Franco Flight Series Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology Lightspeed Magazine Strange Horizons Borne by Jeff VanderMeer Zombies Vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers (anthology with a story by RJ!) Links, Articles, and Things Nebula Rules Short Story: less than 7,500 words; Novelette: at least 7,500 words but less than 17,500 words; Novella: at least 17,500 words but less than 40,000 words Novel: 40,000 words or more. Game Writing: An interactive or playable story-driven work which conveys narrative, character, or story background. Picaresque novel January 1998 North American ice storm Suggest new genres! Fill out the form to suggest genres! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 16th for our 75th episode when we'll be discussing other books and media we've been imbibing! Then come back on Tuesday, May 7th when we'll be talking about the genre of Fairy Tales/Fables/Legends/Myths/Folklore!

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