Here are five short stories I read and enjoyed this year. They are either science fiction or fantasy, or both, or neither.
The Tale of How You Were Born by Eleanor Elizabeth Fog. In it, a witch recounts to a child the story of how it came to be.
Scry by Anne Ivy. The story of a queen in a world where she, along with many others, possesses the ability to see into the future.
Asu and the Demon Wolf by Daniel Gedge. The story of a deformed boy who kills a wolf and then finds himself having to kill it again.
Last Train from Deadwall by André Geleynse. A beautifully realised story about a mortal imprisoned in immortality in a hell that is run like a company town.
Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by AW Prihandita. A moving story about a doctor who is visited by an alien with an ailment that she struggles to understand. Everything changes when she does understand it.
