There are a lot of people out there in the world who have grown up without one or both parents. Naturally, these people crop up in fiction on a reasonably regular basis. Children’s and young adult literature seems especially fond of the orphan, but people with deadbeat or otherwise absent parents show up every so often too. Today I would like to ( Read more... )

So, as I've mentioned here at least once, I've been spending many, many hours of my workday reading short fiction. And I've read some pretty awesome stories. So I thought I'd make a post of highlights so interested parties can seek out the stories for themselves. And also because I'm bored. A lot of these stories aren't recently published--I've ( Read more... )