'Foxfire, Foxfire' by Yoon Ha Lee - originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

“Baekdo,” she had said when I was young, “why can’t you be satisfied with chickens and mice? You think you’ll be able to stop with sweet bean cakes, but the next thing you know, it will be shrimp crackers and chocolate-dipped biscuits, and after that you’ll take ( Read more... )

'Old Domes' by JY Yang - originally published in Clarkesworld.

Her name is Jing-Li, and she is a cullmaster of buildings. Of embodiments of brick and stone, locations expressed in forms that humans can deal with, difficult to perceive and even worse to understand. But she does not need understanding to do her job.

'The Unknown God' by Ann Leckie - set in the same universe as her short story, The Nalendar, which I've also recced here, all set in a universe practically riddled with gods, large and small. Originally published by Uncanny Magazine.

'The Mourning Hour' by Anya Ow - Kiat is desperate, the phone he needs repairing is the last thing connecting him to his daughter. Originally published in Giganotosaurus.

I don't often rec WiP, knowing all too well from my own experience how easily they stop being updated, but I'm making an exception for this: 'The Course of Honour' by Avoliot. It hits many of my buttons, full of misunderstandings after a second arranged marriage for Jainan to a man who is very different from his first, recently-deceased, husband. M

'La Chanson des Vieux Amants' by language_escapes - deviates from the show canon but full of lots of lovely character moments and also a nice snapshot of the relationship between Sherlock and Joan. Gen.

For me, at least, it's been interesting to see how what I'm reading has evolved over the past couple of years - to see an indication of this, just hit the 'administrivia' tag and you'll get an idea ( Read more... )

'Sea of Dreams' by Alter S. Reiss, published on Beneath Ceaseless SkiesIerois has been a prisoner, left on an island with only occasional visits from a ship bringing food, since being deposed by his brother. He's learned the hard way that the sea surrounding the island is a source of lies, turning stones into precious gems only for the sailors to ( Read more... )

'Penetration Testing' by Toft- in a story that has our heroes meeting under different circumstances than they do in the series, the CIA sets a honey-trap for Finch once it realises it has the perfect bait for it in the shape of John Reese. Harold/John.

'Belonging' by nogoaway - as Shaw tussles with Reese and tries to win Bear's affections for herself, Reese finds himself musing on the idea of being owned, belonging to someone in particular. Harold/John.