When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
No one called Marty Walsh “Farty” but me, the only reason being that anyone who talked out of his ass as much as he did deserved a name to match.
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
My baba says the only society worth living in is one where everyone has access to food, shelter, clean water, and health services.
The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
The magic itself was not evil. It was what you did with it, how you shaped the tools given to your use.
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
As Mark contemplated his future — his legacy and the coming year’s personal challenge — I think he came to this dark conclusion: if Trump can do it, so could he.
After all, not only does Mark now have Trump’s playbook, he owns the tools and sets the rules. And he has something no one else has, the ability to control the algorithm with zero transparency or oversight.
Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live by Chris Guillebeau
When you’re too busy to think about your life, you’re able to put off proactive decisions under the guise of responding to what seems urgent. You think you’re doing all the right things, but really you’re just keeping busy.
The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow
She came to us as any apocalypse does: slowly at first, and then all at once.
Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
It occurred to him that a spell to make one’s enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
“Pain isn’t a competition,” I assure him. “There’s always enough to go around.”
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
And what was a home but somewhere you wouldn’t have to feel quite so alone.
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
ts voice was like the wind, but also like a thousand trees thinking the same thought.
Can't Spell Tea without Treason by Rebecca Thorne
A person could work and work and work, and still never “earn” their dues. Sometimes success meant determination… and sometimes, it was just luck.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Perhaps being too powerful, too unopposed, is a curse in and of itself, leading to boredom and dissipation, and the invention of imaginary enemies whose powers to torment were less limited than those of flesh and blood.
Treating Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: A Clinician's Guide by Lindsay C Gibson
Parentified children are often referred to as “old souls” —wise and calm beyond their years. But they can pay for their precocity by harboring a squishy center of insecurity and loneliness, a wound formed in their earliest unsupported years.
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart (and other stories) by Gennarose Nethercott
Monsters and flowers aren’t much different. Sometimes they are hard to tell apart—but a good florist knows what to look for.
Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
Sometimes, when things are broken, I find they fix themselves if you just pretend that they are fine and give them time.
The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
There are countless things she would rather be doing. On a night like this, when the blue moon is full and bursting with light like summer fruit, she wants nothing more than to bathe in the moon water that now floods the riverbanks. She wants to sing poorly with no judgment, wearing nothing but the night sky.
The Last Sound Of Aurora by A.J. Niemi
I’m not a murderer, and I’m not even a killer, I simply exaggerate self-protection.