Short Fiction Book Club
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Hi to our new followers! It was extremely cool to meet some of you at Worldcon.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
Short Fiction Book Club is about to go Long Fiction Book Club on this occasion!!!!! Can't wait to read this undoubtedly fantastic novel.
The original short story was a banger and you should all read it to build some anticipation: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/
The original short story was a banger and you should all read it to build some anticipation: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/
i have been DYING to share this cover for SO LONG so everyone please look at it and not my face.
We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is about to go Long Fiction Book Club on this occasion!!!!! Can't wait to read this undoubtedly fantastic novel.
The original short story was a banger and you should all read it to build some anticipation: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/
The original short story was a banger and you should all read it to build some anticipation: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_03_21/
Come join today's session! We have a strong slate about birds (and grief), and we love seeing new people in the discussions. Today's stories are:
- "One for Sorrow" by RJ Aurand
- "Bird Burning" by Spencer Nitkey
- "Auspicium" by Diana Dima
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- "One for Sorrow" by RJ Aurand
- "Bird Burning" by Spencer Nitkey
- "Auspicium" by Diana Dima
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Come join today's session! We have a strong slate about birds (and grief), and we love seeing new people in the discussions. Today's stories are:
- "One for Sorrow" by RJ Aurand
- "Bird Burning" by Spencer Nitkey
- "Auspicium" by Diana Dima
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- "One for Sorrow" by RJ Aurand
- "Bird Burning" by Spencer Nitkey
- "Auspicium" by Diana Dima
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Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion! Stop by to share your recent favorites, swap story samples, suggest future sessions, and discuss your favorites of the year so far.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion! Stop by to share your recent favorites, swap story samples, suggest future sessions, and discuss your favorites of the year so far.
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Come join today's session! We have a great slate and love seeing new people in the discussions. Today's stories are:
- Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke
- The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead by E.M. Linden
- If You Want to Erase Us, You Must Be Thorough by L. Tu
- Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke
- The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead by E.M. Linden
- If You Want to Erase Us, You Must Be Thorough by L. Tu
It’s Wednesday and @shortficbookclub.bsky.social is discussing Ancestral Ghosts. Hop on in—we’ve got some great stories on the docket (I’m not biased at all) www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Come join today's session! We have a great slate and love seeing new people in the discussions. Today's stories are:
- Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke
- The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead by E.M. Linden
- If You Want to Erase Us, You Must Be Thorough by L. Tu
- Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke
- The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead by E.M. Linden
- If You Want to Erase Us, You Must Be Thorough by L. Tu
huge month for very normal short fiction fans
ive been on-and-off trying to write a story about AI for a couple of years, and I think i finally cracked it with WIRE MOTHER, which is out in @clarkesworldmagazine.com (tw in the post below).
also hey, this issue is stacked??
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
also hey, this issue is stacked??
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/
Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
huge month for very normal short fiction fans
Short Fiction Book Club is starting October off right with fava beans and a nice Chianti. Come join us to discuss some great cannibalism stories:
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October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is starting October off right with fava beans and a nice Chianti. Come join us to discuss some great cannibalism stories:
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Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion! Stop by to talk about your recent favorites, swap story samples, help us plan future sessions, and be so normal about short stories (or novelettes, an underappreciated story length).
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September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion! Stop by to talk about your recent favorites, swap story samples, help us plan future sessions, and be so normal about short stories (or novelettes, an underappreciated story length).
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Today, Short Fiction Book Club is discussing baseball stories! Come join us for tales of this American (and occasionally Martian) sport.
Our slate:
"Diamond Girls" by Louise Marley
"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Star and the Rockets" by Harry Turtledove
Our slate:
"Diamond Girls" by Louise Marley
"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Star and the Rockets" by Harry Turtledove
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today, Short Fiction Book Club is discussing baseball stories! Come join us for tales of this American (and occasionally Martian) sport.
Our slate:
"Diamond Girls" by Louise Marley
"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Star and the Rockets" by Harry Turtledove
Our slate:
"Diamond Girls" by Louise Marley
"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Star and the Rockets" by Harry Turtledove
Today, Short Fiction Book Club is discussing extra-short fiction: come join us for some flash fiction! These four pieces are a total of 4392 words, but they pack quite a punch, and we're having a great discussion so far.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today, Short Fiction Book Club is discussing extra-short fiction: come join us for some flash fiction! These four pieces are a total of 4392 words, but they pack quite a punch, and we're having a great discussion so far.
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buy this guy's short stories (he's very smart and good at signing things)
September 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
buy this guy's short stories (he's very smart and good at signing things)
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Met several readers at Worldcon who were interested in shorter fiction but just didn’t know where to look for it and who/which stories they might like. It definitely feels like there is an audience, but there isn’t a bridge connecting them to the magazines + short fiction authors they’d love.
Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction
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August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Met several readers at Worldcon who were interested in shorter fiction but just didn’t know where to look for it and who/which stories they might like. It definitely feels like there is an audience, but there isn’t a bridge connecting them to the magazines + short fiction authors they’d love.
Our crossover session with the Hugo Readalong project is up! Today we're discussing (most of) the 2017 short story list. Come argue about awards from eight years ago like a person with normal hobbies.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our crossover session with the Hugo Readalong project is up! Today we're discussing (most of) the 2017 short story list. Come argue about awards from eight years ago like a person with normal hobbies.
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Hi to our new followers! It was extremely cool to meet some of you at Worldcon.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
August 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hi to our new followers! It was extremely cool to meet some of you at Worldcon.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
Short Fiction Book Club is a collection of nerds who love short fiction. Twice a month from fall to spring (outside of our Hugo Readalong project), we pick a few stories around a common theme and discuss them.
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August 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Our monthly discussion is live! Join us to talk about the best short fiction you've read recently (online or in collections/anthologies), share story samples, and discuss our upcoming Hugo crossover session.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Our monthly discussion is live! Join us to talk about the best short fiction you've read recently (online or in collections/anthologies), share story samples, and discuss our upcoming Hugo crossover session.
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Short Fiction Book Club is spinning back up for Season 4! Stop by and say hello if you'd like to host or suggest a future session.
And on Wednesday August 20th, join us as we discuss some Best Short Story nominees from the 2017 Hugo slate.
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And on Wednesday August 20th, join us as we discuss some Best Short Story nominees from the 2017 Hugo slate.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is spinning back up for Season 4! Stop by and say hello if you'd like to host or suggest a future session.
And on Wednesday August 20th, join us as we discuss some Best Short Story nominees from the 2017 Hugo slate.
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And on Wednesday August 20th, join us as we discuss some Best Short Story nominees from the 2017 Hugo slate.
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slowly coming to realize that we picked our two big yearly spotlight authors so far based on both short fiction writing craft and raw shitposting talent
(hi @isabel.kim, you are very funny also)
(hi @isabel.kim, you are very funny also)
one of my wife's coworkers asked if i write children's books. and my wife said no, short stories. and the coworker said yeah, same thing. and my wife does not dislike kids books and thinks they are awesome, but knew this was def meant as a slight. anyway that's about the time she killed someone.
I’m always bummed about this fact:
When I was making book TikToks, I ran similar content back to back, like 5 horror novels you need to read and then 5 horror short story collections you need to read.
The novel post got 30k views. Short stories got 500.
I wish people loved short stories more
When I was making book TikToks, I ran similar content back to back, like 5 horror novels you need to read and then 5 horror short story collections you need to read.
The novel post got 30k views. Short stories got 500.
I wish people loved short stories more
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
slowly coming to realize that we picked our two big yearly spotlight authors so far based on both short fiction writing craft and raw shitposting talent
(hi @isabel.kim, you are very funny also)
(hi @isabel.kim, you are very funny also)
Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion. We've got:
- Detailed story recommendations
- Anthology deep dives
- Thieving bears
Come join us to swap favorites!
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- Detailed story recommendations
- Anthology deep dives
- Thieving bears
Come join us to swap favorites!
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June 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is having our monthly discussion. We've got:
- Detailed story recommendations
- Anthology deep dives
- Thieving bears
Come join us to swap favorites!
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- Detailed story recommendations
- Anthology deep dives
- Thieving bears
Come join us to swap favorites!
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Short Fiction Book Club is mostly on hiatus during the Hugos, but our monthly discussions are still running! Stop by and swap recommendations with us:
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Short Fiction Book Club Presents: May 2025 Monthly Discussion
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May 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is mostly on hiatus during the Hugos, but our monthly discussions are still running! Stop by and swap recommendations with us:
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The Short Fiction Book Club Season 3 awards are up! We've read some remarkable stories this year, and it's time to honor our very favorites.
Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year.
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Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Short Fiction Book Club Season 3 awards are up! We've read some remarkable stories this year, and it's time to honor our very favorites.
Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year.
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Thank you to the SFF short fiction community for having an amazing year.
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Short Fiction Book Club is back today with our Eleanor Arnason spotlight session! Come join us to discuss:
- "The Lovers"
- "Knapsack Poems: A Goxhat Travel Journal"
- "The Grammarian’s Five Daughters"
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- "The Lovers"
- "Knapsack Poems: A Goxhat Travel Journal"
- "The Grammarian’s Five Daughters"
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Short Fiction Book Club: Three Tales from Eleanor Arnason
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April 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is back today with our Eleanor Arnason spotlight session! Come join us to discuss:
- "The Lovers"
- "Knapsack Poems: A Goxhat Travel Journal"
- "The Grammarian’s Five Daughters"
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- "The Lovers"
- "Knapsack Poems: A Goxhat Travel Journal"
- "The Grammarian’s Five Daughters"
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Our monthly discussion is up! Stop by to discuss recent favorites, backlist gems, and intriguing first lines.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our monthly discussion is up! Stop by to discuss recent favorites, backlist gems, and intriguing first lines.
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Short Fiction Book Club is back today with our Living on Leviathans session! Come join us to discuss:
A Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood by Thomas Ha
Paper Suns by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The People from the Dead Whale by Djuna, translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar
A Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood by Thomas Ha
Paper Suns by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The People from the Dead Whale by Djuna, translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is back today with our Living on Leviathans session! Come join us to discuss:
A Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood by Thomas Ha
Paper Suns by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The People from the Dead Whale by Djuna, translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar
A Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood by Thomas Ha
Paper Suns by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
The People from the Dead Whale by Djuna, translated by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar
Short Fiction Book Club is talking about Omelas, and the stories Le Guin's original has inspired.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
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February 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Short Fiction Book Club is talking about Omelas, and the stories Le Guin's original has inspired.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
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Today is our first session of the new year! For our "Oops! All Thomas Ha" slate, we're discussing a slate of four killer stories. Come join us to chat about the details and pick a favorite: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today is our first session of the new year! For our "Oops! All Thomas Ha" slate, we're discussing a slate of four killer stories. Come join us to chat about the details and pick a favorite: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...