On December 21st (solstice night!), I read Leygr by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks (@prioryruins.bsky.social), published in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social. "My sister asks me how much longer I’ll be dead. I tell her I don’t know." Absolutely floored by this one. A stunning story about grief, death, and life.

December 22nd's read was A Hagiography in Two Acts by Wren Douglas, published in @bfbzine.bsky.social! "One day, as she was skipping along the shoreline—kicking up droves of beads with her bare feet—Aclena found a head." I love a short story that feels like the opening to a massive world. Amazing!