Dinosaur Blues

My favorite online short stories of the last month or so

Looking at the list now, there’s quite a few love stories in there.

• After The Revolution by Pauline J. Alama
  When the last of the strongholds of a militaristic eugenic movement is defeated, a traitor and a little girl must find their place in a changed world.
• Letter Found In A Chest Belonging To The Marquis de Montseraille, Following The Death Of That Worthy Individual by Marie Brennan
  What is one woman’s life worth? The fate of a nation?
• The First Time We Met by Maria Deira
  Time heals all wounds and to some degree, so does Elena’s spit. But time also makes things fade away.
• The Puma by Theodora Goss
  The aftermath of The Island of Doctor Moreau (interesting contrast with After Moreau by Jeffrey Ford)
• Her Voice in a Bottle by Tim Pratt
  A metafictional fantasy about love and endings.
• Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime by Ken Scholes
  A band of misfits, led by a crossdressing minister (and yes, including the world’s last mime), go on an Arthurian quest during an apocalyptic alien invasion
• Chemical Magic by Katherine Sparrow
  A magician falls in love with an alchemist, a volatile combination.
• Eros, Philia, Agape by Rachel Swirsky
  What does it mean for a robot to love?

Recent online short fiction of note

(Thinking of doing a post like this each month)

This Must Be the Place by Elliott Bangs
Three Fancies from the Infernal Garden by C.S.E. Cooney
The Jisei of Mark VIII by Berrien C. Henderson
Erasing the Map by Marissa Lingen
Clinic by Kris Nelscott
On the Shadow Side of the Beast by Ruth Nestvold
Dragon’s-Eyes by Margaret Ronald
The Second Gift Given by Ken Scholes
Dark Planet by Lavie Tidhar
Keep Calm and Carillon by Genevieve Valentine
Errata by Jeff VanderMeer
Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction by Jo Walton