Scrambling to fill out nominating ballots? I was too, and so I did lots of rereading and settled on my Top Ten SFF Short Fiction of 2025

(Also featuring: a Recommended Reading List update with my book of the year added)

www.tarvolon.com/2026/02/26/tar-vols-top-ten-2025-short-fiction-and-updated-recommended-reading-list/
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Holy shit thanks for the mention!!
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You’re welcome! Thanks for a great read!
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Thanks for all the kind words for “Barbershops of the Floating City”! Love the Thomas Ha and E.M. Linden stories too! (And just read “Liecraft” after your rec and man, that was so unique and good)
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Yes, the tiny Liecraft fandom expands!

As always, you are very welcome, and thanks for the great reading. (And yeah the Ha and Linden ones were great)
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Something that surprised even me: my ten favorite stories from last year were published in ten different venues!

Kaleidotrope
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Clarkesworld
Reactor
Podcastle
Uncanny
Apex
Asimov’s
Reckoning
GigaNotoSaurus
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Hell of a year for everyone! Do you prefer physical or digital for these?
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