I spent a good part of the day cooking and am pleased with the results. (Bread times four, duxelles times giant bowl, roasted mushrooms times big ziplock, plus a couple gallons of soup.)
Now the couch and Murderbot are calling. If you’re looking for something new to read, you might check out the 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists. Winners will be announced June 25, 2022.
For the full list see the above link, but for free reads check out the novelette and short story categories (bold links are pay to play, but the rest are open access):
NOVELETTE
- “The Red Mother“, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com 6/23/21)
- “Mulberry and Owl“, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 9-10/21)
- “Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story”, Nalo Hopkinson (F&SF 11-12/21)
- “Skinder’s Veil”, Kelly Link (When Things Get Dark)
- “The Black Pages“, Nnedi Okorafor (Black Stars)
- “Bots of the Lost Ark“, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 6/21)
- “L’Esprit de L’Escalier“, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com 8/25/21)
- “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 5-6/21)
- “That Story Isn’t the Story“, John Wiswell (Uncanny 11-12/21)
- “Small Monsters“, E. Lily Yu (Tor.com 10/20/21)
SHORT STORY
- “If the Martians Have Magic“, P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny 9-10/21)
- “Mr. Death“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/21)
- “Proof by Induction“, José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny 5-6/21)
- “Let All the Children Boogie“, Sam J. Miller (Tor.com 1/6/21)
- “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/21)
- “Crazy Beautiful”, Cat Rambo (F&SF 3-4/21)
- “Huginn and Muninn – and What Came After“, Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s 7-8/21)
- “An Arc of Electric Skin“, Wole Talabi (Asimov’s 9-10/21)
- “The Sin of America“, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny 3-4/21)
- “For Lack of a Bed“, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots 4/21)
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J.R. Johnson 
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