Here is the short fiction I read in December. Finally, for the first time, I beat my goal of reading 1 story/day. I read 38 this month, most of them while I was on vacation, but hey, I’ll take it. As always, bold titles are recommended.
- Found in the Wreckage by Marge Simon (Daily SF, 12/1/2011). [12/1/2011]
- Action Comics #4. “Superman and the Men of Steel.” [12/8/2011]
- Going Home by Bruce McAllister and Barry Malzberg (Asimov’s 2/12). [12/18/2011].
- You Can’t Win by Malcolm Jameson (Astounding, November 1941). [12/18/2011]
- Murder Born by Robert Reed (Asimov’s 2/12). [12/19/2011]
- Finity by E. A. Grosser (Astounding 11/41). [12/19/11]
- Sirius by Ben Peek (Clarkesworld 12/11). [12/19/11]
- In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems by Chris Stabback. (Clarkesworld 12/11). [12/19/2011]
- The Sighted Watchmaker by Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 12/11). [12/19/11]
- Direct Action by John Hawkins (Astounding, November 1941). [12/22/2011]
- The Door by Oliver Saari (Astounding, November 1941). [12/22/2011]
- The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke (Lightspeed, December 2011). [12/22/2011]
- Stock Photos by Robert Reed (F&SF, May/June 2011). [12/22/2011]
- The Road Ahead by Robert Reed (F&SF, May/June 2011). [12/22/2011]
- Fine Green Dust by Don Webb (F&SF, May/June 2011). [12/22/2011]
- Twelves by Leah Cypess. (Asimov’s, July 2011). [12/22/2011]
- The Messenger by Bruce McAllister (Asimov’s, July 2011). [12/22/2011]
- Seat of Oblivion by Eric Frank Russell (Astounding, November 1941). [12/23/2011]
- The Ants of Flanders by Robert Reed (F&SF, July 2011). [12/23/2011]
- Semiramis by Genevieve Valentine (Clarkesworld, June 2011). [12/23/2011]
- Therapeutic Mathematics and the Physics of Curveballs by Gray Rinehart (Analog, Septmber 2011). [12/23/2011]
- Beyond All Weapons by Nat Schachner (Astounding, November 1941). [12/24/2011]
- The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, November 2011). [12/25/2011]
- Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds (Year’s Best 23rd). [12/25/2011]
- Triceratops Summer by Michael Swanwick (Year’s Best 23rd). [12/25/2011]
- Strong Medicine by William Shunn (Year’s Best 21st). [12/25/2011]
- It’s All True by John Kessel (Year’s Best 21st). [12/26/2011]
- 10^16 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly (Year’s Best 17th). [12/26/2011]
- How We Lost the Moon, a True Story by Frank W. Allen by Paul McAuley. (Year’s Best 17th). [12/26/2011]
- People Came From Earth by Stephen Baxter (Year’s Best 17th). [12/26/2011]
- Scherzo with Tyrannosaur by Michael Swanwick (Year’s Best 17th). [12/27/2011]
- Lists by Annie Bellet (Daily SF, 12/28/2011). [12/28/2011]
- Ten Seconds by Scott W. Baker (Daily SF, 12/26/2011). [12/28/2011]
- Camouflage by Robert Reed (Year’s Best 23rd). [12/28/2011]
- Cold Cuts by Don Norum (Daily SF, 12/29/2011). [12/29/2011]
- Superman #4: “Mind for the Taking”. [12/29/2011]
- Hero of the Empire by Robert Silverberg (Year’s Best 17th). [12/31/2011]
- The Great Goodbye by Robert Charles Wilson. (Year’s Best 19th). [12/31/2011)
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