Things You Should Read

Mostly horror, but the good kind. Like the monster in my closet that I feed stuffed animals to.
(It also eats house centipedes.)

Apothecia -- Taz Muir and Shelby Cragg

• Free Downloads of 'Speculative Fiction 2012' and '13 today as listed on Reddit. A combination of excellent articles and blog posts about writing and reading better.
  (Profits typically go to Room to Read, so if you like these collections you should send money that way. Thanks Angus!)
• The Shirley Jackson Award-winning short story, 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides, by the most excellent Sam J. Miller.A truly wonderful horror story that speaks for itself.
  (Which was just awarded this past weekend.)
• The up-and-coming horror comic Apothecia by the exceedingly talented duo Taz Muir and Shelby Cragg.
  Lots of weird biology, so that's just A+ in my books.
  (Things are really starting to pick up and move. I'm very excited.)
• Jeff VanderMeer's Story Bundle which has such range that all I can tell you is to go pick these bad boys up and take 'em on a date to your personal reading nook.
  (Seriously, if you like weird fiction: this is your cup of tea.)