Everything (of substance) that I read in October, with some annotations.

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

• ⌛︎ Chanur's Homecoming by C.J. Cherryh (novel)
• Take On Me by Jennifer Lyn Parsons (novel)
• “On Authority” by Frederick Engels trans. Robert C. Tucker (essay, from Marx-Engels Reader, featured on Marxists.org)
• “Visions of a Goo'ed Girl” by Félicie (short story)
• “When Did I Become Cat Girl?” by Jemma Johnson (short story)
• ”|3|2EA|)LA|)Y” by Diana Thayer (short story)
• “The Living Stone” by Diana Thayer (short story)
• “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe (short story, read aloud, reread)
• “Sredni Vashtar” by H.H. Munro (short story, read aloud, reread)
• “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe (short story, read aloud)
• “The Snake Post Office Post” ed. by Justin Morse, contributions by Mastodon users (zine)
• Moon Child & Sun Knight” by Ayu Sakata (light novel)
• Apocalypse Pepper by Astro Zombie (short story)
• She Unnames Them by Ursula K. Le Guin (short story)
• “Working to Restore Bird Habitat, I Carry On Traditions That Were Meant to Be Erased” by Bradford Kasberg (article, on Audubon.org)
• “Land as a social relationship” by Mike Gouldhawke (article, in Briarpatch Magazine)
• Witch Hat Atelier by Shirahama Karome (ongoing manga, 40 chapters)
• A Delinquent, A Transfer Student, and Their Silly Little Game by Fujichika (manga one-shot)
• Friends by Mikawa Miso (manga one-shot)
• Chandelier by Mikawa Miso (manga one-shot)
• “Catastrophizing by Amanada Ajamfar (short story, in The Georgia Review)
• “The Pied Piper of Tucson” by Don Moser (article, reread, from Life Magazine March 4, 1966)
• “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates (short story, reread)
• A last contact story by elidyce (short story)
• Tony and the Beetles by Jayson Payne & Philip K. Dick (comic adaptation of the short story)
• ⌛︎ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni by 07th Expansion (visual novel)
• ⌛︎ A Stirring in the Bones by Jennifer Lyn Parsons

Total: 1 novel, 1 light novel, 12 short stories, 2 articles, 1 zine, 1 comic, 43 manga chapters, 1 visual novel chapter

Notes:

Witch Hat Atelier

This a very sweet manga that you should check out if you like detailed art, Miyazaki films, magic and witches, interesting worldbuilding, and productive character dynamics. Again: it's very sweet! You can buy English-language copies through Kodansha USA, and you can also find it in the usual places online.

“Catastrophizing”

Struggling with climate anxiety? You might like reading this story about someone who is also struggling with climate anxiety. Or you might be better off not reading it. I made the mistake of reading it before bed, not realizing what I was getting myself into, and had terrible insomnia that night.

Nonfiction

This month's nonfiction includes: an essay from the Marx-Engels Reader; two articles on indigenous land traditions; and a 1960's magazine article about a serial killer.

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