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Two More Weathering Youth Stories (with long titles)

| March 31, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “The Dark Forest Takes” […]

Review of Worlds Divide by Adria Bailton

| March 25, 2026

Adria Bailton’s Worlds Divide (Balance of Seven, 2026) is a wonderful young adult sci-fi novel of love despite the odds centering a non-white young woman with a disability and touching heavily on mental health issues. Nina has always been able to “slip” into other worlds, but it’s an ability she can’t control, leading to significant […]

“To Live is the Rarest Thing in the World” and “Thirty to Fifty (Plus) Non-Feral Hogs

| January 22, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! Both “To Live is […]

“Gosutouotchi” and “Remote Control” in Weathering Youth

| December 18, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Gosutouotchi” and “Remote Control” […]

Weathering Youth: “Salt Circle” and “Kick in the Door and Improvise”

| October 23, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Salt Circle” and […]

Weathering Youth: “Things My Mothers Taught Me” and “Flapping”

| August 28, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Things My Mothers Taught […]

Weathering Youth: “Charming, Not Useful” and “Flora, Alone”

| July 22, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Charming, Not Useful” and […]

Weathering Youth: “Family Tree” and “A Trail of Apples”

| June 26, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Family Tree” and […]

Review of A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

| May 28, 2025

June Hur’s A Crane Among Wolves (Feiwel & Friends, 2024) is the fourth of this author’s books I’ve read and reviewed. And every time I think she’s written my “favorite” of the bunch, she knocks it out of the park with another amazing young adult Korean historical mystery! Iseul’s sister has been taken away as one […]

“I Was a Slacker Teenage Witch” and “Cat’s Got Your Tongue” in Weathering Youth!

| May 27, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “I Was a […]