Celebrate National Short Story Day with Queer Stories!

December 21st, the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere, is also National Short Story Day! So if you're up north, grab what sunlight you can and join us for a quick read, and if you're in the south, you've got time to read 'um all in one day! The contributors to this list are: Sebastian Marie, YF Ollwell, theirprofoundbond, Shadaras, Shea Sullivan, and Dei Walker.

• O.1 by Gabby Rivera in A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams
• The Synapse Will Free Us From Ourselves by Violet Allen in A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams
• Harmony by Seanan McGuire in A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams
• In The Hills, The Cities by Clive Barker in Books of Blood, vol. 1
• The Recondite by S. J. Ralston
• Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to Bluma Zilberman by Rebecca Fraimow
• Shaina Rubin Keeps Her Head Under Circumstances Nobody Could Have Expected by Rebecca Fraimow
• Gitl Schneiderman Learns to Live With Her In-Laws by Rebecca Fraimow
• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Mountain Ways by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Navajos Don’t Wear Elk Teeth by Conley Lyons in Never Whistle At Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
• Closer Than Your Kidneys by Ursula Whitcher
• Self Care by Julian K. Jarboe

We'd love to hear about some of your favorite queer short stories - and where to find them!