Four stories from BCS made the 2013 Recommended Reading List from Locus magazine, the top review source in the field, as compiled by their veteran team of short fiction reviewers including Jonathan Strahan, Lois Tilton, Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, Ellen Datlow, and many others.

The BCS stories named to the list:

• “The Penitent,” M Bennardo (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/30/13)
• “On the Origin of Song,” Naim Kabir (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/3/13)
• “Misbegotten,” Raphael Ordoñez (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/24/13)
• “Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls,” Richard Parks (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/3/13)

These alongside many other BCS authors for stories that appeared in other magazines. Congratulations, all!