Several works from BCS made the 2017 Recommended Reading List from Locus magazine, the top review source in the field, as compiled by their veteran team of short fiction reviewers including Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan, Rich Horton, Ellen Datlow, Charles Payseur, A.C. Wise, and many others.

The BCS pieces named to the list:

Short Story:

“The Şiret Mask,” Marie Brennan (BCS #238)(our 500th story!)

“On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts,” Richard Parks (BCS #235)

“In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil,” Richard Parks (BCS #226)

“I Have Been Drowned in Rain,” Carrie Vaughn (BCS #223)

“Carnival Nine,” Caroline M. Yoachim (BCS #225) 

These alongside many other BCS authors for stories appearing in other magazines and anthologies. Congratulations, all!