A number of pieces from BCS made the 2018 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, Charles Payseur, A.C. Wise, Karen Burnham, and many others.

The BCS pieces named to the list:

Short Story:

“The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes,” Siobhan Carroll (BCS #247, 3/15/18)

“It’s Easy to Shoot a Dog,” Maria Haskins (BCS #260, 9/13/18)

“The Starship and the Temple Cat,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #244, 2/1/18)

“The Bodice, The Hem, The Woman, Death,” Karen Osborne (BCS #263, 10/25/18)

“Ruby, Singing,” Fran Wilde (BCS #261, 9/27/18)

Novelette:

“The Thought That Counts,” K.J. Parker (BCS #250, 4/26/18)

“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing,” Sarah Pinsker (BCS #246, 3/1/18)

“The Sweetness of Honey and Rot,” A. Merc Rustad (BCS #254, 10/11/18)

“The Tragedy of Zayred the Splendid,” Grace Seybold (BCS #262, 10/4/18)

“The Crow Knight,” Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (BCS #262, 10/11/18)

These alongside many other BCS authors for stories appearing in other fine magazines and anthologies.

Congratulations, all!