Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List

Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List

As with previous years, this list is not meant as comprehensive, there being a number of items we didn’t see, especially at the novella length. As was the case with the last several years, we narrowed our focus (with some exceptions) to those stories published in professionally paying markets.

There are 264 stories on this year’s list (down 36 from last year’s 300): 201 short stories (down 35 from last year’s 236), 52 novelettes (the same as last year), and 11 novellas (down 1 from last year’s 12). As with any such list—especially ours with its ever-changing review staff—different reviewers bring different perspectives on how to approach stories, how they are thus measured, and of course the stories themselves are of different “quality” (up or down) if such a thing as quality can be measured by any objective standard. However, it does seem as if each year has its own nebulous, general level of quality, with some years being commented upon in retrospect as great years for quality fiction and others not so much. There are just too many variables to nail down as to why any given year—or recommended reading list—has more or fewer stories placed on it by a different cast of reviewers, each of whom brings their own individual set of standards to the fiction they read. Continue reading “Tangent Online 2022 Recommended Reading List”


L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers & Illustrators of the Future
L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers & Illustrators of the FutureWhat is Writers of the Future? by Joni Labaqui If you are an aspiring writer, you likely alread… Read more...
"Call Me Dumbo" by Bob Shaw
“Call Me Dumbo”by Bob Shaw(1931-1996)(novelette, originally in IF, December 1966)by Dave Truesdale July of 2017 saw the publication of Go Fo… Read more...
Let George Do It -- "One Against a City"
Personal Notice: Do you have a crime that needs solving? Do you have a dog that needs walking? Do you have a wife that needs spanking? Let George do it. Danger… Read more...
Flying Saucers & the Stymie Factor by Raymond A. Palmer
"Flying Saucers & the Stymie Factor"   by   Ray Palmer   (From Science Fiction Review, May 1978, edited by Richard E. Geis) New… Read more...
Classic Ben Bova Interview
Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Ben Bova(November 8, 1932 -- November 29, 2020} (Ben Bova photo © 1976, 2020 Dave Truesdale} Locations: Stevens… Read more...
Monthly print magazine notice
Since Dec. 2016 there have been no professionally paying monthly SF/F genre print magazines.… Read more...
Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023
Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023 “The Sweet in the Empty” by Tade Thompson “The Station Master” by Lavie Tidhar “Spookman” by Jonathan … Read more...
Cirsova #14, Spring 2023
Cirsova #14, Spring 2023 "The Unshrouded Stars" by David Skinner "Hunger in the Void" by Andrew Gallant "The Gold Exigency" by Michael Tierney (serial, not review… Read more...
Unfit, Vol. 7, Summer 2021
Unfit, Volume 7, Summer 2021 "Wind" by Margaret Randall "Kissing Strange Girls" by Tais Teng "A Song Before Sunset" by David Grigg (reprint, not reviewed) "Thoug… Read more...
Writers of the Future #39, ed. Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith
Writers of the Future #39Edited by Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith(Galaxy Press, May 2023, pb, 544 pp.) "Kitsune" by Devon Bohm "Moonlight a… Read more...
Strange Horizons, March 20, 2023
[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily th… Read more...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #378, March 23, 2023
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #378, March 23, 2023 “Blooms” by Grace Seybold “The Void Door” by V.M. Ayala Reviewed by Kevin P Hallett The 378th issue of Benea… Read more...
Nightmare #126, March 2023
Nightmare #126, March 2023 “The Dizzy Room” by Kristina Ten “Laura Lau Will Drain You Dry” by Wen-yi Lee “Terms of Service” by Dominica Phetteplace R… Read more...
Apex #136, March/April 2023
Apex #136, March/April 2023 "Over Moonlit Clouds" by Coda Audeguy-Pegon "Beautiful Poison in Pastel" by Beth Dawkins "Unboxing" by Lavie Tidhar “The State St… Read more...
DreamForge Anvil #11, Spring 2023
DreamForge Anvil #11, Spring 2023 "Three Postcards from Another Earth" by Shanna Yetman "Another Day on the Orbital Ranch" by David Hankins "A Bowl of Soup on the… Read more...
Tor.com, February 2023
Tor.com, February 2023 "The Counterworld" by James Bradley "Even If Such Ways Are Bad" by Rich Larson Reviewed by Victoria SilverwolfTwo stories featuring cha… Read more...
Tangent Photo Gallery #11
Photos from Libertycon 32 Chattanooga, TN, June 28-30, 2019Guest of Honor: Sarah A. HoytArtist Guest of Honor: Mitch FoustScience Guest of Honor: Arla… Read more...