{"id":27,"date":"2019-07-17T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-01-09T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T10:26:27","slug":"short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/short-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forthcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Birch Daughter” will appear as a reprint in GlitterShip<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\/2023 “Reconciliation Dumplings and Other Recipes”<\/a> in GigaNotoSaurus<\/a>. Lake-dwelling demons, goblin bargains, and overcoming prejudice – wrapped around some delicious recipes that Actually Work because my collaborator Jari Haavisto and I tested them. (c. 8,800 words; novelette)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\/2019 “City of Wings and Song”<\/a> in Issue 20<\/a> of Lackington’s<\/a>: a double anniversary issue themed Birds. “A whir of wings, a stir of song. The market is waking.” — A city of captive birds in a queernorm world. Freedom and rebellion and the dangerous magic of poetry. (c. 3,800)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\/2018 \u201cBirch Daughter<\/a>\u201c, in Fireside Magazine<\/a>. A queer woman sets out to save her mother and ends up beholden to a bear. Feat. Finnish-inspired folklore, forests, and the slow buzzing of bees. (c. 2,800 words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

07\/2017 \u201cDon\u2019t Look a Wish Horse in the Mouth\u201d in Cosmos Pen: A Travel Guide to Finnish Weird<\/em>, the English special issue (in print) of Finnish SFF magazine Kosmoskyn\u00e4<\/a>. “When wishes became horses, beggars still couldn’t ride – for the horses were the size of Christmas tree ornaments.” (c. 2,000 words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

07\/2016 \u201cThe City Beneath the Sea\u201d in the anthology An Alphabet of Embers<\/a>, edited by R.B. Lemberg. A drowned city rises from the sea; those who enter will never be the same. (c. 1,000 words)
07\/2016 \u201cWater, Birch, and Blood\u201d<\/a> in Strange Horizons<\/a>, the special July issues forming Our Queer Planet<\/a>. (Podcast version here<\/a>.) Elna’s memories of a magical past are awakened by a visit to her summer cabin. When the otherworld calls, what will she do? (c. 4,100 words)
08\/2016 \u201cCreation\u201d<\/a> in the August 2016 issue of Flash Fiction Online<\/a>. The Queen of Faerie demands, and Hands-of-Clay builds. (982 words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

03\/2015 \u201cThe Ruin\u201d<\/a> in Issue 21<\/a> of Luna Station Quarterly<\/a>. Magic has passed from the world, but traces may yet remain. Set in my ‘forest world’. (c. 1,800 words)
06\/2015 \u201cMoss\u201d<\/a> in Issue 26<\/a> of Silver Blade Magazine<\/a>. CW: implied incest, as this is inspired by the fairytale Donkeyskin. Tuar runs into the forest to escape her father’s clutches; what she finds changes her life. A novelette set in my ‘forest world’. (c. 14,200 words)
09\/2015 \u201cMemory\u201d<\/a> in The Flash Fiction Press<\/a>. “In prison, you start to forget the things that once had meaning.” (524 words)
12\/2015 \u201cVierain silmin\u201d<\/a> (\u2018With Strange Eyes\u2019) in the Finnish speculative ezine Usva<\/a>. I recommend downloading the PDF, it\u2019s got pretty pictures and nice formatting. (in Finnish) Uuskummaa Turussa: kekrirituaalin per\u00e4\u00e4n menev\u00e4t folkloristiikan opiskelijat kohtaavatkin jotain aivan muuta Kupittaan puistossa. (n. 2100 sanaa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

07\/14 \u201cWind Chimes\u201d<\/a> in 365 tomorrows<\/a>. “You can’t feel solar winds on your bare skin.” (466 words)
10\/14 \u201cChrysopoeia\u201d in Issue 9 (Fall 2014) of Quantum Fairy Tales. An alchemist bartender seeks eternal life and love. (c. 2,000 words) (Magazine closed)
12\/14 \u201cMunankuorikehto\u201d (\u2018Egg-Shell Cradle\u2019) in Issue 3\/2014<\/a> of Spin<\/a><\/em>, the quarterly print magazine of the Turku Science Fiction Society<\/a> (TSFS). The magazine can be ordered from the TSFS webpage. (in Finnish) Bioj\u00e4tteest\u00e4 l\u00f6ytyy keijuja. (572 sanaa)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forthcoming “Birch Daughter” will appear as a reprint in GlitterShip. 2023 12\/2023 “Reconciliation Dumplings and Other Recipes” in GigaNotoSaurus. Lake-dwelling demons, goblin bargains, and overcoming prejudice – wrapped around some delicious recipes that Actually Work because my collaborator Jari Haavisto and I tested them. (c. 8,800 words; novelette) 2019 11\/2019 “City of Wings and Song” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}