Call for story suggestions for an upcoming group read

[Sarah]

Hi everyone - So far, people seem to be into the idea of a group read of a new story, preferably one available online for free.
Suggestions/links?
I'll put all the suggestions into a poll Monday night and collect them here for now:
1) Jo Walton - Sleeper - http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/08/sl...

2) John Chu - A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Trade-Offs for the Overhaul of the Barricade - http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/07/a-...

3) Tananarive Due - Herd Immunity - http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

4) James Patrick Kelly - The Rose Witch - http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kelly...

5) Headache by Julio Cortazar - http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/09/he...

6)The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/04/th...

7)Never the Same by Polenth Blake
http://strangehorizons.com/2014/20140...

8)Prayers of Forges and Furnaces by Aliette de Bodard
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...
(ok, a reprint, but this is the first time it's available online)

[Jill]

Maybe the new Jo Walton from tor.com?

http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/08/sl...

Or the latest John Chu, also from tor.com?

http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/07/a-...

[Sarah]

Jill wrote: "Maybe the new Jo Walton ...

Thanks, Jill! I'll add them to the first post. Good choices, both.

[Jill]

Goodreads links for the above...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Sarah]

Jill wrote: "Goodreads links for the above...
Those will also come in handy!

[Sarah]

I'll add Herd Immunity from Tananarive Due in Lightspeed: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

and
The Rose Witch from James Patrick Kelly in Clarkesworld:
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kelly...

One or two more suggestions, anyone? Then I'll turn them into a poll.

[Ben]

I nominate Headache by Julio Cortázar.

[Sarah]

Ben wrote: "I nominate Headache by Julio Cortázar."

Thanks!

[Sarah]

How about Seth Dickinson's Anna Saves Them All in Shimmer?
http://www.shimmerzine.com/anna-saves...

[Bogi]

What is the maximum length? (So would novelettes qualify?)

[Sarah]

Bogi wrote: "What is the maximum length? (So would novelettes qualify?)"

I think novelettes are reasonable. I'll compile these into a poll this weekend.

[Bogi]

Then I'd like to propose a few recent stories I've been meaning to read:

* The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/04/th...

* Never the Same by Polenth Blake
http://strangehorizons.com/2014/20140...

* Prayers of Forges and Furnaces by Aliette de Bodard
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...
(ok, a reprint, but this is the first time it's available online)

[Asher]

"The Devil in America" is absolutely one of the best stories I've read in the past decade. Just phenomenal.

[Benjanun]

Sarah wrote: "How about Seth Dickinson's Anna Saves Them All in Shimmer?
http://www.shimmerzine.com/anna-saves..."

Yes! That one's wonderful, one of his best this year, I think.

[Sarah]

My apologies for not putting this together faster. I've been having a tough few weeks. If anyone else wants to be in charge of putting together a poll, I can mod you up.