Status Updates From Transcendent 4: The Year's ...

Just finished "Art of Quilting" which I thought was really good. I'll have to scroll back later and check the author's name. Not sure it's just a formatting issue but my copy doesn't seem to have headers OR, weirdly, a ToC.

Nuclear Disassociations by Aqdas Aftab - 4 stars? I'm not sure what i was supposed to take away from the story exactly, but I liked the resonance of reading it

Ghosts by Blue Neustifter - 5 stars. One of my top short stories I've read this year. Im a sucker for stories in 2nd person also i want this one painted on my walls 🩵💙🩵💙

Control by Davian Aw - 2 stars. Not for me.

Of Warps and Wefts by Innocent Chizaram Ilo - 3 stars. Didn't understand a lot of this one, but it wasn't bad

Sandals Full of Rainwater by A.E. Prevost - sweet, cute little story that resonated in a special place inside of me

(i skipped ahead to read these two the other day)

The God of Small Chances by L Chan - 4 stars. Maybe not the clearest or most well written, but I liked the heart of it.

Chokechain by Andrew Joseph White - 4.5 stars. I spent half of it worried I wasn't going to like the ending, but AJW pulled it off in exactly the way i was hoping for.

Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy - 4 stars! I liked this one

What the South Wind Whispers by H. Pueyo - 3.5 stars. Mixed feelings about this particular story, but would definitely read more from the author.

The Sixth World by Kylie Ariel Bemis - Awww okay i really liked this one. 4.5 stars & i definitely want to read more by the author

The Art of Quilting by Matthias Klein - 4.5 stars! I really liked this one. Would definitely read more by the author

Therapeutic Memory Reversal by Everett Maroon - No rating. Another one that feels too confusing and too short and too rushed. Has tons of potential, but not enough execution

Ports of Perceptions by Izzy Wasserstein - 2 stars. This just. Felt like turning on the tv at the very end of a movie or show episode, and getting a tiny resolution scene without knowing literally anything about the context, or the characters, or the world. It wasn't even two pages long on the kindle version, and i felt like i barely had time to be properly confused before it was over.

Assistance by Kathryn DeFazzio - 4.5 stars. Something I'm noticing is that I think there might've been a mistake in the formatting of the whole ebook where the section breaks within stories didn't transfer over? So i had a couple points of confusion in this and other stories, but still really enjoyed this one

Apotheosis by Catherine Kim - No rating. Not sure im in the right state to understand this story and want to give it a fair shot before passing any judgements

Sphexa, Start Dinosaur by Nibedita Sen - 2.5 stars. Over before it had really begun, but i did want more of what little there was

You Inside Me by Tori Curtis - 3.5 stars

The Substance Of My Lives, The Accidents of Our Births by José Pablo Iriarte - also a pretty solid 4 stars. Not bad but not standout

Ad Astra Per Aspera by Nino Cipri - 4 stars. Beautifully written but i wish it had more to it :((