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Eleven novels:
●●●○○ The Secret of ZI - Kenneth Bulmer
●●●◐○ Times of Trouble {New John Connor Chronicles 3} - Russell Blackford
●●●◐○ Case of the Murdered Mayor {Miles Grant 02} - Jack Dearborn
●●●○○ Stock Car Race {Behold: Humanity! 15} - Ralts Bloodthorne #HFY
●●●◐○ Army of the Undead {Invaders 3} - Rafe Bernard
●●◐○○ Case of the Sullied Songstress {Miles Grant 03} - Jack Dearborn
●●●●◐ Head On {Lock In 2} - John Scalzi
●●●○○ The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright {Middle Falls 10} - Shawn Inmon
●●○○○ The Timothy File {Miles Grant 04} - Jack Dearborn
●●◐○○ The City {Aestus 1} - S. Z. Attwell #CliFi
●●●◐○ Case of the Phantom Phaeton {Miles Grant 05} - Jack Dearborn

Two novellas:
●●●○○ Beyond the Vanishing Point - Ray Cummings
●●●◐○ Born in the Wrong Body - Martin Brant #trans

Two novelettes:
●●●●○ Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in The Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms - Jack Campbell
●●●●◐ Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite #queer

Twenty-six short stories:
●●○○○ A Day Among the Liars - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●◐○ Where Does a Circle Begin? - Jack Campbell
●●○○○ Natural - Peter Cawdron
●●●○○ Master - Ursula K. Le Guin
●●◐○○ An Extraordinary Wedding - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ The Great Naked Adventure - P.A. Choi
●●●○○ Living Eggs Project {Agent Adams 02} - Tim Tolbert
●●◐○○ King of the Hill - James Blish
●●◐○○ Nothing Happens to Lefty Feep {Lefty Feep 11} - Robert Bloch
●◐○○○ End as a World - F. L. Wallace
●●○○○ Yellow Streak Hero - Harlan Ellison
●●●○○ Son of a Witch {Lefty Feep 6} - Robert Bloch
●●○○○ Entangled Vision {Agent Adams 03} - Tim Tolbert
●●●◐○ Concerns of the Second Sex - Pavarti K. Tyler
●●●●○ The Soul Buyer - Keith Laumer
●●○○○ Jerk the Giant Killer {Lefty Feep 7} - Robert Bloch
●●◐○○ Last Cruise of the Judas Iscariot - Edward Page Mitchell
●●●○○ Unnatural - Ann Christy
●●●●○ These Are the Times - Jack Campbell
●●●◐○ The Sun Never Sets - Anthea Sharp
●●○○○ Sunspot - Hal Clement
●●◐○○ Rocket to Limbo - Margaret St. Clair
●◐○○○ Echoed Life Foundation {Agent Adams 04} - Tim Tolbert
●●○○○ The Witness - Leona Celestia
●●●○○ Lefty Feep and the Racing Robot {Lefty Feep 13} - Robert Bloch
●●●○○ The Devilish Rat - Edward Page Mitchell

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2025-08: 26 ss | 02 nvt | 02 nva | 11 nov
2025-07: 24 ss | 01 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
2025-06: 26 ss | 03 nvt | 00 nva | 12 nov
2025-05: 24 ss | 06 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov
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One very long, very slow novel knocked my reading down, but since I was reading three shorter novels each full week, not by much.

📊 August Reading Recap via @thestorygraph

📚 Pages read: 7,219
📖 Books completed: 30
⭐️ Highest-rated reads:
Overeager (Extra Credit #1) by Grae Bryan
Unhinged by Cassie Lein
Omega Captive of the Golden Dragon (Alpha Dragons #3) by Wendy Rathbone

Thanks for the stories that lit up my month! 💫
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My sister is publishing a short story e-book and you can now pre-order it! Sweet Dreams Are Made of Confit has cats, space, France and confit...what more can one ask for? https://linktr.ee/aecrisostomo?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAad3uwl4gQSVwyHyynt6Z0jSsUyEGPsjWO9E-SRaRBV_JsJaEqJez6DZ8O9R2Q_aem_5teU46dscMDgEjo6gpaHzg

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My favorite read of August: Crescent City Confidential by Aurora Rey.

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#AugustReads

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Arthur Conan Doyle
THE SHADOW YEAR, Jeffrey Ford
THE SUNKEN LAND BEGINS TO RISE AGAIN, M. John Harrison
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN, Gabino Iglesias
MINA’S MATCHBOX, Yoko Ogawa
THE NAVIGATING FOX, Christopher Rowe
POLYPHEMUS, Michael Shea

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August was a challenging month, both personally and professionally. It's reflected in my #AugustReads, having only read two books (and DNF'd two others) -

SIGNS OF LIFE, M. John Harrison
CUGEL'S SAGA, Jack Vance

I've also fallen behind on my goal of reading 365 short stories this year.

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