The New Father steps up - "Your Good Neighbor" by Taylor Currey
BogiReads brings you the daily speculative reading recommendation of editor Bogi Takács.
Today's recommendation -
Author: Taylor Currey
Title: “Your Good Neighbor”
Venue: Small Wonders, Dec 2023 (eds. Cislyn Smith, Stephen Granade)
Type: Flash story
Themes: Folklore, Fae, rules lawyering, fatherhood, parenting
Where to read: Text free online
I love it when stories push the laws of their fictional universe to their limits. This flash piece is about being a new father (not a lot of SFF stories out there about this very specific and yet extremely common experience), and dealing with the fair folk…
I’ve been enjoying Small Wonders (this is my second recommendation from the same issue), I have a lot of fondness for flash-focused venues. Glad to see more and more of them! Baffling is another favorite.
Take care,
Bogi.
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