{"id":26537,"date":"2022-02-02T09:35:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:35:32","slug":"check-out-the-2021-locus-recommended-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=26537","title":{"rendered":"Check Out the 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Uncanny<\/span>Lots of short story goodness on the <\/span>Locus Recommended Reading List<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m excited to see my short piece, “<\/span>Thirteen of the Secrets in My Purse<\/span><\/a>,” in there. I’m really excited to see how much it’s resonated with people!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes, it’s just good to write something a bit silly. I know, pandemic-wise, I’ve been craving fun and ridiculousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you haven’t read it, it’s up at the inimitable <\/span>Uncanny Magazine<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One: My lipstick.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The shade is Heart\u2019s Blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morbid, if you ask me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to know if it was really the color of heart\u2019s blood so I bought beef heart and tried dabbing my lips.<\/span><\/p>\n

Close enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

I emailed to congratulate the lipstick company on their realism. They did not respond.<\/span><\/p>\n

keep reading<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lots of short story goodness on the Locus Recommended Reading List! I’m excited to see my short piece, “Thirteen of the Secrets in My Purse,” in there. I’m really excited to see how much it’s resonated with people! Sometimes, it’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,300,301,286,302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-locus","category-locus-recommended-reading-list","category-short-story","category-thirteen-of-the-secrets-in-my-purse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26538,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26537\/revisions\/26538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}