I'm slowly recovering from post-Readercon zombie state, but not quite with it enough to start dissecting panels yet. However! In the meantime, I would turn your attention to some fabulous short stories.

A while ago my awesome friends Leonard and Sumana decided to make an anthology. The result, Thoughtcrime Experiments is available free online, or you can buy a print on demand hard copy. I went for the hard copy because I have no e-reader, and don't enjoy recreational reading on the computer when there's a handy alternative.

There are 9 stories and several pieces of artwork in the collection. All of them are worth a look, but the 4 that stick in my mind most prominently months after the fact are "Jump Space" by Mary Ann Mohanraj, "The Last Christmas of Mrs. Claus" by Alex Wilson, "Daisy" by Andrew Willett, and "Friar Garden, Mister Samuel, and the Jilly Jally Butter Mints" by Carole Lanham. If you've read any of these and want to talk about them, please feel free to leave a comment.

Finally, as if this wasn't enough proof of awesomeness, Leonard also has a delightful story up in Strange Horizons this week.

I'll be back tomorrow with some Readercon discussion, but for today, I urge you to go and read.