Short Fiction Round-Up #65

I suggested lots of fiction during July. Most of it has been published this year, but every so often I dipped back a year or few. Here are the 21 stories I thought you might enjoy because I did.

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It Rises and Falls and Rises Again by RJ Taylor was published by Apex Magazine in March.

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From Daily Science Fiction,
NPC by James Van Pelt published in April.
Paulie Coiner by Thiago Loriggio published in April.
Table For One by Shannon Fay published in May.
The Messenger by Mari Ness published in July.

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The Many Taste Grooves of the Chang Family by Allison King was published by Diabolical Plots in May.

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From The Arcanist,
The Things We Saved from Burning by Matthew Bailey published in June.
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New Roots by Megan Kiekel Anderson published in July.

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When the Salt Burns Green by Brian Hugenbruch was published at ZNB Presents in July.

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From Fireside Fiction,
Certainty in Gold by Samara Auman in April.

At the End of Purple Meadow Road by Marisca Pichette in April.

XY by Lucy Zhang in May.
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Custom Options Available by Amy Griswold in January 2020.

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The Tap Tap Tap of a Beak by Corey Farrenkopf was published by Three-Lobed Burning Eye in March.

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From The Future Fire in July,

Unspoilt by Louise Hughes.
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The Heart the of Party by Sarah Day.

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The Coffe Cup Song by Cat Rambo published at Kittywumpus.

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Uncanny published Spirituals by Anjali Patel in May.

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The Photographer's House by Sarah Jackson was published by literally stories in June.

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The Sunday Morning Transport published The Daily Commute by Sarah Gailey in July. 

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Chew, Swallow, Chew by Ai Jiang was published by hex in July.