I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

KJ Charles, Gilded Cage: ( more Lilywhite boys )
Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall: ( magic as programming )
Nnedi Okorafor with Tana Ford & James Devlin, Laguardia: ( aliens not welcome )

Emily Skrutskie, Bonds of Brass: ( space opera with romance )

Sarah Kuhn & Nicole Goux, Shadow of the Batgirl: ( origin story )
Tobias S. Buckell, Mitigated Futures: ( short stories and IP )
The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, ed. Gary Phillips.  ( still not pleasant )
Molly Knox Ostertag, The Midwinter Witch: ( witch family follies )
K.D. Edwards, The Hanged Man: ( my jam )
Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth: ( I disliked it, then liked it )
Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks, Pumpkinheads: ( so cute )
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales, ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant: ( YA-ish )

I have an AO3 invite for anyone who wants one! Comment if you’d like it.

Terrifying description of the ideal charter school day, from its proponents.

( Megan Abbott, Rob Reid, Connie Willis Paolo Bacigalupi, Charles Stross )

From the most recent OTW news: Have you ever fancied coding for the OTW or wondered what it is we do? AD&T member Jenny will be hosting a public chat on coding, introducing Ruby on Rails and the setup for our coders. All are welcome! The chat will be held on Saturday, 27 August at 04:00 UTC (what time is it in my timezone?) in OTW's public chatroom on Campfire.

Very helpful advice on how to get around the 1000-works limit on searches on AO3 before the planned fix takes effect.  I’m not sure I’ll ever have the impetus, much less the free time, to join an ongoing fandom and scour through thousands of stories the way I did when I found the XF in 1996, but it’s nice to think I could.

( sff noir and YA )