My previous recommended reading post featured all Canadian authors, but I did read a bit outside of my nation in 2012. In the spirit of fairness, here is some work I really enjoyed by American and U.K. writers.

• Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington. Orbit Books, December 2012
• The Steel Seraglio, Mike Carey, Linda Carey, Louise Carey. CZP, April 2012
• Silver, Rhiannon Held. Tor Books, June 2012
• Libriomancer, Jim C. Hines. DAW, August 2012
• The Warlock’s Curse, M.K. Hobson. Tesla, October 2012
• Soul Trade, Caitlin Kittredge. St. Martin’s Press, September 2012
• Greatshadow, James Maxey. Solaris Books, January 2012.
• Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire. DAW Books, March 2012
• Forged in Fire, J.A. Pitts. Tor Books, June 2012
• This is Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman. CZP, November 2012
• A Pretty Mouth, Molly Tanzer. Lazy Fascist September 2012

Most of the short fiction I read in 2012 was Canadian, but here’s a couple of American standouts from Fungi:

• “Last Bloom on the Sage”, Andrew Penn Romine, Fungi, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Orrin Grey eds., Innsmouth Free Press, December 2012
• “Tubby McMungus, Fat From Fungus”, Molly Tanzer & Jesse Bullington, Fungi, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Orrin Grey eds., Innsmouth Free Press, December 2012