With the popular embrace of ebook and online publishing, mid-length formats have surged in popularity, increasingly utilized by Tor.com, Subterranean Press, and Titan Books. What was once neglected has now become a force to be reckoned with. What makes fiction of this length into a gem, and which ones should we all be seeking out to read?

Pat Murphy (M), Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy Billingsley, Lettie Prell, Ellen Datlow

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