So far only listened to:

~ The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer - 3*
There also was an interview with the author on the podcast.

It appears that a climate related issue (never really defined) puts our characters in a post-apocalyptic type situation. In the interview the author mentions that stories in this genre often focus on individuals trying to gain power and she instead wanted to focus on what usually happens, people help people.

I liked it but the first bit was a lot of listening to people do their chores. I imagine this would be a good read for an educational setting. The story could open discussions and allow the reader to put themselves in this situation to see how they'd react or want to react.

This was a mixed bag of short fiction—the bits I liked I loved a lot, and the bits I didn't like I generally REALLY didn't like. The stand-out by far was “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer. “A Piece of the Continent” by Marissa Lingen was also quite enjoyable. I read the nonfiction articles this time, too, and really liked the article by Amanda-Rae Prescott on Doctor Who regenerating into a Black man.

CONTENTS
Fiction:
“The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer
“The Pandemonium Waltz” by Jeffrey Ford
“The Quiet of Drowning” by Kel Coleman
“We’re Looking for the Best” by Cecil Castellucci
“A Piece of the Continent” by Marissa Lingen
“Endof Play” by Chelsea Sutton
“Esqueleto” by Ana Hurtado
Nonfiction:
“Scalzi on Film: Speed Racer’s Long Road” by John Scalzi
“Ncuti to the Moon” by Amanda-Rae Prescott
“The Telling Silence of A Ghost Story for Christmas” by Paul Cornell
“Sweat and Skin” by Lee Mandelo
Poetry:
“yes, your reflection is screaming” by Carlie St. George
“Not Cricket” by Tehnuka
“How to Haunt a Northern Lake” by Lora Gray
“Ferry to the Island of Ghosts” by Angela Liu ( )