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This Week's Recommended Book

Daughter of Necessity, by Marie Brennan


This is a short and inventive retelling of the story of Penelope (from the Odyssey). It is beautifully told, and well worth the short time it will take to read.

See it on the website.

Working on one thing at a time, for as long as you need to or feel like it, is a luxury.

- Sydney Phlox, in Academaze

Randomly Selected Bonus Recommendation

The World That Forgot How to Dance, by Olivia Berrier


This story is set in a world where dancing can summon magic, and where both the dancing and the magic are banned. The story follows a young woman who loves to dance, and wants to bring it back into the world. Her first attempt to do this goes wrong, and she ends up in jail. There, she meets a fellow prisoner who makes her change how she thinks about her experience, which sets in motion events that will force her to confront her fears and find strengths she didn't know she had. It is an enjoyable story that pulls you into its world from the start, and the plot and characters will keep you hooked until the end.

See it on the website.

News and Announcements

I have some news that is both exciting and a little sad: This is the last weekly digest newsletter I will send out. 

I am going to stop posting new content to Tungsten Hippo. The website will remain up, with the archives intact. But I have decided it is time to stop updating it. 

Tungsten Hippo started as a learning project for me, back in September of 2013. Over the years, I've read a lot of great short ebooks and collections of short stories. I also founded Annorlunda Books and started publishing short ebooks and collections of short writing. I still love short ebooks!

However, the short writing world has changed a bit since 2013. I've noticed that it is getting harder and harder to find good short ebooks by searching Amazon. There are too many people gaming the algorithm, and I also think there are fewer self-publishers trying to publish their short writing in this way. There are many great online magazines filling the gap. I want to read more short stories, regardless of how they are published! I considered changing the parameters on Tungsten Hippo to include short writing published online, but instead I've decided it is time to say good by to the Hippo, and move on to something else.

And that brings us to the exciting part of this news! Annorlunda Books is launching a new monthly newsletter, Inbox Stories. This newsletter will deliver two story recommendations to your inbox each month... and, if you sign up for the paid edition at $5/year, you'll also get the full text of a story each month. The stories will be a mix of classics and new writing published by Annorlunda Books. The recommendations might be short ebooks, online short stories, or a story from a collection.  Also, I realized I'd miss an outlet for my love of saving quotes from the things I read, so there will be a quote of the month, and probably occasional other short writing related content, too.

Here is the best part: Tungsten Hippo subscribers can get $2 off their subscription for the first year! To get the discount you must subscribe via this link. I am using a bare bones subscription management set up, so that I can keep the cost of the subscription low (and because I don't anticipate offering many discounts). This set up does not support coupon codes in the sign up form. Therefore you must use this special link to get the discount. And you must use it before the end of this year.

If you have any problems with the sign up or if you already signed up and want to get the discount retroactively, email me. Just reply to this email and let me know.

The first Inbox Stories newsletter goes out on November 20, so sign up now! 

If you want to sign up for the free edition and just get the recommendations, you can do that via the form on the Inbox Stories home page or via this link.

Thank you for reading Tungsten Hippo! I will miss this newsletter, but am exciting to move on to new things. I hope you'll join me at Inbox Stories!

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