Following on from the note yesterday about Greg Benford’s story over at SciFiction, I thought I’d mention I just read James Patrick Kelly’s “The Best Christmas Ever“, which has just gone online (can you tell that I’m catching up on my reading?), and it’s a good one. With a story this long it’s hard not to give away too much, but it’s basically a last man on Earth story, set some years after an unspecified disaster. It’s dark and it’s very well done. Worth checking out. Kelly really seems to be on a roll this year, with good stories in Asimovs and elsewhere. I don’t know if he’s working towards a third collection, but when it comes it’s going to be a doozy.