The folks over at Black Gate have posted Rich Horton’s annual Virtual Best of the Year. Rich’s selections are always interesting and worthwhile checking out. I don’t keep track of numbers the way Rich does, but the scariest thing I saw in his summary was this statement: “This year I read a total of 46 novellas, 311 novelettes, and 1400 short stories.” Gah! I know I looked at pretty much the same stuff, but I don’t remember reading that much. It all does blur.