Locus Magazine released their “2011 Recommended Reading List” in the February 2012 issue, and yesterday they posted the list online.

I was thrilled awestruck to see my own “Absinthe Fish” included as a recommendation. Lois Tilton has been a strong advocate of the story, but according to Locus’ own description, the list “is a consensus by Locus editors and reviewers... for short fiction, Jonathan Strahan, Ellen Datlow, Gardner Dozois, David G. Hartwell, Rich Horton, Lois Tilton, and others.” A consensus generally means that more than one person liked it, and that makes me giddy.

As of a few minutes ago, the “Fiction” section has been updated to include ePub, Mobi, and PDF versions of the story.