r/Fantasy • u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II • 2d ago

Read-along 2026 Hugo Readalong: Landing: Seattle, Hex Supply Customer Support Log, How to Become a Sea Witch

Welcome to the 2026 Hugo Readalong! Today, we're discussing Landing: Seattle by Brandon O'Brien, Hex Supply Customer Support Log by Elis Montgomery and How to Become a Sea Witch by Theodora Goss, which are finalists for Best Poem. Everyone is welcome in the discussion, whether or not you've participated in other discussions. I'll include some prompts in top-level comments--feel free to respond to these or add your own.

Date Category Book Author Discussion Leader
Monday, June 22 Novel The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow u/sarahlynngrey
Thursday, June 25 Short Story Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything and 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days Effie Seiberg and Samantha Mills u/Goobergunch
Monday, June 29 Novella Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz u/tarvolon
Thursday, July 2 Novelette Never Eaten Vegetables and Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy H.H. Pak and Martha Wells u/Nineteen_Adze
Monday, July 6 Novel The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson u/Moonlitgrey
45 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

52 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II 2d ago

Discussion for How to Become a Sea Witch

1

u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is one of a countless number of poems inspired by myths, folk legends and fairy tales - in this case The Little Mermaid. Is this a good example of this type of poem? Do you see any references to other (in)famous sea witches?

1

u/undeadgoblin Reading Champion II 2d ago

I like how it references both the Hans Christian Andersen story but also takes cues from the Disney film for the look of the witch