I recently blitzed through a number of short stories so that I could finalize the short story portion of my Nebula ballot. I wanted to post about the ones I decided to nominate, and also some of the other excellent ones I encountered in my reading. I hope people will check out these stories, possibly for award consideration, but mostly because they’re cool.<\/p>\n
I have a post up at Ecstatic Days explaining my methodology for creating a reading list, and a few other points about what went into creating my list of nominees and recommendations<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are the nominees and recommendations themselves.<\/p>\n My short story nominations<\/b> Highly Recommended Stories<\/b> Recommended Stories<\/b> Tiptree Nominated Stories<\/b> — —<\/p>\n “The Mathematics of Faith<\/a>” by Jonathan Wood, Beneath Ceaseless Skies — deleted from a previous version of this list because it is a novelette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently blitzed through a number of short stories so that I could finalize the short story portion of my Nebula ballot. I wanted to post about the ones I decided to nominate, and also some of the other excellent … Continue reading
\n“Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh, Asimov’s Science Fiction
\n“Remembrance is Something Like a House<\/a>” by Will Ludwigsen, Interfictions 2
\n“The Mermaids Singing Each to Each<\/a>” by Cat Rambo, Clarkesworld
\n“The Godfall’s Chemsong” by Jeremiah Tolbert, Interzone
\n“Non-Zero Probabilities<\/a>” by N. K. Jemisin, Clarkesworld<\/p>\n
\n“Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts<\/a>” by Benjamin Francisco, Realms of Fantasy*
\n“Nine Sundays in a Row<\/a>” by Kris Dikeman, Strange Horizons**
\n“Reading by Numbers<\/a>” by Aidan Doyle, Fantasy Magazine
\n“Spar<\/a>” by Kij Johnson, Clarkesworld
\n“Marsh Gods<\/a>” by Ann Leckie, Strange Horizons**
\n“Superhero Girl<\/a>” by Jessica Lee, Fantasy Magazine**<\/p>\n
\n“Turning the Apples<\/a>” by Tina Connolly, Strange Horizons
\n“The Score” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Interfictions 2
\n“A Song to Greet the Sun<\/a>” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Fantasy Magazine
\n“Endangered Camp” by Ann Leckie, Clockwork Phoenix 2
\n“\u2026That Has Such People In It<\/a>” by Jennifer Pelland, Apex Digest
\n“Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut<\/a>” by Cat Rambo, Strange Horizons
\n“Water Museum<\/a>” by Nisi Shawl, Filter House
\n“The Moon Over Tokyo through Leaves in the Fall<\/a>” by Jerome Stueart, Fantasy Magazine
\n“Light on the Water<\/a>” by Genevieve Valentine, Fantasy Magazine
\n“Bespoke<\/a>” by Genevieve Valentine, Strange Horizons
\n“The Olverung<\/a>” by Steven Woodworth, Realms of Fantasy**<\/p>\n
\nI also nominated three of these stories for the Tiptree — “The Mermaids Singing Each to Each<\/a>” by Cat Rambo (Clarkesworld), “Godfall’s Chemsong” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Interzone), and “A Song to Greet the Sun<\/a>” by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Fantasy Magazine)<\/p>\n
\n*This story would have been one of my five nominees except for the conflict of interest created by its appearance on PodCastle during my tenure as editor.
\n**These stories also appeared in PodCastle during my tenure as editor.<\/p>\n