“Primitive” depends on your perspective.
“Learning Letters” by Carrie Vaughn (2023) — 4,384 words (about 18 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Lightspeed magazine issue #153, February 2023.
Learning Letters by Carrie Vaughn
Tag: short fiction
Pinocchio Photography by Angela Liu
An interesting take on post-mortem photography
“Pinocchio Photography” by Angela Liu (2023) — 6,450 words (about 26 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #198, March 2023.
A Man Walks Into a Bar; or, In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street, I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done by Scott Edelman
A short story with a long title.
“A Man Walks Into a Bar; or, In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street, I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done” by Scott Edelman (2023) — 5,977 words (about 24 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Lightspeed magazine issue #152, January 2023.
The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin
This is sort of a companion piece or response to the classic Ursula K. Le Guin story “The Ones Who Walk Away form Omelas“.
“The Ones Who Stay and Fight” by N.K. Jemisin (2020) — 3,829 words (about 16 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Lightspeed magazine issue #116, January 2020.
Cold Relations by Mary Robinette Kowal
A story of siblings and magic.
“Cold Relations” by Mary Robinette Kowal (2023) — 8,256 words (about 3 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Uncanny magazine issue #50, January/Februaty 2023.
Nebula Award Winners for Short Fiction
Last night the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) held its 60th Nebula Awards® Ceremony. The winners in the short fiction categories follow. Congratulations to the authors and to Clarkesworld magazine where both were originally published!
Best Novelette
“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” by A.W. Prihandita (2024) — 8,730 words (about 35 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #218, November 2024.
Best Short Story
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole”by Isabel J. Kim (2024) — 3,190 words (about 13 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #209, February 2024.
Nebula Award Nominees for Short Fiction, Part 6 of 6
The last one! Tomorrow the winners will be announced!
Nominee for Best Novelette
“Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka” by Christine Hanolsy (2024) — 9,884 words (about 40 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine issue #405, 18 April 2024.
Nominee for Best Short Story
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim (2024) — 2,832 words (about 12 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Lightspeed magazine issue #168, May 2024.
Nebula Award Nominees for Short Fiction, Part 5 of 6
Almost there!
Nominee for Best Novelette
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha (2024) — 8,370 words (about 34 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #212, May 2024.
Nominee for Best Short Story
“V*mpire” by P.H. Lee (2024) — 5,320 words (about 22 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Reactor magazine, 23 October 2024.
Nebula Award Nominees for Short Fiction, Part 4 of 6
My continuation of nominees that can be read online for free.
Nominee for Best Novelette
“Joanna’s Bodies” by Eugenia Triantafyllou (2024) — 11,100 words (about 45 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Psychopomp magazine, 1 July 2024.
Nominee for Best Short Story
“Evan: A Remainder” by Jordan Kurella (2024) — 4,483 words (about 18 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Reactor magazine, 31 January 2024.
Nebula Award Nominees for Short Fiction, Part 3 of 6
Here are the next two nominees that can be read online for free.
Nominee for Best Novelette
“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” by A.W. Prihandita (2024) — 8,730 words (about 35 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #218, November 2024.
Nominee for Best Short Story
“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachel K. Jones (2024) — 549 words (about 3 minutes for the average reader)
Originally published in Lightspeed magazine issue #164, January 2024.