Nebula Report: Short Stories Dec 08
The following is a list of works recommended for the Nebula Awards, data current within the last available month.
NOTE: This is not the Preliminary Ballot. Please refer to the Rules section for a more detailed explanation.
Aguirre, Forrest: Andretto Walks the King’s Way (Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, Ed., Senses Five Press, Apr08)
Allen, Mike: The Button Bin (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct07
Amundsen, Erik: Bufo Rex (Weird Tales, Dec07)
Amundsen, Erik: Turnipseed (Fantasy Magazine, Mar08
Anders, Charlie: Love Might Be Too Strong a Word (Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Jun08 <#22>)
Atonelli, Lou: The Witch of Waxahachie (Jim Baen’s Universe, Apr08)
Bacigalupi, Paolo: The Gambler (Fast Forward 2, Lou Anders, Ed., Pyr, Oct08)
Baker, Kage: Running the Snake (Sideways in Crime, Lou Anders, Ed., Solaris, Jun08)
Ballingrud, Nathan: Monsters of Heaven (Inferno, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Tor, Dec07)
Ballingrud, Nathan: North American Lake Monsters (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Banks, Gregory Bernard: Law of the Land (Amazon Shorts, Amazon.com, Oct07)
Barron, Laird: The Lagerstatte (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Barron, Laird: The Occultation (Clockwork Phoenix, Mike Allen, Ed., Norilana, Jul08)
Beagle, Peter S.: The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Bear, Elizabeth: Hobnoblin Blues (Realms of Fantasy, Feb08)
Bear, Elizabeth: Inelastic Collisions (Inferno, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Tor, Dec07)
Bear, Elizabeth: Sonny Liston Takes the Fall (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Bear, Elizabeth and Monette, Sarah: Boojum (Fast Ships, Black Sails, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct08)
Bergmann, E.J.: The Dream Tinker (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Berman, Steve: Tearjerker (Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, Ed., Senses Five Press, Apr08)
Bernobich, Beth: A Handful of Pearls (Apex Online, Mar08)
Bernobich, Beth: Shoppiing Spree (Jim Baen’s Universe, Aug08)
Bishop, Anne R.: Stands a God Within the Shadows (Imaginary Friends, John Marco and Martin H. Greenberg, Ed., DAW, Sep08)
Bisson, Terry: Private Eye (F&SF, Nov08
Bowes, Richard: AKA St. Mark’s Place (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Bowes, Richard: The Cinnamon Cavalier (Fantasy Magazine, Apr08)
Brandon, Paul & Dann, Jack: The Transformation of Targ (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Brin, David: The Smartest Mob (Jim Baen’s Universe, Feb08)
Burgis, Stephanie: It’s All About the Shoes (Flytrap, Nov07)
Burns, Stephen L.: Righteous Bite (Analog, Apr08)
Burns, Stephen L.: The Fourth Thing (Analog, Sep08)
Burstein, Michael A.: Collapse (Polu Texni, Sep08
Burstein, Michael A.: Empty Spaces (I Remember the Future, Apex Publications, Nov08 )
Burstein, Michael A.: I Remember the Future (I Remember the Future, Apex Publications, Nov08 )
Cambias, James L.: Balancing Accounts (F&SF, Feb08)
Cambias, James L.: The Dinosaur Train (F&SF, Jul08)
Campbell, Alan: The Gadgey (Strange Horizons, May08)
Carr, Von: The White Isle (Realms of Fantasy, Dec07)
Cassutt, Michael: Skull Valley (Asimov’s, Nov07
Castle, Sarah K.: Still-Hunting (Analog, May08)
Castro, Adam-Troy: Night of the Living POTUS (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Feb08
Chiang, Ted: Exhalation (Eclipse 2, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Nov08)
Copley-Woods, Haddayr: Dead (Strange Horizons, Feb08)
Cowdrey, Albert E.: Thrilling Wonder Stories (F&SF, May08)
Cox, F. Brett: The Serpent and the Hatchet Gang (Black Static, Dec07 <#2>)
Creasey, Ian: Cut Loose the Bonds of Flesh and Blood (Asimov’s, Sep08)
Creasey, Ian: This Is How It Feels (Asimov’s, Mar08)
Cypress, Leah: Dead Silent (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Jul08)
Dalrymple, Scott: An Open Letter to Earth (F&SF, Aug08)
Dellamonica, Alyx M.: Five Good Things About Meghan Sheedy (Strange Horizons, Apr08
Dowling, Terry: The Suits at Auderlene (Inferno, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Tor, Dec07)
Dowling, Terry: Toother (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Doyle, Debra & Macdonald, James D.: Philologos, or a Murder in Bistrita (F&SF, Feb08)
Drummond, Oz: Re (Analog, Nov08)
Duane, Diane: Theobroma (Wizards, Inc., Martin H. Greenberg and Loren L. Coleman, Ed., DAW, Nov07)
Dunbar, Clifford: Holiday in Hot Zone 16 (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Apr08
Edwards, Graham: Girl in Pieces (Realms of Fantasy, Apr08)
Egan, Greg: Dark Integers (Asimov’s, Nov07
Egan, Greg: Steve Fever (MIT Technology Review, Dec07
Elam, Bond: A Plethora of Truth (Analog, Aug08
Emrys, Ruthanna: Ghost Simulations (Strange Horizons, Nov07
Emshwiller, Carol: At 6s & 7s (Asimov’s, Nov07
Emshwiller, Carol: Whoever (F&SF, Nov08
Emshwiller, Carol: Wilmer or Wesley (Asimov’s, Aug08)
Fagan, Willow: Cockatrice Girl Meets Statue Boy (Fantasy Magazine, Feb08
Finch, Sheila: Stranger Than Imagination Can (The Guild of Xenolinguists, Golden Gryphon Press, Sep07)
Finlay, Charles Coleman: The Secret Life of Walter Burty (LiveJournal.com, Jan08
Ford, Jeffrey: Daltharee (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Ford, Jeffrey: The Bedroom Light (Inferno, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Tor, Dec07)
Ford, Jeffrey: The Dreaming Wind (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)
Ford, Jeffrey: The Drowned Life (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Forest, Susan: Back (Analog, Jun08)
Forest, Susan: Paid in Full (Asimov’s, Nov07
Foster, Alan Dean: Cold Fire (Analog, Nov08)
Frost, P.R.: Alien Voices (The Future We Wish We Had, Martin Greenburg & Rebecca Lickiss, Ed., DAW, Dec07)
Genge, Sara: Clapping for the Fairies (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., May08
Gilbow, S. L.: Who Brought Tulips to the Moon (F&SF, Dec07)
Goldstein, Lisa: Reader’s Guide (F&SF, Jul08)
Goonan, Kathleen: Electric Rains (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Gregory, Daryl: Glass (Technology Review, MIT, Dec08)
Griffin, Peni R.: The Restroom Murders (Realms of Fantasy, Aug08)
Haskell, Merrie: An Almanac for the Alien Invaders (Asimov’s, May08
Haskell, Merrie: The Girl-Prince (Coyote Wild, Aug08)
Hemry, John G.: The Bookseller of Bastet (Analog, Mar08)
Henderson, Samantha: Bottles (Realms of Fantasy, Apr07)
Higgins, Peter: Listening for Submarines (Asimov’s, Nov08
Hobson, M. K.: The Hotel Astarte (Realms of Fantasy, Jun07)
Howe, Robert J.: Season of the Long Now (Electric Velocipede, Nov08
Hughes, Matt: Petri Parousia (F&SF, Feb08)
Janz, Kristin: Veritas Nos Liberabit (Futurismic Fiction, Jun08)
Jessup, Paul: A Word Without Ghosts (Fantasy Magazine, Apr08
Johnson, Kij: 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (Asimov’s, Jul08)
Jones, Gwyneth: Cheats (The Starry Rift, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Apr08)
Jones, Gwyneth: In the Forest of the Queen (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Jones, Gwyneth: The Tomb Wife (F&SF, Aug07)
Jones, Gwyneth: The Voyage Out (Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures, Lynne Jamneck, Ed., Lethe Press, Feb08)
Jones, Stephen Graham: Do (This) (Asimov’s, Dec07)
Kaftan, Vylar: Break the Vessel (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Jul08)
Kaftan, Vylar: Kill Me (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct07)
Kanning, Sarah: Sex With Ghosts (Strange Horizons, Aug08
Kasselman, Gloria: The Monster (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Keeble, Helen: In Stone (Strange Horizons, Oct07 <10 Sep07 issue>)
Kelly, James Patrick: Don’t Stop (Asimov’s, Jun07)
Kelly, James Patrick: Surprise Party (Asimov’s, Jun08)
Keohane, Daniel: Ray Gun (Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest, Nov07 <#11>)
Kessel, John: Downtown (Flurb, Feb08 <#4 Fall/Win07>)
Kessel, John: The Last American (Asimov’s, Feb08 )
Killus, James: Plot Device (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct08
King, Stephen: Ayana (Paris Review, Nov07)
King, Stephen: The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates (F&SF, Nov08
Kirtley, David Barr: Save Me Plz (Realms of Fantasy, Oct07)
Klages, Ellen: Mrs. Zeno’s Paradox (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Kosmatka, Ted: N-Words (Seeds of Change, John Joseph Adams, Ed., Prime Books, Aug08)
Kosmatka, Ted: The Art of Alchemy (F&SF, Jun08)
Kowal, Mary Robinette: Scenting the Dark (Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest, Aug08)
Kowal, Mary Robinette: Some Other Day (All Possible Worlds, Nov07
Krasnoff, Barbara: All His World Goods (Sybil’s Garage, Feb08)
Krasnoff, Barbara: An Old-Time Girl (Behind the Wainscott, Oct07 <#8>)
Krasnoff, Barbara: First Class (Escape Velocity, Nov07 <#1>)
Kress, Nancy: Sex & Violence (Asimov’s, Feb08)
Kress, Nancy: The Kindness of Strangers (Fast Forward 2, Lou Anders, Ed., Pyr, Oct08)
Kressel, Mathew: The Writing’s on the Wall (Farrago’s Wainscott, Jan08)
Lain, Douglas: Resurfacing Billy (Futurismic Fiction, Nov08)
Lake, Jay: A Different Way Into the Life (Wizards, Inc., Martin H. Greenberg and Loren L. Coleman, Ed., DAW, Nov07)
Lanagan, Margo: She-Creatures (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Lanagan, Margo: The Goosle (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Lance, Kathryn and McDevitt, Jack: Welcome to Valhalla (Asimov’s, Dec08)
Landis, Geoffrey A.: Still on the Road (Asimov’s, Dec08)
Landis, Geoffrey A.: The Man in the Mirror (Analog, Feb08)
Lee, Yoon Ha: Blue Ink (Clarkesworld Magazine, Aug08)
Lerner, Edward M.: Inside the Box (Asimov’s, Feb08)
Link, Kelly: Light (Tin House, Oct07)
Longyear, Barry B.: The Advocate (Asimov’s, May08
Ludwigsen, Will: All Talk (Strange Horizons, Mar08
Ludwigsen, Will: In Search of (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Apr08)
Lyon, Richard K.: Finalizing History (Analog, Jun08)
Malcohn, Elissa: Prometheus Rebound (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct08)
Maloney, Geoffrey: Not Another Black Cat Story (Cat Tales, George Scithers, Ed., Wildside Press, Sep08)
Mamatas, Nick: Summon Bind Banish (Bandersnatch, Paul Tremblay & Sean Wallace, Ed., Prime Books, Nov07)
Martino, Joseph P.: A Bridge in Time (Analog, Oct07)
Maxey, James: Silent as Dust (Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Jan08)
McHugh, Maureen F.: The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
McIntyre, Vonda: Misprint (Nature, Jul08
Morganfield, T. L.: Night Bird Soaring (Gud, Nov08 <#3, Autumn 2008 issue>)
Mueller, Richard: A Ten-Pound Sack of Rice (F&SF, Mar08)
Muenzler, Michelle: Dancing the Bones (Coyote Wild, Aug08)
Myers, E. C.: Fortune Favors the Bold (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Nestvold, Ruth: Mars: A Traveler’s Guide (F&SF, Jan08)
Nix, Garth: Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Nix, Garth: Old Friends (Dreaming Again, Jack Dann, Ed., Eos, Sep08)
O’Halloren, Brian: Why Is It That My Girlfriend Insists on Hanging Around While I Transform into a Werewolf (The Onion, Oct07)
O’Leary, Patrick: The Oldest Man on Earth (Electric Velocipede, Nov08
Oltion, Jerry: Outside the Box (Analog, Aug08
Oltion, Jerry: Salvation (Analog, Dec07)
Ore, Rebecca: Acid and Stoned Raindeer (Clarkesworld Magazine, Nov07)
Park, Paul: The Blood of Peter Francisco (Sideways in Crime, Lou Anders, Ed., Solaris, Jun08)
Pelland, Jennifer: Organ Nell (Apex Online, Dec08)
Person, Lawrence: Gabe’s Globster (Asimov’s, Jun08)
Plante, Brian: The Astronaut (Analog, May07)
Radford, Irene: Alien Voices (The Future We Wish We Had, Martin Greenburg & Rebecca Lickiss, Ed., DAW, Dec07)
Radford, Irene: The Final Choice (Fate Fantastic, Martin H. Greenberg and Daniel M. Hoyt, Ed., DAW, Oct07)
Rambo, Cat: Events at Fort Plentitude (Weird Tales, Jan08)
Rasey, Michelle R.: Banshee’s Tatoo (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Reed, Robert: Character Flu (F&SF, Jul08)
Reed, Robert: Reunion (F&SF, May08)
Reed, Robert: The House Left Empty (Asimov’s, May08
Reisman, Jessica: Flowertongue (Farrago’s Wainscott, Apr08)
Resnick, Mike: Article of Faith (Jim Baen’s Universe, Oct08)
Resnick, Mike: Christmas Eve at Harvey Wallbanger’s (Jim Baen’s Universe, Dec07)
Rich, Mark: To Make a Love Story Short (Zahir, May08
Richards, Tony: Non-Existent Cats (Cat Tales, George Scithers, Ed., Wildside Press, Sep08)
Rickert, M.: Don’t Ask (F&SF, Dec07)
Rickert, M.: Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment (F&SF, Nov08
Rickert, Mary: Holiday (Subterranean, Sep07 )
Rininger, Denise: Demon Sun (Tales of the Talisman, May08
Robins, Madeleine E.: Virtue and the Archangel (Lace and Blade, Deborah Ross, Ed., Norilana Books, Feb08)
Roessner, Michaela: It’s a Wonderful Life (F&SF, Jan08)
Ronald, Margaret: Goat Eschatologies (Strange Horizons, Nov07)
Rosen, Selina: Salvager’s Gold (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Jan08)
Rosenbaum, Benjamin & Ackert, David: Stray (F&SF, Dec07)
Rosenblum, Mary: Horse Racing (Asimov’s, Sep08)
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn: Disaster Relief (Wizards, Inc., Martin H. Greenberg and Loren L. Coleman, Ed., DAW, Nov07)
Russell, Karen: Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Zoetrope All-Story, Nov07
Scalzi, John: After the Coup (Tor.com, Jul08?)
Schoen, Lawrence M.: What Doesn’t Stay in Vegas (Desolate Places, Eric T. Reynolds, Ed., Hadley Rille Books, March08)
Scholes, Ken: Summer in Paris, Light From the Sky (Clarkesworld Magazine, Nov07)
Schwartz, David J.: Somnambulist (Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, Ed., Senses Five Press, Apr08)
Sedia, Ekaterina: Virus Changes Skin (Analog, Oct07)
Seewald, Jacqueline: Girl with One Green Eye and Cat (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Shepard, Lucius: Larissa Miusov (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Shepard, Lucius: The Ease With Which We Freed the Beast (Inferno, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Tor, Dec07)
Sherman, Delia: Gift From a Spring (Realms of Fantasy, Apr08)
Shoulders, Felicity: Burgerdroid (Asimov’s, Jun08)
Silver, Steven H.: Les Lettres de Paston (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct08)
Silverberg, Robert: Against the Current (F&SF, Nov07
Simmons, Adrian: Retinue (Coyote Wild, Feb08)
Skillingstead, Jack: Alone with an Inconvenient Companion (Fast Forward 2, Lou Anders, Ed., Pyr, Oct08)
Skillingstead, Jack: Cat in the Rain (Asimov’s, Nov08
Skillingstead, Jack: Strangers on a Bus (Asimov’s, Dec07)
Smale, Alan: Quartet, With Mermaids (Abyss & Apex, Jan08)
Sparhawk, Bud: The Suit (Analog, Nov07)
Sterling, Bruce: The Lustration (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Stoddard, James: The Star to Every Wandering Barque (F&SF, Nov07)
Stoddard, Jason: The Elephant Ironclads (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Stone, Eric James: The Ashes of His Fathers (Analog, May08)
Sussex, Lucy: Ardent Clouds (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, Ed., Del Rey, Apr08)
Svedi, Robin: Yellow Ribbons (Touched by Wonder, Gamber, Jackie, Ed., Meadowhawk Press, Oct07)
Swanwick, Michael: From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled (Asimov’s, Feb08)
Swanwick, Michael: The Scarecrow’s Boy (F&SF, Nov08
Szego, Chris: Valiant on the Wing (Strange Horizons, Apr08
Underwood, Laura J.: Drooling Wizards (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Jan08)
Utley, Steven: The Woman Under the World (Asimov’s, Jul08)
Valente, Catherynne M.: A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica (Clarkesworld Magazine, May08)
Valente, Catherynne M.: The City of Blind Delight (Clockwork Phoenix, Mike Allen, Ed., Norilana, Jul08)
Valentine, Genevieve: The Red Shoes (Endicott Studios, Terri Windling, Ed., Aug08)
van Eekhout, Greg: Ghost Market (Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, Ed., Senses Five Press, Apr08)
Van Pelt, James: How Music Begins (Asimov’s, Sep07)
Wade, Juliette: Let the Word Take Me (Asimov’s, Aug08
Walton, David: Letting Go (Jim Baen’s Universe, Aug08)
Warren, Kaaron: Down to the Silver Spirits (Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, Ed., Senses Five Press, Apr08)
Warzel, Desmond: Wikihistory (Abyss & Apex, Oct07)
Wexler, Robert Freeman: Tales of the Golden Legend (Psychological Methods to Sell Should Be Destroyed, Spilt Milk Press, May08)
What, Leslie: Frankenfetish (In Crazy Love, Wordcraft of Oregon, Jul08)
Wilce, Ysabeau S.: Quartermaster Returns (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
Wilhelm, Kate: The Fountain of Neptune (F&SF, Apr08)
Winter, Laurel: Going Back in Time (F&SF, Nov08
Yolen, Jane: Chinese Proverb Sent by Worried Friend (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Jan08)
Zumsteg, Derek: Usurpers (Asimov’s, Sep08)
