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psocoptera2013 isn't over yet, but I wanted to post this so that interested parties could start reading things before it becomes all-Yuletide-fic all-the-time in late Dec and Jan. Or maybe that's just me, but anyways. I'll post a supplement in January if I come across anything particularly good in the last six weeks of the year here.
I do not claim that my reading is comprehensive; for the sources I am reading, I may well have missed months here and there with some real gems, feel free to point things out in the comments. Also there may be good online magazines I'm ignoring entirely.
However, here are seventeen 2013 online short stories (which I believe to be eligible for the upcoming Hugos). I'll link to novelettes and novellas in a separate post. I don't have a final five set in stone yet, but I've marked a couple that are very likely to be in it. These are sorted by source but in no particular order otherwise.
Selkie Stories Are for Losers, Sofia Samatar, Strange Horizons.
I Have Placed My Sickness Upon You. Karin Tidbeck, Strange Horizons. This one for sure.
Longfin's Daughters. O.J. Cade, Strange Horizons. Full of eels.
Din Ba Din, Kate MacLeod, Strange Horizons. Nonchronological living.
A Plant (Whose Name is Destroyed), Seth Dickinson, Strange Horizons.
The Best We Can, Carrie Vaughn, Tor.com. A realistic first contact story. Probably this one.
Contains Multitudes, Ben Burgis, Tor. com. Alien symbionts, kind of obvious but effective.
Super Bass. Kai Ashante Wilson, Tor. com. Some neat descriptive language.
Professor Incognito Apologizes, Austin Grossman, Tor.com reprint from a 2013 anthology. I like superhero stories.
The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, John Chu, Tor.com.
Brimstone and Marmalade, Aaron Corwin, Tor.com. Cute.
The Oregon Trail Diary of Willa Porter, Andy Marino, Tor.com. Creepy.
Division of Labor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, Lightspeed. This one.
This Villain You Must Create, Carlie St. George, Lightspeed. More superheroes.
Just Like Clockwork, K.G. Jewell, Daily Science Fiction. A classic SF physics fable.
The Machine, Sean R Robinson, Daily Science Fiction. Steampunk Titania.
Never Dreaming (In Four Burns). Seth Dickinson, Clarkesworld. Death and identity and choices.
I do not claim that my reading is comprehensive; for the sources I am reading, I may well have missed months here and there with some real gems, feel free to point things out in the comments. Also there may be good online magazines I'm ignoring entirely.
However, here are seventeen 2013 online short stories (which I believe to be eligible for the upcoming Hugos). I'll link to novelettes and novellas in a separate post. I don't have a final five set in stone yet, but I've marked a couple that are very likely to be in it. These are sorted by source but in no particular order otherwise.
Selkie Stories Are for Losers, Sofia Samatar, Strange Horizons.
I Have Placed My Sickness Upon You. Karin Tidbeck, Strange Horizons. This one for sure.
Longfin's Daughters. O.J. Cade, Strange Horizons. Full of eels.
Din Ba Din, Kate MacLeod, Strange Horizons. Nonchronological living.
A Plant (Whose Name is Destroyed), Seth Dickinson, Strange Horizons.
The Best We Can, Carrie Vaughn, Tor.com. A realistic first contact story. Probably this one.
Contains Multitudes, Ben Burgis, Tor. com. Alien symbionts, kind of obvious but effective.
Super Bass. Kai Ashante Wilson, Tor. com. Some neat descriptive language.
Professor Incognito Apologizes, Austin Grossman, Tor.com reprint from a 2013 anthology. I like superhero stories.
The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, John Chu, Tor.com.
Brimstone and Marmalade, Aaron Corwin, Tor.com. Cute.
The Oregon Trail Diary of Willa Porter, Andy Marino, Tor.com. Creepy.
Division of Labor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, Lightspeed. This one.
This Villain You Must Create, Carlie St. George, Lightspeed. More superheroes.
Just Like Clockwork, K.G. Jewell, Daily Science Fiction. A classic SF physics fable.
The Machine, Sean R Robinson, Daily Science Fiction. Steampunk Titania.
Never Dreaming (In Four Burns). Seth Dickinson, Clarkesworld. Death and identity and choices.
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