TWO Locus Awards Finalist Honors!

Both "D.I.Y." and "The Coward Who Stole God's Name" were voted to be finalists in the Locus Award for Best Short Story

Apr 30, 2023

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This weekend Locus Awards finalists were announced. I knew something great was up when, in the middle of the night, I got an email from my editors. But I still didn’t expect this.

The top ten finalists for the Locus Award for Best Short Story are list:

“Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5-6/22)
“The Goldfish Man”, Maureen McHugh (Uncanny 3-4/22)
“Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)
“Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
“Master of Ceremonies“, Frances Ogamba (The Dark 5/22)
“Beginnings”, Kristina Ten (Fantasy 4/22)
“The Coward Who Stole God’s Name”, John Wiswell (Uncanny 5-6/22)
“D.I.Y”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)
“Inheritance “, Hannah Yang (Analog 9-10/22)
“A Monster in the Shape of a Boy”, Hannah Yang (Apex 5/22)

Not one, but TWO of my short stories were voted to become finalists for the Locus Award for Best Short Story. Both “D.I.Y.” and “The Coward Who Stole God’s Name” became catego…

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