SST Blue Light Special!
Thanks for the heads-up, Greg:
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Two Trophies, One Amazing Night
Stayed up all night in Edinburgh, Scotland to watch these two ceremonies. So, so honored for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter to have somehow won both a Bram Stoker Award and a Nebula Award. Did some light searching on a train, and it looks like maybe only one other novel’s ever won both? Cool. As for
Locus Award for Good Stab!
Maggie and Sara kill it as MCs, there’s so many good acceptance speeches, cool keynotes, and Connie Willis is, as always, hilarious: Here’s the trophy: Such an unexpected honor.
Manny back in the world
As of today. Well, him and Sawyer. Proud to have Night of the Mannequins out again, this time from Tor Nightfire. Thanks, Kelly Lonesome, and the rest of the team. Hope this novella finds a whole new swath of people to hang out with:
People and Libby and Good Stab
Honored to be in that cool category with Silvia Moreno-Garcia: https://people.com/2026-libby-book-awards-finalists-full-list-exclusive-11898327
Finalist times two, and this:
And, in addition to BHH having somehow made it to the final ballot for a Splatterpunk Award—a ceremony I’ve been to—it’s also now up for an Audie:
New Flash Story Up
It would be in the new & improved States of Grace, but . . . didn’t write it in time:
Floored. Amazed. Honored. Wow.
Man, who’d have ever thought? Might need to figure out how to frame this, put it on the wall so I can always remember that impossible things can actually happen: Many thanks to Greg Greene for the initials heads-up about this—was at breakfast with a friend, just thinking it’s another normal day. Maybe bit hot,
The Shivers Collection
from Amazon. Got a story in there, along with Catriona Ward, Grady Hendrix, Owen King, and Joe Hill