Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
Got a space-jockey story in here:
Novel Plural. Because: two is always better. And, both of these are doorstoppers, too. Doorstoppers I didn’t want to go over, whose labyrinths I’m still plunging through, faster and faster: Poetry It came out in 2020, but I only read it in January or so of 2021. Stuck with me all year. And I’ll probably
Such an honor. So great to share a ballot with such good works, such great writers (and, couldn’t fit into this screengrab, but I’m also in Tiny Nightmares, which made the anthology ballot)
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Was honored just to be considered alongside such fine writers, such solid books. Floored to have lucked out in both categories: Or, both in one post, WITH a sneak peek at a certain special edition German cover:
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SUCH an honor to have TWO works on this. Just to be alongside so many excellent writers, so many good stories. Luck to all.
Who’d have thought an elk book, a horror novel, a story set on the Blackfeet Rez, a revenge tale out of Montana could, after six months, make it to #12 on the NYT best-seller list? So amazing. Or, really, who’d have thought a kid who grew up out in the pastures of West Texas would
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Which — I don’t mean I’m writing in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare — though: wow. Just, a new story up AT Nightmare Magazine, with an excellent audio production: