Awards season is upon us, with nominations open for both the Hugos and Nebulas. With nomination deadlines coming up in February and March, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you of Tor.com’s awards-eligible works from 2014.
We are tremendously proud of our authors, illustrators, and editors for creating such wonderful novellas, novelettes, short stories, graphic stories, and illustrations this year. We hope that you will nominate your favorite stories for the Hugos, Nebulas, and other upcoming awards which honor outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror—but most of all, we hope that you have enjoyed reading these works as much as we have!
As a reminder, you can download our free anthology Some of the Best From Tor.com from your favorite ebook retailer.
Novellas
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“The Mothers of Voorhisville” by Mary Rickert Edited by Liz Gorinsky |
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“Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome” by John Scalzi Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“Island in a Sea of Stars” by Kevin J Anderson |
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“Where the Trains Turn” by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen |
Novelettes
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“Reborn” by Ken Liu Edited by David G. Hartwell |
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“Space Ballet” by Judith Moffett Edited by David G. Hartwell |
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“Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” by Kathleen Ann Goonan Edited by David G. Hartwell |
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“Cold War” by Adam Christopher Edited by Paul Stevens |
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“The Devil in America” by Kai Ashante Wilson Edited by Ann VanderMeer |
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“The End of the End of Everything” by Dale Bailey Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Among the Thorns” by Veronica Schanoes Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“The Litany of Earth” by Ruthanna Emrys Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“The Insects of Love” by Genevieve Valentine Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Sleep Walking Now and Then” by Richard Bowes Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“A Short History of the Twentieth Century, Or, When You Wish Upon A Star” by Kathleen Ann Goonan Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Brisk Money” by Adam Christopher Edited by Paul Stevens |
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“The Colonel” by Peter Watts Edited by David G. Hartwell |
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“In the Sight of Akresa” by Ray Wood Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“Hero of the Five Points” by Alan Gratz Edited by Susan Chang |
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“Strongest Conjuration” by Skyler White Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“Midway Relics and Dying Breeds” by Seanan McGuire Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“Prompt. Professional. Pop!” by Walter Jon Williams Edited by George R. R. Martin |
Short Stories
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“Ekaterina and the Firebird” by Abra Staffin-Wiebe Edited by Liz Gorinsky |
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“The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging” by Harry Turtledove Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“The Intelligence Director” by Jessica Brody Edited by Janine O’Malley |
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“The Memory Coder” by Jessica Brody Edited by Janine O’Malley |
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“Nighttime in Caeli-Amur” by Rjurik Davidson Edited by Jim Frenkel |
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“The Cartography of Sudden Death” by Charlie Jane Anders |
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“Bridge of Snow” by Marie Rutkoski Edited by Janine O’Malley |
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“Mad Maudlin” by Marie Brennan Edited by Paul Stevens |
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“The Tallest Doll in New York City” by Maria Dahvana Headley Edited by Liz Gorinsky |
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“The Price of Doing Business” by DB Jackson Edited by Jim Frenkel |
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“Jubilee” by Karl Schroeder Edited by David G. Hartwell |
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“Nothing to Fear” by Eric Walters Edited by Wes Adams |
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“The Ugly Woman of Castello di Putti” by A. M. Dellamonica Edited by Jim Frenkel |
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“Doppel” by Lindsay Smith Edited by Kate Jacobs |
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“Noma Girl” by Elizabeth Fama Edited by Simon Broughton and Zoey Peresman |
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“Anyway: Angie” by Daniel José Older Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“Something Going Around” by Harry Turtledove Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“What Mario Scietto Says” by Emmy Laybourne Edited by Holly West |
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“Cold Wind” by Nicola Griffith Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“The Madonna of the Abattoir” by Anne M. Pillsworth Edited by Miriam Weinberg |
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“The Walking-Stick Forest” by Anna Tambour Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Friends ’Til the End” by Bethany Neal Edited by Janine O’Malley |
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“Jay Lake and the Last Temple of the Monkey King” by Ken Scholes Edited by Beth Meacham |
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“Chapter Six” by Stephen Graham Jones Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Combustion Hour” by Yoon Ha Lee Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“The Color of Paradox” by A. M. Dellamonica Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Little Knife” by Leigh Bardugo Edited by Noa Wheeler |
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“The Devil in the Details” by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“The Angelus Guns” by Max Gladstone Edited by Marco Palmieri |
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“A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Trade-Offs for the Overhaul of the Barricade” by John Chu Edited by Ann VanderMeer |
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“Sleeper” by Jo Walton Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“La Signora” by Bruce McAllister Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land” by Ruthanna Emrys Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“A Cup of Salt Tears” by Isabel Yap Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“Headache” by Julio Cortázar Translation by Michael Cisco Edited by Ann VanderMeer |
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“Tuckitor’s Last Swim” by Edith Cohn Edited by Susan Dobinick |
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“As Good As New” by Charlie Jane Anders Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami” by Kendare Blake Edited by Melissa Frain |
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“Selfies” by Lavie Tidhar Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“The Golden Apple of Shangri-La” by David Barnett Edited by Claire Eddy |
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“Daughter of Necessity” by Marie Brennan Edited by Paul Stevens |
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“Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch” by Kelly Barnhill Edited by Ann VanderMeer |
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“The Girl in the High Tower” by Gennifer Albin Edited by Janine O’Malley |
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“Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza” by Carrie Vaughn Edited by George R. R. Martin |
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“This Chance Planet” by Elizabeth Bear Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“A Kiss With Teeth” by Max Gladstone Edited by Marco Palmieri |
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“Where the Lost Things Are” by Rudy Rucker and Terry Bisson Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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“The Walk” by Dennis Etchison Edited by Ellen Datlow |
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“Skin in the Game” by Sabrina Vourvoulias Edited by Carl Engle-Laird |
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“Father Christmas: A Wonder Tale of the North” by Charles Vess |
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“Burnt Sugar” by Lish McBride Edited by Noa Wheeler |
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“A Long Spoon” by Jonathan L. Howard Edited by Peter Joseph |
Graphic Stories
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“Charcoal” by Ian Daffern |
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“The Imitation Game” by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis |
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To Eternity by Wesley Allsbrook and Barrie Potter |
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“Remainder: A Wrenchies Story” by Farel Dalrymple |
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“Con/Game” by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang |
Editors
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Ellen Datlow
- Carl Engle-Laird
- Ann VanderMeer
- Liz Gorinsky
- Susan Chang
- Claire Eddy
- Melissa Frain
- David G. Hartwell
- Beth Meacham
- Marco Palmieri
- Paul Stevens
- Miriam Weinberg
- Wes Adams
- Simon Broughton
- Susan Dobinick
- Jim Frenkel
- Kate Jacobs
- Peter Joseph
- Pat Lo Brutto
- George R. R. Martin
- Janine O’Malley
- Zoey Peresman
- Holly West
- Noa Wheeler
Best Related Work
- “What Makes This Book So Great?” by Jo Walton
Artists
Is “A Long Spoon” by Jonathan Howard eligible? I don’t see it in the list.
Thanks for the heads-up, we’re adding it in now.
I’d add All Together Now—A Zombie Story , author Robert Kent to the list. An outstanding read!
Bit belated, but Jubilee by Karl Schroeder is listed as a short story, but by my count (by pasting it in to a word processor and asking for a word count), it’s 9426 words, which qualifies it as Novelette. (Weird coincidence: my captcha on this post is “verga”, while Karl Schroeder writes the Virga books. ;))
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton was one of the first things I thought of when filling out my ballot. I loved that book! And having all the essays collected in book form was the important part.
I picked it up from the library and then bought it just because I wanted to keep refering back to it.