{"id":20994,"date":"2015-11-19T22:34:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=20994"},"modified":"2015-11-19T22:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:34:43","slug":"looks-like-its-awards-season-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/19\/looks-like-its-awards-season-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks like it&#8217;s awards season again &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since all the cool kids seem to be doing this, I figured&#8212;why not me? So here are details on the two stories of mine published in 2015, so you can, if you&#8217;re a voting member of certain organizations, nominate them if so moved &#8230; but only after you&#8217;ve read them and judged them worthy, of course.<\/p>\n<p>First up&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, my 13,000-word zombie story &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/writing\/short-fiction\/becoming-invisible-becoming-seen\/\">Becoming Invisible, Becoming Seen<\/a>&#8221; was published in <em>Dark Discoveries<\/em> #31.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DarkDiscoveries30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DarkDiscoveries30-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"DarkDiscoveries30\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DarkDiscoveries30-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DarkDiscoveries30.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a  dark but (hopefully) uplifting horror story of love and obsession, and if you&#8217;re a voting member of a group for which that sort of thing seems a good fit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/contact-scott\/\">drop me a line<\/a>, and I&#8217;ll be glad to send along a PDF.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My second story of the year, &#8220;And the Trees Were Happy,&#8221; is a 2,600-word bittersweet fantasy due out this month in the anthology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragnarokpub.com\/#!genius-loci\/c1ls0\"><em>Genius Loci<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GeniusLociCoverRagnaraok.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GeniusLociCoverRagnaraok-188x300.jpeg\" alt=\"GeniusLociCoverRagnaraok\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GeniusLociCoverRagnaraok-188x300.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GeniusLociCoverRagnaraok.jpeg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here, too, if you&#8217;re a voting member of an organization for which that type of story would be appropriate, and would like to give it a read, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/contact-scott\/\">let me know<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Or, if you&#8217;d prefer to listen to the tale, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2014\/07\/12\/readercon-2014-friday\/\">my reading from Readercon 2014<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O77Ux8eTQPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;ll see if you watch the video to the end, this piece chokes me up, and has all three times I&#8217;ve read it publicly. I hear it made the copyeditor cry as well, so I&#8217;m looking forward to finding out how it affects you should you happen to read it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>End of semi-commercial message &#8230; we now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since all the cool kids seem to be doing this, I figured&#8212;why not me? 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