{"id":24419,"date":"2017-11-18T20:33:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=24419"},"modified":"2017-11-18T20:49:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:49:52","slug":"attention-voting-hwa-and-sfwa-members-yes-its-that-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/18\/attention-voting-hwa-and-sfwa-members-yes-its-that-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention voting HWA and SFWA members: Yes, it\u2019s that most wonderful time of the year again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America recently announced the start of its nominations<\/a> period for the Nebula Awards—and the recommendations<\/a> period for the Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association is ongoing—plus all of my 2017 short stories have now been published—well, it’s that time of year again. <\/p>\n

Since all the cool kids seem to be doing it, I’ve assembled info about this year’s publications in one place so eligible voting members of both organizations can take them into consideration.<\/p>\n

And so … <\/p>\n

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First up, three science fiction tales—<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the Harvest, Before the Fall”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was the story that broke my 44-year dry spell<\/a> with Analog<\/em>. It’s an 11,600-word novelette described by the magazine as “people born to die struggling to live.” It takes place in a future in which the rich and powerful get to order new bodies whenever they wish, and the religion those who are harvested have created to deal with their oppression.<\/p>\n

“Pity This Busy Monster Not”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This 6,425-word far-future short story was published in Adam’s Ladder<\/em>, an anthology edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey. It takes place both now and millions of years in the future, as someone or something is trying to decide what to do next.<\/p>\n

Listen, if you’d like, to me reading the first few scenes of the story at this year’s Capclave.<\/p>\n