{"id":25504,"date":"2018-11-16T23:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T04:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=25504"},"modified":"2018-11-16T23:18:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T04:18:18","slug":"attention-voting-hwa-and-sfwa-members-its-that-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/16\/attention-voting-hwa-and-sfwa-members-its-that-time-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention voting HWA and SFWA members: It&#8217;s that time again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced the opening of the nominations period for the Nebula Awards, which meant all the cool kids immediately started posting lists of their eligible stories. Well, since my 2018 short stories have now all been published&#8212;and  the recommendations period for the Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association is also open&#8212;I figured it&#8217;s  time to  collect info about my publications in one place so voting members of those organizations can take them into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>First up, two science fiction tales&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c The Final Charge of Mr. Electrico&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Giganotosaurus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Giganotosaurus-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Giganotosaurus-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Giganotosaurus-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Giganotosaurus.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 5,800-word, written to honor Ray Bradbury &#8212; which some of you might have  already guessed based on the title &#8212; was published over at <a href=\"https:\/\/giganotosaurus.org\/2018\/01\/01\/the-final-charge-of-mr-electrico\/\"><em>Giganotosaurus<\/em><\/a> in January and can still be read there. Or if you&#8217;d rather hear <em>me<\/em> read it, click on the embed below and travel back to this year&#8217;s Balticon. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JO-HybPJ03g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Opossums and Angels&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TellMeLikeYouDoneBeforeFinalCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TellMeLikeYouDoneBeforeFinalCover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TellMeLikeYouDoneBeforeFinalCover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TellMeLikeYouDoneBeforeFinalCover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TellMeLikeYouDoneBeforeFinalCover-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 5,350-word post-apocalyptic  story was one of two original tales to appear in my new collection <em>Tell Me Like You Done Before<\/em>, which was launched earlier this month at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2018\/11\/05\/watch-my-world-fantasy-convention-guest-of-honor-speech\/\">the World Fantasy Convention<\/a>.  &#8220;Opossums and Angels&#8221; is a sequel to <em>both<\/em> \u201cThe Screwfly Solution\u201d and \u201cThe Women Men Don\u2019t See,\u201d my two favorite Alice Sheldon stories. But don\u2019t worry &#8212; I think it will work for readers with no prior knowledge of her or of either story.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the horror story &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s Only a Story&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BirthingMonsters.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BirthingMonsters-217x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BirthingMonsters-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BirthingMonsters-768x1064.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BirthingMonsters-739x1024.jpeg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My 5,275-word short tale \u201cIt\u2019s Only a Story\u201d was published this month in the anthology <em>Birthing Monsters: Frankenstein\u2019s Cabinet of Curiosities and Cruelties<\/em>, edited by Alex and Bobbi Scully from Firbolg Publishing. It&#8217;s a celebration of Mary Shelley, her Creature, and storytelling itself.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>And the fourth of my stories to be published this year is a fantasy &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;The Man Who Wouldn\u2019t Work Miracles&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 5,325-word tale is the second of two original stories to see print in my new collection <em>Tell Me Like You Done Before<\/em>. It&#8217;s a sequel to the H. G. Wells story  &#8220;The Man Who Could Work Miracles,&#8221; so if you ever wondered what happened next, I may have an answer for you.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a voting member of either of these organizations and would like to receive copies of any of the four stories above, <a href=\"mailto:scott@scottedelman.com?Subject=Short stories for awards consideration\" target=\"_top\"> send me an mail<\/a> and I&#8217;ll shoot whichever you request back at you.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced the opening of the nominations period for the Nebula Awards, which meant all the cool kids immediately started posting lists of their eligible stories. 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