I have three works from 2023 that are eligible for consideration in the Best Short Story category of the Aurora Awards. Excerpts are available on this website, and members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association can download full reading copies (pdf, epub, mobi, or azw3 formats) from the SFWA Fiction 2023 online forum.
“Random Access Memory” was first published in the anthology Game On! edited by Stephen Kotowych and Tony Pi (Zombies Need Brains, 2023). The Game On! anthology is eligible for this year’s Aurora in the category of Best Related Work. [Excerpt] [SFWA Reading Copy] [Review]
“Beware the Glob!” was first published in the September/October 2023 issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact. [Excerpt] [SFWA Reading Copy] [Locus Review] [Tangent Review]
“Hemlock on Mars” was the opening story in the anthology Life Beyond Us edited by Julie Nováková, Lucas K. Law, and Susan Forest (Laksa Media Groups, 2023). [Excerpt] [SFWA Reading Copy]
The Aurora Awards are Canada’s national literary prize for excellence in speculative fiction and are voted on by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA). Membership in CSFFA is $10 and is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Nominations for this year’s Aurora Awards close on April 6th at 11:59pm EDT.