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639 Hobb-Mad-Ship.jpg Mad Ship Hobb Robin 1999 The Liveship Traders 2 Book Novel 309,409 853 November 13th, 2024 Below the serpents, the beds of weeds swayed gently in the changing tide.
638 Rowling-Goblet-of-Fire.jpg Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling J. K. 2000 Harry Potter 4 Audiobook Novel 190,858 752 Won November 11th, 2024 The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it 'the Riddle House', even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.
637 Chambers-Galaxy-and-the-Ground-Within.jpg The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Chambers Becky 2021 Wayfarers 4 Book Novel 87,672 333 November 8th, 2024 In the Linkings, the system was listed as Tren.
636 Butcher-Grave-Peril.jpg Grave Peril Butcher Jim 2001 The Dresden Files 2 Audiobook Novel 101,062 401 November 7th, 2024 There are reasons I hate to drive fast.
635 “Catherine and the Satyr” Goss Theodora 2007 Digital Short Story 2,169 November 6th, 2024 "You've come back," said the satyr. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/catherine-and-the-satyr/
634 “Rebecka” Tidbeck Karin 2012 Digital Short Story 1,947 November 6th, 2024 The outline of Rebecka's body is light against the scorched wall, arms outstretched as if to embrace someone. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/rebecka/
633 Evans-Office-of-Corrections.jpg The Office of Historical Corrections Evans Danielle 2020 The Office of Historical Corrections Read Collection
632 The Office of Historical Corrections Evans Danielle 2020 The Office of Historical Corrections 7 Book Novella, 26,491 104 November 5th, 2024 Our office was tucked away in a back corridor of one of the city's labyrinth brutalist buildings, all beige concrete and rows of square windows.
631 "Anything Could Disappear" Evans Danielle 2012 The Office of Historical Corrections 6 Book Short Story 7,366 30 November 4th, 2024 Vera was moving to New York on a Greyhound bus, carrying only a duffel bag.
630 Liu-Paper-Menagerie.jpg The Paper Menagerie Liu Ken 2016 The Paper Menagerie Book Collection
629 “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” Liu Ken 2011 The Paper Menagerie 15 Book Novella, 19,634 55 November 4th, 2024 Every night, when you stand outside and gaze upon the stars, you are bathing in time as well as light.
628 Rowling-Prisoner-of-Azkaban.jpg Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling J. K. 1999 Harry Potter 3 Audiobook Novel 106,821 435 Nominated Won (FA) November 3rd, 2024 Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.
627 "The Litigation Master and the Monkey King" Liu Ken 2013 The Paper Menagerie 14 Book Novelette 7,900 26 November 3rd, 2024 The tiny cottage at the edge of Sanli Village—away from the villagers' noisy houses and busy clan shrines and next to the cool pond filled with lily pads, pink lotus flowers, and playful carp—would have made an ideal romantic summer hideaway for some dissolute poet and his silk-robed mistress from nearby bustling Yangzhou. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-litigation-master-and-the-monkey-king/
626 “A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” Liu Ken 2013 The Paper Menagerie 13 Book Short Story 5,900 19 November 1st, 2024 At the noodle shop, I wave the other waitress away, waiting for the American woman: skin pale and freckled as the moon; swelling breasts that fill the bodice of her dress; long chestnut curls spilling past her shoulders, held back with a flowery bandanna.
625 Haig-Midnight-Library.jpg The Midnight Library Haig Matt 2020 Book Novel 72,974 288 November 1st, 2024 Nineteen years before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat in the warmth of the small library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford.
624 Rowling-Chamber-of-Secrets.jpeg Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling J. K. 1998 Harry Potter 2 Audiobook Novel 84,799 349 October 31st, 2024 Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive.
623 "All the Flavors" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 12 Book Novella, 27,874 89 October 30th, 2024 The Missouri Boys snuck into Idaho City around 4:30 AM, when everything was still dark and Isabelle's Joy Club was the only house with a lit window. https://giganotosaurus.org/2012/02/01/all-the-flavors/
622 Backman-Beartown.jpg Beartown Backman Fredrik 2016 Beartown 1 Book Novel 130,833 430 October 29th, 2024 Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
621 Rowling-Sorcerers-Stone.jpg Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling J. K. 1997 Harry Potter 1 Audiobook Novel 78,792 309 Nominated (1st) October 27th, 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
620 "Mono no Aware" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 11 Book Short Story 6,065 21 October 27th, 2024 The world is shaped like the kanji for umbrella, only written so poorly, like my handwriting, that all the parts are out of proportion. https://scifiwise.com/mono-no-aware/
619 Sterling-Ex-Hex.jpg The Ex Hex Sterling Erin 2021 Glen Graves 1 Book Novel 72,178 308 October 27th, 2024 Never mix vodka and witchcraft.
618 Butcher-Fool-Moon.jpg Fool Moon Butcher Jim 2001 The Dresden Files 2 Audiobook Novel 101,062 401 October 26th, 2024 I never used to keep close track of the phases of the moon.
617 Hobb-Ship-of-Magic.jpg Ship of Magic Hobb Robin 1998 The Liveship Traders 1 Book Novel 308,418 830 October 26th, 2024 Maulkin abruptly heaved himself out of his wallow with a wild thrash that left the atmosphere hanging thick with particles.
616 King-On-Writing.jpg On Writing King Stephen 2000 Book Nonfiction 76,202 316 October 24th, 2024 In the early nineties (it might have been 1992, but it's hard to remember when you're having a good time) I joined a rock-and-roll band composed mostly of writers.
615 Scalzi-Travel-by-Bullet.jpg Travel by Bullet Scalzi John 2022 The Dispatcher 3 Audiobook Novella 41,444 224 October 22nd, 2024 It was 2:48 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I was about to do the same thing for the third time since I began work at noon: convince some distraught people that I shouldn't, in fact, kill their loved one.
614 Weeks-Burning-White.jpg The Burning White Weeks Brent 2019 Lightbringer 5 Audiobook Novel 374,826 960 October 21st, 2024 The White King's plan to destroy Kip Guile only began with an assassination.
613 Rooney-Normal-People.jpg Normal People Rooney Sally 2018 Book Novel 72,743 288 October 18th, 2024 Marianne answers the door when Connell rings the bell.
612 Chandrasekera-Saint-of-Bright-Doors.jpg The Saint of Bright Doors Chandrasekera Vajra 2023 Book Novel 109,686 356 October 18th, 2024 The moment Fetter is born, Mother-of-Glory pins his shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tears it from him.
611 Scalzi-Murder-by-Other-Means.jpg Murder by Other Means Scalzi John 2020 The Dispatcher 2 Audiobook Novella 35,366 192 October 16th, 2024 “Mister Valdez, Mister Peng here will pay you ten thousand dollars, in cash, to shoot him in the head right now.”
610 OBrien-Things-They-Carried.jpg The Things They Carried O'Brien Tim 1990 Audiobook Novel 63,111 246 October 15th, 2024 First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey.
609 King-Wizard-and-Glass.jpg Wizard and Glass King Stephen 1997 The Dark Tower 4 Book Novel 239,975 893 October 14th, 2024 “ASK ME A RIDDLE,” Blaine invited. “Fuck you,” Roland said. He did not raise his voice.
608 "Repairing the World" Chu John 2014 Digital Short Story 4,903 October 11th, 2024 By the time Lila and Bridger arrived, the sitting room floor was already part savannah. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/repairing-the-world/
607 Weir-Project-Hail-Mary.jpg Project Hail Mary Weir Andy 2021 Audiobook Novel 150,326 476 Nominated October 10th, 2024 “What's two plus two?”
606 Butcher-Storm-Front.jpg Storm Front Butcher Jim 2000 The Dresden Files 1 Book Novel 86,928 310 October 9th, 2024 I heard the mailman approach my office door, half an hour earlier than usual.
605 "Robot" Bell Helena 2012 Digital Short Story 1,770 October 7th, 2024 You may wash your aluminum chassis on Monday and leave it on the back porch opposite the recyclables; https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bell_09_12/
604 "Thirty Seconds From Now" Chu John 2011 Digital Short Story 3,581 7 October 7th, 2024 One second from now, the bean bag will thunk into Scott's left palm. https://escapepod.org/2013/09/05/ep412-thirty-seconds-from-now/
603 Bacigalupi-Pump-Six.jpg Pump Six and Other Stories Bacigalupi Paolo 2008 Pump Six and Other Stories Book Collection Won
602 “Pump Six” Bacigalupi Paolo 2008 Pump Six and Other Stories 10 Book Novelette 13,465 30 Won October 7th, 2024 The first thing I saw Thursday morning when I walked into the kitchen was Maggie's ass sticking up in the air.
601 “Softer” Bacigalupi Paolo 2007 Pump Six and Other Stories 9 Book Short Story 5,087 12 October 7th, 2024 Jonathan Lilly slumped in hot water up to his neck and studied his dead wife.
600 Liu-Speaking-Bones.jpg Speaking Bones Liu Ken 2022 The Dandelion Dynasty 4 Book Novel 348,252 1052 October 7th, 2024 For much of the winter and spring, the last remnants of the rebels of Kiri Valley lived in constant fear.
599 Scalzi-Dispatcher.jpg The Dispatcher Scalzi John 2017 The Dispatcher 1 Audiobook Novella 23,056 130 October 5th, 2024 I take it as a given that no one really likes to see me in my official capacity.
598 Flynn-Gone-Girl.jpg Gone Girl Flynn Gillian 2012 Audiobook Novel 145,973 559 October 4th, 2024 When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.
597 “Yellow Card Man” Bacigalupi Paolo 2006 Pump Six and Other Stories 8 Book Novelette 14,357 34 September 30th, 2024 Machetes gleam on the warehouse floor, reflecting a red conflagration of jute and tamarind and kink-springs.
596 Backman-Deal-of-a-Lifetime.jpg "The Deal of a Lifetime" Backman Fredrik 2016 Book Novelette 10,597 65 September 29th, 2024 Hi. It's your dad. You'll be waking up soon, it's Christmas Eve morning in Helsingborg, and I've killed a person.
595 "Shall the Dust Praise Thee?" Knight Damon 1967 Dangerous Visions 19 Book Short Story 1,022 4 September 29th, 2024 The Day of Wrath arrived.
594 "Sex and/or Mr. Morrison" Emshwiller Carol 1967 Dangerous Visions 18 Book Short Story 3,424 9 September 29th, 2024 I can set my clock by Mr. Morrison's step upon the stairs, not that he is that accurate, but accurate enough for me.
593 "The Doll-House" Cross James 1967 Dangerous Visions 17 Book Short Story 6,956 19 September 29th, 2024 “Two hundred and fifty dollars for your lousy Alumnae Fund,” Jim Eliot said, holding the canceled check in his hand. “What the hell do you think they're going to do with it—name some building after you, the Julia Wardell Eliot memorial gateway?”
592 Roanhorse-Black-Sun.jpg Black Sun Roanhorse Rebecca 2020 Between Earth and Sky 1 Book Novel 108,878 454 September 28th, 2024 Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so.
591 "Pop Squad" Bacigalupi Paolo 2006 Pump Six and Other Stories 7 Book Novelette 10,680 26 September 27th, 2024 The familiar stench of unwashed bodies, cooked food, and shit washes over me as I come through the door.
590 Stroud-Golems-Eye.jpg The Golem's Eye Stroud Jonathan 2004 The Bartimaeus Trilogy 2 Audiobook Novel 154,285 562 September 27th, 2024 At dusk, the enemy lit their campfires one by one, in greater profusion than on any night before.
589 Kowal-Word-Puppets.jpg Word Puppets Kowal Mary Robinette 2015 Word Puppets Book Collection
588 "Rockets Red" Kowal Mary Robinette 2015 Word Puppets 18 Book Short Story 2,339 8 September 25th, 2024 Watching his mother kneel awkwardly in her rented space suit, Aaron worried his lower lip inside his own helmet.
587 "We Interrupt This Broadcast" Kowal Mary Robinette 2013 Word Puppets 17 Book Short Story 2,765 8 September 25th, 2024 Doubled over with another hacking cough, Fidel Dobes turned away from his 1402 punchcard reader.
586 "The White Phoenix Feather: A Tale of Cuisine and Ninjas" Kowal Mary Robinette 2012 Word Puppets 16 Book Short Story 4,044 12 September 25th, 2024 Viola leaned across the white tablecloth of Luigi's Interstellar Cafe and Pub. “When I said the ninjas were no match for us, I meant it. Joe will have the White Phoenix Feather by dessert.” https://firesidefiction.com/issue3/chapter/the-white-phoenix-feather/
585 "American Changeling" Kowal Mary Robinette 2010 Word Puppets 15 Book Short Story 6,239 20 September 25th, 2024 Half-consciously, Kim put a hand up to cover her new nose ring. It pissed her parents off no end that she could tolerate touching cold iron and they couldn't. https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/high-fantasy/mary-robinette-kowal/american-changeling
584 "Salt of the Earth" Kowal Mary Robinette 2010 Word Puppets 14 Book Short Story 4,694 16 September 25th, 2024 Melia adjusted Dora's salt-suit, feeling as if it were futile because the two-year old would have the sweatband off her head the instant Melia's back was turned.
583 "The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland" Kowal Mary Robinette 2004 Word Puppets 13 Book Short Story 2,891 10 September 25th, 2024 I was born Rosa Carlotta Silvana Grisanti, but in the mid-eighties, I legally changed my name to Eve.
582 "For Want of a Nail" Kowal Mary Robinette 2010 Word Puppets 12 Book Short Story 7,258 24 September 25th, 2024 With one hand, Rava adjusted the VR interface glasses where they bit into the bridge of her nose, while she kept her other hand buried in Cordelia's innards. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee/
581 "For Solo Cello, op. 12" Kowal Mary Robinette 2007 Word Puppets 11 Book Short Story 2,226 8 September 24th, 2024 His keys dropped, rattling on the parquet floor. Julius stared at them, unwilling to look at the bandaged stump where his left hand had been two weeks ago. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/solo-cello-op-12/
580 "The Consciousness Problem" Kowal Mary Robinette 2009 Word Puppets 10 Book Short Story 6,177 20 September 24th, 2024 The afternoon sun angled across the scarred wood counter despite the bamboo shade Elise had lowered. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-consciousness-problem/
579 "Evil Robot Monkey" Kowal Mary Robinette 2008 Word Puppets 9 Book Short Story 944 4 Nominated Nominated September 24th, 2024 Sliding his hands over the clay, Sly relished the moisture oozing around his fingers. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/evil-robot-monkey/
578 "First Flight" Kowal Mary Robinette 2009 Word Puppets 8 Book Short Story 7,417 22 Nominated September 24th, 2024 Mary Elois Jackson stood inside the plain steel box of the time machine. https://reactormag.com/first-flight/
577 "Waiting for Rain" Kowal Mary Robinette 2008 Word Puppets 7 Book Short Story 6,404 22 September 24th, 2024 The sun peeking through the grapevines felt hotter on Bharat Mundari's neck than twenty-four degrees.
576 "Body Language" Kowal Mary Robinette 2009 Word Puppets 6 Book Novelette 8,318 26 September 23rd, 2024 Saskia leaned into the darkness above the stage, only vaguely aware of the wood rail against her hips as she re-tied the left headstring on her marionette. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/body-language/
575 "Lawns" Simpson Mona 1985 Digital Short Story 7,150 19 September 23rd, 2024 I steal. https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/iowareview/article/id/17547/download/pdf/
574 Dahl-James-and-the-Giant-Peach.jpg James and the Giant Peach Dahl Roald 1961 Audiobook Novella 26,052 146 September 22nd, 2024 Until he was four years old, James Henry Trotter had a happy life. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PAqURUceeA-po0SCiDPtaXWoBSlrC-pg/view
573 Link-Book-of-Love.jpg The Book of Love Link Kelly 2024 Book Novel 209,883 640 September 22nd, 2024 A girl wakes up in her sister's bed. “Laura?” she says. No one answers.
572 "The Lottery" Jackson Shirley 1948 Digital Short Story 3,378 September 22nd, 2024 The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery
571 "If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak" Miller Sam J. 2023 Digital Short Story 4,290 September 20th, 2024 My brother on my front porch wailing my name, soaking wet and without a jacket in the cold spring rain, with nowhere else in the world to go, wondering why I won't let him in. https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/if-someone-you-love-has-become-a-vurdalak/
570 "My Country Is a Ghost" Triantafyllou Eugenia 2020 Digital Short Story 4,796 12 Nominated Nominated September 19th, 2024 When Niovi tried to smuggle her mother's ghost into the new country, she found herself being passed from one security officer to another, detailing her mother's place and date of death over and over again. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/my-country-is-a-ghost/
569 "Clockwork Chickadee" Kowal Mary Robinette 2008 Word Puppets 5 Book Short Story 2,523 10 September 17th, 2024 The clockwork chickadee was not as pretty as the nightingale. But she did not mind. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kowal_06_08/
568 "At the Edge of Dying" Kowal Mary Robinette 2009 Word Puppets 4 Book Short Story 6,709 20 September 17th, 2024 Kahe peeked over the edge of the earthen trench as his tribe's retreating warriors broke from the bamboo grove onto the lava field.
567 "Rampion" Kowal Mary Robinette 2005 Word Puppets 3 Book Short Story 1,040 4 September 15th, 2024 As the warrior guided his horse back home, she pondered what the future might hold.
566 "Chrysalis" Kowal Mary Robinette 2007 Word Puppets 2 Book Short Story 4,304 14 September 15th, 2024 Your letters beat me to Husa and I've told the computer to dole them out at the intervals that you sent them.
565 "The Bound Man" Kowal Mary Robinette 2005 Word Puppets 1 Book Novelette 8,311 26 September 15th, 2024 Light dappled through the trees in the family courtyard, painting shadows on the paving stones. https://www.wired.com/2012/11/epic-excerpt-bound-man/
564 “A Flower Cannot Love the Hand” Ogden Aimee 2021 Digital Short Story 2,685 September 15th, 2024 The first thing I asked, when the mage-king gave me a mouth, was whether he had given me a soul. https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-flower-cannot-love-the-hand/
563 “Artifice and Intelligence” Pratt Tim 2007 Digital Short Story 2,843 Nominated September 15th, 2024 While his former colleagues laboring on the Brain Project concentrated on the generally-accepted paths to artificial intelligence—Bayesian networks, machine learning, data mining, fuzzy systems, case-based reasoning—Edgar Adleman, despondent and disgraced, turned to the dark arts and summoned a real ghost for his machine. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/artifice-and-intelligence/
562 “Woman Leaves Room” Reed Robert 2011 Digital Short Story 3,020 8 Nominated September 15th, 2024 She wears a smile. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/woman-leaves-room-2/
561 “The Magician's Apprentice” Muir Tamsyn 2012 Digital Short Story 4,860 September 15th, 2024 When she was thirteen, Mr. Hollis told her: “There's never more than two, Cherry. The magician and the magician's apprentice.” https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-magicians-apprentice/
560 "D.I.Y." Wiswell John 2022 Digital Short Story 4,870 Nominated Nominated Nominated September 15th, 2024 People ask how Noah could possibly turn down the Ozymandias Academy. https://reactormag.com/d-i-y-john-wiswell/
559 "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain" Rambo Cat 2012 Digital Short Story 3,715 11 Nominated September 15th, 2024 Over the years, Tikka's job as a Minor Propagandist for the planet Porcelain's Bureau of Tourism had shaped her way of thinking. https://www.catrambo.com/2012/12/24/five-ways-to-fall-in-love-on-planet-porcelain/
558 “You Perfect, Broken Thing” Clark C. L. 2020 Digital Short Story 3,930 September 15th, 2024 When I leave the kill floor, my legs are wasted. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/you-perfect-broken-thing/
557 “St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid” Polk C. L. 2020 St. Valentine 1 Digital Short Story 5,533 September 15th, 2024 I was somebody's firstborn child, the price somebody paid for gold and a spotlight. https://reactormag.com/st-valentine-st-abigail-st-brigid-cl-polk/
556 “Waystation City” Greenblatt A. T. 2023 Digital Short Story 4,468 Nominated September 15th, 2024 I was finishing the last of my nightly coffee when the nineteen-seventies twins approached my table and asked me to bear witness to their disappearance. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/waystation-city/
555 "The Escaping" Bunch David R. 1967 Dangerous Visions 16 Book Short Story 1,504 4 September 13th, 2024 In my small room with the red-cover bed and the two gray shade-drawn windows I would see the Tower, not in the sundown of memory, for indeed I had never been there, but in the moonlight of thinking.
554 "Incident in Moderan" Bunch David R. 1967 Dangerous Visions 15 Book Short Story 1,874 6 September 13th, 2024 In Moderan we are not often between wars, but this was a truce time.
553 "Eutopia" Anderson Poul 1967 Dangerous Visions 14 Book Short Story 6,604 20 September 13th, 2024 “Gif thit nafn!” The Danska words barked from the car radio as a jet whine cut across the hum of motor and tires. “Identify yourself!”
552 "Lord Randy, My Son" Hensley Joe L. 1967 Dangerous Visions 13 Book Short Story 4,443 13 September 13th, 2024 The night before, Sam Moore had let his son Randall play late in the yard—if “play” it was.
551 “Gonna Roll the Bones” Leiber Fritz 1967 Dangerous Visions 12 Book Novelette 8,764 24 September 12th, 2024 Suddenly Joe Slattermill knew for sure he'd have to get out quick or else blow his top and knock out with the shrapnel of his skull the props and patches holding up his decaying home, that was like a house of big wooden and plaster and wallpaper cards except for the huge fireplace and ovens and chimney across the kitchen from him.
550 “The Jigsaw Man” Niven Larry 1967 Dangerous Visions 11 Book Short Story 4,130 13 September 12th, 2024 Vh83uOAGn7 was his telephone number and his driving license number and his social security number and the number of his draft card and his medical record.
549 "Faith of Our Fathers" Dick Philip K. 1967 Dangerous Visions 10 Book Novelette 11,889 36 September 12th, 2024 On the streets of Hanoi he found himself facing a legless peddler who rode a little wooden cart and called shrilly to every passer-by.
548 Collins-Mockingjay.jpg Mockingjay Collins Suzanne 2010 The Hunger Games 3 Audiobook Novel 100,269 390 Nominated (YA) September 12th, 2024 I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather.
547 Schwab-Vicious.jpg Vicious Schwab V. E. 2013 Villains 1 Book Novel 90,427 364 September 12th, 2024 Victor readjusted the shovels on his shoulder and stepped gingerly over an old, half-sunken grave.
546 Ellison-Greatest-Hits.jpg Greatest Hits Ellison Harlan 2024 Greatest Hits Book Collection
545 "All the Lies that Are My Life" Ellison Harlan 1980 Greatest Hits 19 Book Novella, 20,101 66 Nominated September 9th, 2024 They buried Jimmy Crowstairs today. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/E/Ellison%20-%20All%20the%20Lies%20that%20Are%20My%20Life.pdf
544 “Eidolons” Ellison Harlan 1988 Greatest Hits 18 Book Short Story 5,652 19 Won September 8th, 2024 Ancient geographers gave a mystic significance to that extremity of land, the borderland of the watery unknown at the southwestern tip of Europe.
543 “From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet” Ellison Harlan 1976 Greatest Hits 17 Book Short Story 5,123 16 September 8th, 2024 Their science predicted the quake.
542 "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" Ellison Harlan 1977 Greatest Hits 16 Book Short Story 4,388 15 September 8th, 2024 When they unscrewed the time capsule, preparatory to helping temponaut Enoch Mirren to disembark, they found him doing a disgusting thing with a disgusting thing.
541 “Djinn, No Chaser” Ellison Harlan 1982 Greatest Hits 15 Book Short Story 6,831 24 Won September 8th, 2024 “Who the hell ever heard of Turkish Period?” Danny Squires said.
540 Collins-Catching-Fire.jpg Catching Fire Collins Suzanne 2009 The Hunger Games 2 Audiobook Novel 101,564 391 Nominated (YA) September 8th, 2024 I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air.
539 Vonnegut-Slaughterhouse-Five.jpg Slaughterhouse Five Vonnegut Kurt 1969 Book Novel 49,540 275 September 7th, 2024 All of this happened, more or less
538 Haldeman-Forever-War.jpg The Forever War Haldeman Joe 1974 Forever War 1 Book Novel 76,698 264 September 5th, 2024 "Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."
537 Collins-Hunger-Games.jpg The Hunger Games Collins Suzanne 2008 The Hunger Games 1 Audiobook Novel 99,750 374 Nominated (YA) September 5th, 2024 When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.
536 “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” Ellison Harlan 2010 Greatest Hits 14 Book Short Story 2,215 10 September 2nd, 2024 I created a tiny man.
535 “I'm Looking for Kadak” Ellison Harlan 1974 Greatest Hits 13 Book Novelette 8,467 26 September 2nd, 2024 You'll pardon me but my name is Evsise and I'm standing here in the middle of sand, talking to a butterfly, and if I sound like I'm talking to myself, again you'll pardon but what can I tell you?
534 Vandermeer-Acceptance.jpg Acceptance VanderMeer Jeff 2014 Southern Reach Trilogy 3 Audiobook Novel 87,467 352 September 2nd, 2024 You sit in the dark at your desk in the Southern Reach in the minutes before leaving for the twelfth expedition, your backpack beside you, the guns tucked into the outer mesh, safeties on, not loaded.
533 "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" Ellison Harlan 1968 Greatest Hits 12 Book Short Story 3,654 12 September 1st, 2024 After an idle discussion with the pest control man who came once a month to spray around the outside of his home in the Ruxton section of Baltimore, William Sterog stole a canister of malathion, a deadly insecticide poison, from the man's truck, and went out early one morning, following the route of the neighborhood milkman, and spooned medium-large quantities into each bottle left on the rear doorstep of seventy homes.
532 "Paladin of the Lost Hour" Ellison Harlan 1985 Greatest Hits 11 Book Novelette 9,177 28 September 1st, 2024 This was an old man. Not an incredibly old man: obsolete, spavined; not as worn as the sway-backed stone steps ascending the Pyramid of the Sun to an ancient temple; not yet a relic. https://harlanellison.com/iwrite/paladin.htm
531 "The Tamarisk Hunter" Bacigalupi Paolo 2006 Pump Six and Other Stories 6 Book Short Story 5,093 14 September 1st, 2024 A big tamarisk can suck 73,000 gallons of river water a year. For $2.88 a day, plus water bounty, Lolo rips tamarisk all winter long. https://www.hcn.org/issues/issue-325/tamarisk-hunter-bacigalupi/
530 Reid-Seven-Husbands-of-Evelyn-Hugo.jpg The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Reid Taylor Jenkins 2017 Audiobook Novel 110,337 385 September 1st, 2024 Film legend and '60s It Girl Evelyn Hugo has just announced that she will auction off 12 of her most memorable gowns through Christie's to raise money for breast cancer research.
529 "The Calorie Man" Bacigalupi Paolo 2005 Pump Six and Other Stories 5 Book Novelette 11,687 30 August 31st, 2024 "No mammy, no pappy, poor little bastard. Money? You give money?" The urchin turned a cartwheel and then a somersault in the street, stirring yellow dust around his nakedness.
528 Martin-Storm-of-Swords.jpg A Storm of Swords Martin George R. R. 2000 A Song of Ice and Fire 3 Audiobook Novel 414,792 1177 Nominated Nominated Won (FA) August 30th, 2024 The day was grey and bitter cold, and the dogs would not take the scent.
527 Backman-Anxious-People.jpg Anxious People Backman Fredrik 2017 Book Novel 94,976 336 August 29th, 2024 A bank robbery. A hostage drama. A stairwell full of police officers on their way to storm an apartment. It was easy to get to this point, much easier than you might think. All it took was one single really bad idea.
526 "The Man Who Went to the Moon-Twice" Rodman Howard 1967 Dangerous Visions 9 Book Short Story 2,462 8 August 25th, 2024 The first time Marshall Kiss went to the moon, he was nine years old, and the trip was accidental.
525 "The Night that All Time Broke Out" Aldiss Brian W. 1967 Dangerous Visions 8 Book Short Story 4,147 12 August 25th, 2024 The dentist bowed her smiling to the door, dialling a cab for her as he went.
524 "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" Ellison Harlan 1967 Dangerous Visions 7 Book Novelette 8,012 24 August 23rd, 2024 First there was the city, never night.
523 "A Toy for Juliette" Bloch Robert 1967 Dangerous Visions 6 Book Short Story 2,229 7 August 23rd, 2024 Juliette entered her bedroom, smiling, and a thousand Juliettes smiled back at her.
522 "The Malley System" Defordshep Miriam Allen 1967 Dangerous Visions 5 Book Short Story 2,813 9 August 23rd, 2024 “Is it far?” she asked. “I have to get home for my school telecast; I just slipped out to buy a vita-sucker. I'm in cybernetics already, and I'm only seven,” she added boastfully.
521 "Riders of the Purple Wage" Farmer Philip José 1967 Dangerous Visions 4 Book Novella, 24,750 75 Won August 23rd, 2024 Un and Sub, the giants, are grinding him for bread.
520 Corey-Mercy-of-Gods.jpg The Mercy of Gods Corey James S. A. 2024 The Captive's War 1 Book Novel 118,441 422 August 22nd, 2024 Later, at the end of things, Dafyd would be amazed at how many of the critical choices in his life seemed small at the time.
519 "STET" Gailey Sarah 2018 Digital Short Story 1,770 24 Nominated Nominated August 20th, 2024 Anna, I'm concerned about subjectivity intruding into some of the analysis in this section of the text. https://firesidefiction.com/stet#eight
518 Kingfisher-Wizards-Guide-to-Defensive-Baking.jpgA Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking Kingfisher T. 2020 Book Novel 80,293 306 Won (YA) Won (YA) Won (YA) August 19th, 2024 There was a dead girl in my aunt's bakery.
517 hooks-Will-to-Change.jpg The Will to Change hooks bell 2003 Book Nonfiction 51,929 187 August 18th, 2024 Every female wants to be loved by a male.
516 "The Pasho" Bacigalupi Paolo 2004 Pump Six and Other Stories 4 Book Novelette 9,714 24 August 18th, 2024 The acrid scent of burning dung carried easily on the dry wind.
515 Chambers-Record-of-a-Spaceborn-Few.jpg Record of a Spaceborn Few Chambers Becky 2018 Wayfarers 3 Book Novel 101,092 359 Nominated Nominated (SF) August 17th, 2024 'Mom, can I go see the stars?'
514 Deonn-Legendborn.jpg Legendborn Deonn Tracy 2020 The Legendborn Cycle 1 Audiobook Novel 156,105 501 Nominated Nominated (YA) August 17th, 2024 The police officer's body goes blurry, then sharpens again.
513 "The People of Sand and Slag" Bacigalupi Paolo 2004 Pump Six and Other Stories 3 Book Novelette 7,531 20 Nominated Nominated August 15th, 2024 "Hostile movement! Well inside the perimeter! Well inside!" https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1597801348/1597801348___3.htm
512 Anders-Six-Months-Three-Days.jpg Six Months, Three Days, Five Others Anders Charlie Jane 2017 Book Collection
511 "The Cartography of Sudden Death" Anders Charlie Jane 2014 Six Months, Three Days, Five Others 4 Book Short Story 6,974 34 August 15th, 2024 Ythna came to the Beldame's household when she was barely old enough to walk. https://reactormag.com/the-cartography-of-sudden-death-charlie-jane-anders/
510 Brooks-Devolution.jpg Devolution Brooks Max 2020 Audiobook Novel 87,255 286 August 15th, 2024 Bigfoot destroys town. That was the title of an article I received not long after the Mount Rainier eruption.
509 "The Fluted Girl" Bacigalupi Paolo 2003 Pump Six and Other Stories 2 Book Novelette 9,291 24 August 15th, 2024 The fluted girl huddled in the darkness clutching Stephen's final gift in her small pale hands. https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1597801348/1597801348___2.htm
508 "Intestate" Anders Charlie Jane 2012 Six Months, Three Days, Five Others 3 Book Short Story 4,768 23 August 15th, 2024 The minivan is already full of children when it pulls up to my front steps. https://reactormag.com/intestate/
507 "The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model" Anders Charlie Jane 2010 Six Months, Three Days, Five Others 1 Book Short Story 4,083 21 August 14th, 2024 The thing about seeking out new civilizations is, every discovery brings a day of vomiting. https://reactormag.com/the-fermi-paradox-is-our-business-model/
506 "The Day After the Martians Came" Pohl Frederik 1967 Dangerous Visions 3 Book Short Story 2,565 8 August 14th, 2024 There were two cots in every room of the motel, besides the usual number of beds, and Mr. Mandala, the manager, had converted the rear section of the lobby into a men's dormitory.
505 "Flies" Silverberg Robert 1967 Dangerous Visions 2 Book Short Story 2,998 11 August 14th, 2024 Here is Cassiday: transfixed on a table.
504 "Evensong" del Rey Lester 1967 Dangerous Visions 1 Book Short Story 1,769 5 August 14th, 2024 By the time he reached the surface of the little planet, even the dregs of his power were drained.
503 "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" Simak Clifford D. 1980 Digital Short Story 13 Won Won Won August 14th, 2024 Luis was playing his pipe when Boyd climbed the steep path that led up to the cave. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1980_04.pdf
502 "Pocketful of Dharma" Bacigalupi Paolo 1999 Pump Six and Other Stories 1 Book Novelette 9,451 24 August 13th, 2024 Wang Jun stood on the rain-slicked streets of old Chengdu and stared up into the drizzle at Huojianzhu. https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1597801348/1597801348___1.htm
501 Lee-Untethered-Sky.jpg Untethered Sky Lee Fonda 2023 Book Novella 38,219 152 Nominated August 13th, 2024 Zahra was her name. When the crate opened, all I saw at first were her eyes, the largest of any living creature, enormous golden orbs fixing me with a raptor's murderous glare.
500 Martin-Clash-of-Kings.jpeg A Clash of Kings Martin George R. R. 1999 A Song of Ice and Fire 2 Audiobook Novel 321,676 784 Nominated Won (FA) August 13th, 2024 The comet's tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky.
499 Pratchett-Pyramids.jpg Pyramids Pratchett Terry 1989 Discworld 7 Book Novel 86,556 358 August 12th, 2024 Nothing but stars, scattered across the blackness as though the Creator had smashed the windscreen of his car and hadn't bothered to stop to sweep up the pieces.
498 Brooks-Zombie-Survival-Guide.jpg The Zombie Survival Guide Brooks Max 2003 Book Novel 69,498 288 August 9th, 2024 The dead walk among us.
497 "Scarecrow" Wong Alyssa 2014 Digital Short Story 3,993 August 8th, 2024 On the morning of his funeral, you wake screaming from nightmares of Jonathan Chin, your mouth crammed full of feathers. https://reactormag.com/scarecrow/
496 "Alcatraz" Evans Danielle 2009 The Office of Historical Corrections 4 Book Novelette 8,168 32 August 8th, 2024 Everyone had told me that Alcatraz was nothing but a tourist trap, but I was desperate that summer for anything that would give my mother a sense of closure, and it seemed fortuitous that the prison that had opened all the wounds in the first place was right in the middle of the water I could see from the window of my new apartment.
495 "Boys Go to Jupiter" Evans Danielle 2017 The Office of Historical Corrections 3 Book Novelette 7,724 32 August 7th, 2024 The bikini isn't even Claire's thing.
494 "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" Evans Danielle 2016 The Office of Historical Corrections 2 Book Novelette 7,576 32 August 7th, 2024 Two by two the animals boarded, and then all of the rest of them in the world died, but no one ever tells the story that way.
493 Anders-Even-Greater-Mistakes.jpg Even Greater Mistakes Anders Charlie Jane 2020 Book Collection Won
492 "The Visitmothers" Anders Charlie Jane 2020 Even Greater Mistakes 19 Book Short Story 1,474 5 August 7th, 2024 Cait walks her creaky old five-speed bicycle up the fumbly narrow path on the steep grade of Toothache Hill.
491 "The Bookstore at the End of America" Anders Charlie Jane 2019 Even Greater Mistakes 18 Book Short Story 7,359 18 Won August 7th, 2024 A bookshop on a hill. Two front doors, two walkways lined with blank slates and grass, two identical signs welcoming customers to the First and Last Page, and a great blue building in the middle, shaped like an old-fashioned barn with a slanted tiled roof and generous rain gutters. https://reactormag.com/the-bookstore-at-the-end-of-america-charlie-jane-anders/
490 "Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue" Anders Charlie Jane 2017 Even Greater Mistakes 17 Book Short Story 7,395 18 Nominated August 7th, 2024 The intake process begins with dismantling her personal space, one mantle at a time. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/charlie-jane-anders-dont-press-charges-and-i-wont-sue/
489 "A Temporary Embarrassment In Spacetime" Anders Charlie Jane 2017 Even Greater Mistakes 16 Book Novelette 10,507 28 August 7th, 2024 Sharon's head itched from all the fake brain implants, and the massive cybernetic headdress was giving her a cramp in her neck. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-temporary-embarrassment-in-spacetime/
488 "This Is Why We Can't Have Nasty Things" Anders Charlie Jane 2019 Even Greater Mistakes 15 Book Short Story 1,817 5 August 7th, 2024 “I have something to tell you. I'm leaving. I still love you, but I can't love this city anymore.”
487 "Clover" Anders Charlie Jane 2016 Even Greater Mistakes 14 Book Short Story 6,078 15 August 6th, 2024 The day after Anwar and Joe got married, a man showed up on their doorstep with a cat hunched in the cradle of his arms. https://reactormag.com/clover/
486 "Captain Roger In Heaven" Anders Charlie Jane 2016 Even Greater Mistakes 13 Book Novelette 8,437 21 August 6th, 2024 Marith didn't mean to start a sex cult, she just wanted to feel sexy for once.
485 "Because Change Was The Ocean And We Lived By Her Mercy" Anders Charlie Jane 2015 Even Greater Mistakes 12 Book Short Story 6,553 16 August 6th, 2024 We stood naked on the shore of Bernal and watched the candles float across the bay, swept by a lazy current off to the north, in the direction of Potrero Island. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/change-ocean-lived-mercy/
484 "Rock Manning Goes For Broke" Anders Charlie Jane 2014 Even Greater Mistakes 11 Book Novella, 20,868 45 August 6th, 2024 Earliest I remember, Daddy threw me off the roof of our split-level house.
483 "Power Couple" Anders Charlie Jane 2006 Even Greater Mistakes 10 Book Short Story 5,222 13 August 6th, 2024 His name was John, and he was going to change the world.
482 "My Breath Is A Rudder" Anders Charlie Jane 2008 Even Greater Mistakes 9 Book Short Story 4,612 12 August 6th, 2024 I'm standing on Ocean Beach, but I can't see the ocean.
481 "Ghost Champagne" Anders Charlie Jane 2015 Even Greater Mistakes 8 Book Short Story 6,615 16 August 6th, 2024 You know what I wish? I wish I could just reach into someone's chest and pull out their beating heart and show it to them, like a movie villain. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/ghost-champagne/
480 "Fairy Werewolf vs. Vampire Zombie" Anders Charlie Jane 2011 Even Greater Mistakes 7 Book Short Story 5,949 14 August 6th, 2024 If you're ever in Freeboro, North Carolina, look for the sign of the bull.
479 "Love Might Be Too Strong A Word" Anders Charlie Jane 2008 Even Greater Mistakes 6 Book Short Story 5,391 13 August 6th, 2024 Here's how I remember it: A touch shocked me. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/love-might-be-too-strong-a-word/
478 "Six Months, Three Days" Anders Charlie Jane 2011 Even Greater Mistakes 5 Book Novelette 7,919 19 Won Nominated August 5th, 2024 The man who can see the future has a date with the woman who can see many possible futures. https://reactormag.com/six-months-three-days-charlie-jane-anders-tordotcom-15th-anniversary/
477 "The Time Travel Club" Anders Charlie Jane 2013 Even Greater Mistakes 4 Book Novelette 9,654 24 August 5th, 2024 Nobody could decide what should be the first object to travel through time. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-time-travel-club/
476 "If You Take My Meaning" Anders Charlie Jane 2020 Even Greater Mistakes 3 Book Novelette 8,523 21 Nominated August 5th, 2024 They woke up stuck together again, still halfway in a shared dream, as the city blared to life around them. https://reactormag.com/if-you-take-my-meaning-charlie-jane-anders/
475 "Rat Catcher's Yellows" Anders Charlie Jane 2015 Even Greater Mistakes 2 Book Short Story 4,311 11 August 5th, 2024 The plastic cat head is wearing an elaborate puffy crown, covered with bling.
474 "As Good As New" Anders Charlie Jane 2014 Even Greater Mistakes 1 Book Short Story 6,323 16 August 5th, 2024 Marisol got into an intense relationship with the people on The Facts of Life, to the point where Tootie and Mrs. Garrett became her imaginary best friends and she shared every last thought with them. https://reactormag.com/as-good-as-new-charlie-jane-anders/
473 LeGuin-Tales-From-Earthsea.jpg Tales From Earthsea Le Guin Ursula K. 2001 Earthsea Cycle 5 Book Collection Won
472 "Dragonfly" Le Guin Ursula K. 1998 Tales from Earthsea 5 Book Novella, 22,345 85 Nominated Nominated August 5th, 2024 Her father's ancestors had owned a wide, rich domain on the wide, rich island of Way.
471 "On the High Marsh" Le Guin Ursula K. 2001 Tales from Earthsea 4 Book Novelette 11,200 41 Nominated August 4th, 2024 The island of Semel lies north and west across the Pelnish Sea from Havnor, south and west of the Enlades.
470 "The Bones of the Earth" Le Guin Ursula K. 2001 Tales from Earthsea 3 Book Short Story 6,702 25 Nominated Won August 3rd, 2024 It was raining again, and the wizard of Re Albi was sorely tempted to make a weather spell, just a little, small spell, to send the rain on round the mountain.
469 "Darkrose and Diamond" Le Guin Ursula K. 1999 Tales from Earthsea 2 Book Novelette 10,663 42 Nominated August 3rd, 2024 In the west of Havnor, among hills forested with oak and chestnut, is the town of Glade.
468 Martin-Game-of-Thrones.jpeg A Game of Thrones Martin George R. R. 1996 A Song of Ice and Fire 1 Audiobook Novel 296,901 835 Nominated Won (FA) Nominated August 3rd, 2024 “We should start back,” Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. “The wildlings are dead.”
467 "The Finder" Le Guin Ursula K. 2001 Tales from Earthsea 1 Book Novella, 35,614 131 Won Nominated August 2nd, 2024 This is the first page of the Book of the Dark, written some six hundred years ago in Berila, on Enlad:
466 Kingfisher-Jackelope-Wives.jpg Jackalope Wives and Other Stories Kingfisher T. 2017 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories Book Collection
465 "Pocosin" Kingfisher T. 2015 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 12 Book Short Story 4,974 16 August 2nd, 2024 This is the place of the carnivores, the pool ringed with sundews and the fat funnels of the pitcher plants. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/pocosin/
464 "Origin Story" Kingfisher T. 2017 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 11 Book Short Story 3,638 12 August 2nd, 2024 The last of the fairies worked in a charnel house, taking apart the beasts that came dead under her hands. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/origin-story/
463 "The Tomato Thief" Kingfisher T. 2016 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 10 Book Novelette 13,929 47 Won August 2nd, 2024 Grandma Harken lived on the edge of town, in a house with its back to the desert. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-tomato-thief/
462 "Telling the Bees" Kingfisher T. 2015 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 9 Book Short Story 736 4 August 2nd, 2024 There was a girl who died every morning, and it would not have been a problem except that she kept bees. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/telling-the-bees/
461 "Let Pass the Horses Black" Kingfisher T. 2017 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 8 Book Short Story 2,439 10 August 2nd, 2024 “The horses will be black,” she'd said.
460 "The Dryad's Shoe" Kingfisher T. 2014 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 7 Book Short Story 7,239 26 August 2nd, 2024 Once upon a time, in a land near and far away, there was a girl whose mother died when she was young. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/the-dryads-shoe/
459 "Razorback" Kingfisher T. 2016 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 6 Book Short Story 5,750 18 August 1st, 2024 There was a witch who lived up in the mountains, and I never heard but that she was a good one. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/razorback/
458 "That Time With Bob and the Unicorn" Kingfisher T. 2016 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 5 Book Short Story 2,800 8 August 1st, 2024 So I was at the coffee shop the other day and I ran into Bob—not the Reverend, but Marlene's boy—and he was talking about unicorns.
457 "Bird Bones" Kingfisher T. 2015 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 4 Book Novelette 9,978 32 August 1st, 2024 The gardeners didn't notice it first, but they were the first ones that anybody took seriously.
456 "Wooden Feathers" Kingfisher T. 2015 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 3 Book Short Story 6,006 20 July 31st, 2024 The carving was going badly. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wooden-feathers/
455 "Godmother" Kingfisher T. 2014 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 1 Book Short Story 525 2 July 31st, 2024 You came to me in your cloak made of tatters, with the dog made of bone at your side.
454 Pinsker-Sooner-or-Later.jpg Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea Pinsker Sarah 2019 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea Book Collection Nominated
453 "And Then There Were (N-One)" Pinsker Sarah 2017 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 13 Book Novella, 19,318 53 Nominated Nominated Nominated July 30th, 2024 I considered declining the invitation. It was too weird, too expensive, too far, too dangerous, too weird. Way too weird. An invitation like that would never come again. I'd regret it if I didn't go. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-then-there-were-n-one/
452 "The Narwhal" Pinsker Sarah 2019 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 12 Book Novelette 7,603 23 July 30th, 2024 One week after she was hired for what had to be her best Oddjobz gig yet, a whale arrived at Lynette's door.
451 "Our Lady of the Open Road" Pinsker Sarah 2015 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 11 Book Novelette 14,316 41 Won July 30th, 2024 The needle on the veggie oil tank read flat empty by the time we came to China Grove.
450 "On the Downhill Side" Ellison Harlan 1972 Greatest Hits 10 Book Short Story 5,981 20 Nominated July 30th, 2024 I knew she was a virgin because she was able to ruffle the silken mane of my unicorn.
449 "Mefisto in Onyx" Ellison Harlan 1993 Greatest Hits 9 Book Novella, 19,437 59 Nominated Nominated Won Nominated July 29th, 2024 Once. I only went to bed with her once.
448 Martin-Dreamsongs-I.jpg Dreamsongs, Volume I Martin George R. R. 2003 Dreamsongs, Volume I Read Collection
447 "The Pear-Shaped Man" Martin George R. R. 1987 Dreamsongs, Volume I 22 Book Novelette 11,752 30 Nominated July 29th, 2024 The Pear-Shaped man lives beneath the stairs.
446 "The Monkey Treatment" Martin George R. R. 1983 Dreamsongs, Volume I 21 Book Novelette 11,438 30 Nominated Nominated Won July 29th, 2024 Kenny Dorchester was a fat man.
445 "Nightflyers" Martin George R. R. 1980 Dreamsongs, Volume I 20 Book Novella, 32,485 90 Nominated Won July 28th, 2024 When Jesus of Nazareth hung dying on his cross, the volcryn passed within a year of his agony, headed outward. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1980_04.pdf
444 "Sandkings" Martin George R. R. 1979 Dreamsongs, Volume I 19 Book Novelette 15,410 42 Won Won Won July 28th, 2024 Simon Kress lived alone in a sprawling manor house among the dry, rocky hills fifty kilometers from the city.
443 "Wind Will Rove" Pinsker Sarah 2017 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 10 Book Novelette 14,509 43 Nominated Nominated Nominated July 28th, 2024 There's a story about my grandmother Windy, one I never asked her to confirm or deny, in which she took her fiddle on a spacewalk. https://bzglfiles.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/u/394670/3373259a9d067de6e2a8aebbd44f676cd45ad007/original/windwillrove-pinsker.pdf?response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA2AEJH4L527DJJBYE%2F20240727%2Fca-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240727T042324Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=977262cff69988cc22d5980f51aed84b7c337c3fc281346601ae7d777ef8ebfc
442 "And Death His Legacy" Martin George R. R. 2003 Dreamsongs, Volume I 3 Book Short Story 3,731 12 July 27th, 2024 The prophet came out of the south with a flag in his right hand and an ax handle in his left, to preach the creed of Americanism.
441 "The Fortress" Martin George R. R. 2003 Dreamsongs, Volume I 2 Book Short Story 6,238 20 July 27th, 2024 Alone and silent in the night, Sveaborg waited.
440 "Remembering Melody" Martin George R. R. 1981 Dreamsongs, Volume I 18 Book Short Story 6,770 20 Nominated July 27th, 2024 Ted was shaving when the doorbell sounded.
439 "Meathouse Man" Martin George R. R. 1976 Dreamsongs, Volume I 17 Book Novelette 10,171 30 Nominated July 27th, 2024 They came straight from the ore-fields that first time, Trager with the others, the older boys, the almost-men who worked their corpses next to his.
438 "No Lonely Seafarer" Pinsker Sarah 2014 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 9 Book Short Story 5,968 18 Nominated July 27th, 2024 On the nights Mrs. Wainwright let me work in the barn instead of the tavern, I used to sing to the horses.
437 "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" Pinsker Sarah 2013 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 8 Book Novelette 8,285 25 Nominated July 26th, 2024 “Don't leave.” http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/in-joy-knowing-the-abyss-behind-part-1-of-2/
436 "The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced" Pinsker Sarah 2014 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 7 Book Short Story 839 3 July 26th, 2024 Judy says, “It's snowing.” https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-sewell-home-for-the-temporally-displaced/
435 "Talking with Dead People" Pinsker Sarah 2016 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 6 Book Short Story 4,699 15 July 26th, 2024 Yes, I was the one who came up with the name “House of Whacks,” as in “Lizzie Borden took an ax . . .” Like I was someone who could joke about that kind of thing. And yes, it's true that Elizabeth Mint offered me a partnership in the business and I turned her down.
434 "The Low Hum of Her" Pinsker Sarah 2014 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 5 Book Short Story 2,660 8 July 26th, 2024 Father built me a new grandmother when the real one died.
433 "Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea" Pinsker Sarah 2016 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 4 Book Novelette 7,576 24 Nominated July 26th, 2024 The rock star washed ashore at high tide. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sooner-or-later-everything-falls-into-the-sea/
432 "Remembery Day" Pinsker Sarah 2015 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 3 Book Short Story 2,830 9 July 26th, 2024 I woke at dawn on the holiday, so my grandmother put me to work polishing Mama's army boots. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/remembery-day/
431 "And We Were Left Darkling" Pinsker Sarah 2015 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 2 Book Short Story 2,951 9 July 26th, 2024 I don't remember her birth. My dream baby, the baby I have in my dreams, the one who crashed into my head one night and took roost. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/and-we-were-left-darkling/
430 "A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide" Pinsker Sarah 2014 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 1 Book Short Story 4,474 14 Nominated July 26th, 2024 Andy tattooed his left forearm with Lori's name on a drunken night in his seventeenth year. https://escapepod.org/2015/06/27/ep497-a-stretch-of-highway-two-lanes-wide/
429 Clark-Black-Gods-Drums.jpg The Black God's Drums Clark P. Djèlí 2018 Book Novella 24,680 112 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated July 25th, 2024 The night in New Orleans always got something going on, ma maman used to say—like this city don't know how to sleep.
428 Wang-Sword-of-Kaigen.jpg The Sword of Kaigen Wang M. L. 2018 Book Novel 194,832 651 July 24th, 2024 It was a harrowing climb to the high school.
427 "The Worms that Ate the Universe" Chee Megan 2024 Digital Short Story 1,203 July 22nd, 2024 The planet of the worms is a cold, barren, sunless place. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-worms-that-ate-the-universe/
426 "In the Lost Lands" Martin George R. R. 1982 Dreamsongs, Volume I 16 Book Short Story 6,798 18 July 22nd, 2024 You can buy anything you might desire from Gray Alys. But it is better not to.
425 "The Ice Dragon" Martin George R. R. 1980 Dreamsongs, Volume I 15 Book Novelette 7,714 20 July 22nd, 2024 Adara likes the winter best of all, for when the world grew cold the ice dragon came.
424 "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" Martin George R. R. 1976 Dreamsongs, Volume I 14 Book Short Story 7,194 20 July 22nd, 2024 There is a girl who goes between the worlds.
423 "The Way of Cross and Dragon" Martin George R. R. 1979 Dreamsongs, Volume I 13 Book Short Story 7,349 20 Won Nominated Won July 22nd, 2024 “Heresy,” he told me. The brackish waters of his pool sloshed gently. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-way-of-cross-and-dragon/
422 "Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes" Crosshill Tom 2012 10 Digital Short Story 3,930 Nominated July 22nd, 2024 Every day, Mom says goodbye to me for the last time. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/crosshill_04_12/
421 "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" Jones Rachael K. 2016 10 Audiobook Short Story 3,790 Nominated July 22nd, 2024 There are things that fly and things that fall. You must remember this distinction, because they are not the same. https://podcastle.org/2017/10/25/podcastle-493-fall-shall-flight/
420 Scalzi-Last-Colony.jpg The Last Colony Scalzi John 2007 Old Man's War 3 Book Novel 91,160 324 Nominated July 21st, 2024 Let me tell you of the worlds I've left behind.
419 Shusterman-Toll.jpg The Toll Shusterman Neal 2019 Arc of a Scythe 3 Book Novel 145,248 625 July 21st, 2024 There was no warning.
418 "Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have" Wiswell John 2024 Digital Short Story 904 July 20th, 2024 Your mother was right. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/five-answers-to-questions-you-probably-have/
417 "Bitterblooms" Martin George R. R. 1977 Dreamsongs, Volume I 12 Book Novelette 10,344 28 July 20th, 2024 When he finally died, Shawn found to her shame that she could not even bury him.
416 "The Stone City" Martin George R. R. 1977 Dreamsongs, Volume I 11 Book Novelette 13,497 41 Nominated Nominated July 20th, 2024 The crossworlds had a thousand names.
415 "Shatterday" Ellison Harlan 1975 Greatest Hits 8 Book Short Story 4,970 17 Nominated July 19th, 2024 Not much later, but later nonetheless, he thought back on the sequence of what had happened and knew he had missed nothing.
414 Bradbury-Martian-Chronicles.jpg The Martian Chronicles Bradbury Ray 1950 Book Novel 64,768 288 July 18th, 2024 One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets.
413 "And Seven Times Never Kill Man" Martin George R. R. 1975 Dreamsongs, Volume I 10 Book Novelette 14,246 38 Nominated Nominated July 18th, 2024 Outside the walls the Jaenshi children hung, a row of small gray-furred bodies still and motionless at the ends of long ropes. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1975_07.pdf
412 "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes" Ellison Harlan 1967 Greatest Hits 7 Book Novelette 7,592 25 Nominated July 18th, 2024 With an eight hole card and a queen showing, with the dealer showing a four up, Kostner decided to let the house do the work.
411 "Jeffty Is Five" Ellison Harlan 1977 Greatest Hits 6 Book Short Story 8,178 25 Won Won Won Nominated July 17th, 2024 When I was five years old, there was a little kid I played with: Jeffty. https://lecturia.org/en/short-stories/harlan-ellison-jeffty-is-five/8158/
410 "This Tower of Ashes" Martin George R. R. 1976 Dreamsongs, Volume I 9 Book Short Story 7,249 20 Nominated July 17th, 2024 My tower is built of bricks, small soot-gray bricks mortared together with a shiny black substance that looks strangely like obsidian to my untrained eye, though it clearly cannot be obsidian.
409 “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” Ellison Harlan 1973 Greatest Hits 5 Book Short Story 6,916 25 July 17th, 2024 On the night after the day she had stained the louvered window shutters of her new apartment on East 52nd Street, Beth saw a woman slowly and hideously knifed to death in the courtyard of her building.
408 "A Song for Lya" Martin George R. R. 1974 Dreamsongs, Volume I 8 Book Novella, 24,104 62 Won Nominated Nominated July 17th, 2024 The cities of the Shkeen are old, older far than man's, and the great rust-red metropolis that rose from their sacred hill country had proved to be the oldest of them all. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1974_06.pdf
407 "Chatting with Anubis" Ellison Harlan 1995 Greatest Hits 4 Book Short Story 2,750 8 July 17th, 2024 When the core drilling was halted at a depth of exactly 804.5 meters, one half mile down, Amy Guiterman and I conspired to grab Immortality by the throat and shake it till it noticed us.
406 "The Deathbird" Ellison Harlan 1973 Greatest Hits 3 Book Novelette 10,496 37 Won Nominated Won July 17th, 2024 This is a test. Take notes. This will count as 3/4 of your final grade.
405 Collins-Code-of-Claw.jpg Gregor and the Code of Claw Collins Suzanne 2007 The Underland Chronicles 5 Book Novel 78,959 412 July 16th, 2024 Gregor's back pressed into the cold stone floor as he stared up at the words on the ceiling.
404 "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Ellison Harlan 1967 Greatest Hits 2 Book Short Story 5,797 19 Won July 16th, 2024 Limp, the body of Gorrister hung from the pink palette; unsupported—hanging high above us in the computer chamber; and it did not shiver in the chill, oily breeze that blew eternally through the main cavern.
403 "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" Ellison Harlan 1965 Greatest Hits 1 Book Short Story 4,324 14 Won July 16th, 2024 There are always those who ask, what is it all about? https://lecturia.org/en/short-stories/harlan-ellison-repent-harlequin-said-the-ticktockman/8559/
402 "The Fall of the House of Usher" Poe Edgar Allan 1839 Audiobook Short Story 7,146 Nominated July 16th, 2024 During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. https://poestories.com/read/houseofusher
401 "A Soul in the World" Anders Charlie Jane 2023 Digital Short Story 4,853 Nominated July 15th, 2024 There's nothing quieter than the sound of dreams not coming true. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-soul-in-the-world/
400 "And Yet" Greenblatt A. T. 2018 Digital Short Story 6,228 18 Nominated July 15th, 2024 Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-yet/
399 Liu-Veiled-Throne.jpg The Veiled Throne Liu Ken 2021 The Dandelion Dynasty 3 Book Novel 347,615 988 July 15th, 2024 The stars pulsed in the firmament like glowing jellies in a dark sea.
398 "Skitterdead" Kassel Mel 2022 Digital Short Story 580 July 15th, 2024 Skitterdead, ghost-in-the-legs. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/skitterdead/
397 Collins-Marks-of-Secret.jpg Gregor and the Marks of Secret Collins Suzanne 2006 The Underland Chronicles 4 Book Novel 61,525 343 July 14th, 2024 Gregor sat on his bed tracing the scars with his fingertips.
396 "With Morning Comes Mistfall" Martin George R. R. 1973 Dreamsongs, Volume I 7 Book Short Story 6,600 18 Nominated Nominated Nominated July 14th, 2024 I was early to breakfast that morning, the first day after landing. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1973_05.pdf
395 "The Second Kind of Loneliness" Martin George R. R. 1972 Dreamsongs, Volume I 6 Book Short Story 5,473 18 Nominated July 13th, 2024 My relief left Earth today. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AN/AN_1972_12.pdf
394 "The Exit to San Breta" Martin George R. R. 1972 Dreamsongs, Volume I 5 Book Short Story 3,519 14 July 13th, 2024 It was the highway that first caught my attention.
393 "The Hero" Martin George R. R. 1971 Dreamsongs, Volume I 4 Book Short Story 4,576 14 July 12th, 2024 The city was dead and the flames of its passing spread a red stain across the green-gray sky.
392 "Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark" Martin George R. R. 1967 Dreamsongs, Volume I 1 Book Short Story 5,347 16 July 12th, 2024 Darkness. Everywhere there was darkness. Grim, foreboding, omnipresent; it hung over the plain like a great stifling mantle.
391 Polk-Even-Though-I-Knew-the-End.jpg Even Though I Knew the End Polk C. L. 2022 Audiobook Novella 35,352 133 Nominated Won Nominated Nominated July 11th, 2024 Marlowe had offered me fifty dollars to stand out here in the freezing Chicago cold and do an augury, and like a damn greedy fool, I'd said yes.
390 Collins-Curse-of-the-Warmbloods.jpg Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Collins Suzanne 2005 The Underland Chronicles 3 Book Novel 67,923 358 July 9th, 2024 Gregor stared in the bathroom mirror for a minute, steeling himself.
389 Weeks-Blood-Mirror.jpg The Blood Mirror Weeks Brent 2016 Lightbringer 4 Audiobook Novel 210,167 704 July 8th, 2024 Like a house slave sweeping dirt into a pile, Orholam had heaped together all the earth's horrors and sin.
388 Kingfisher-Nettle-&-Bone.jpeg Nettle & Bone Kingfisher T. 2022 Book Novel 82,047 243 Won Nominated Nominated (FA) July 7th, 2024 The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen.
387 Herbert-Dune-Messiah.jpg Dune Messiah Herbert Frank 1969 Dune 2 Book Novel 75,739 288 July 6th, 2024 Despite the murderous nature of the plot he hoped to devise, the thoughts of Scytale, the Tleilaxu Face Dancer, returned again and again to rueful compassion.
386 Scalzi-Starter-Villain.jpg Starter Villain Scalzi John 2023 Book Novel 76,182 264 Nominated Nominated (SF) July 4th, 2024 I learned about the death of my uncle Jake in a deeply unexpected way, which was from the CNBC Squawk Box morning show.
385 Gaiman-Coraline.jpg Coraline Gaiman Neil 2002 Audiobook Novella 30,826 162 Won Won Won Nominated July 4th, 2024 Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house.
384 Machado-Her-Body.avif Her Body and Other Parties Machado Carmen Maria 2017 Her Body and Other Parties Book Collection
383 "Difficult at Parties" Machado Carmen Maria 2017 Her Body and Other Parties 8 Book Short Story 7,065 22 July 3rd, 2024 Afterward, there is no kind of quiet like the one that is in my head.
382 "The Resident" Machado Carmen Maria 2017 Her Body and Other Parties 7 Book Novelette 15,413 50 July 3rd, 2024 Two months after receiving my acceptance letter to Devil's Throat, I kissed my wife good-bye.
381 "Eight Bites" Machado Carmen Maria 2017 Her Body and Other Parties 6 Book Short Story 6,005 20 July 3rd, 2024 As they put me to sleep, my mouth fills with the dust of the moon.
380 “Those Hitchhiking Kids” Little Badger Darcie 2023 Digital Short Story 2,664 Nominated July 3rd, 2024 They hadn't died while hitchhiking, and ghosts couldn't own a car, but Corey and Jimena shared the condition of wanderlust, so something had to be done. https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/those-hitchhiking-kids
379 Shusterman-Thunderhead.jpg Thunderhead Shusterman Neal 2018 Arc of a Scythe 2 Book Novel 120,830 504 July 3rd, 2024 How fortunate am I among the sentient to know my purpose.
378 Collins-Prophecy-of-Bane.jpg Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Collins Suzanne 2004 The Underland Chronicles 2 Audiobook Novel 56,663 312 July 2nd, 2024 When Gregor opened his eyes he had the distinct impression that someone was watching him.
377 Collins-Gregor-the-Overlander.jpg Gregor the Overlander Collins Suzanne 2003 The Underland Chronicles 1 Audiobook Novel 55,665 326 July 1st, 2024 Gregor had pressed his forehead against the screen for so long, he could feel a pattern of tiny checks above his eyebrows.
376 Shusterman-Scythe.jpg Scythe Shusterman Neal 2016 Arc of a Scythe 1 Book Novel 103,354 448 June 30th, 2024 We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill.
375 Roanhorse-Tread-of-Angels.jpg Tread of Angels Roanhorse Rebecca 2022 1 Audiobook Novella 39,171 201 Nominated June 29th, 2024 It was the devil's hour on Aventum Angelorum, Goetia's own high holy day, and there was a black wind blowing off Tabor's mine.
374 Asimov-Foundation.jpg Foundation Asimov Isaac 1951 Foundation Series 1 Audiobook Collection June 28th, 2024
373 "The Merchant Princes" Asimov Isaac 1944 Foundation 3 Audiobook Novella, 21,407 77 June 28th, 2024 Jorane Sutt put the tips of carefully-manicured fingers together and said, “It's something of a puzzle. In fact -- and this is in the strictest of confidence -- it may be another one of Hari Seldon's crises.” https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20Foundation.pdf
372 "The Traders" Asimov Isaac 1944 Foundation 4 Audiobook Short Story 6,475 26 June 28th, 2024 Limmar Ponyets was completely a-lather when the call reached his receiver -- which proves that the old bromide about telemessages and the shower holds true even in the dark, hard space of the Galactic Periphery. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20Foundation.pdf
371 "The Mayors" Asimov Isaac 1942 Foundation 2 Audiobook Novelette 17,419 58 June 28th, 2024 A deputation! That Salvor Hardin had seen it coming made it none the more pleasant. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20Foundation.pdf
370 "The Encyclopedists" Asimov Isaac 1942 Foundation 1 Audiobook Novelette 11,552 42 June 28th, 2024 Lewis Pirenne was busily engaged at his desk in the one well-lit comer of the room. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20Foundation.pdf
369 "The Psychohistorians" Asimov Isaac 1951 Foundation 5 Audiobook Novelette 9,881 40 June 28th, 2024 His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20Foundation.pdf
368 Muir-Princess-Floralinda.jpg Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower Muir Tamsyn 2020 1 Audiobook Novella 39,958 146 June 27th, 2024 What had happened was that the witch put Princess Floralinda in a tower forty flights high, but said it wasn't personal.
367 Crichton-Jurassic-Park.jpg Jurassic Park Crichton Michael 1990 Jurassic Park 1 Audiobook Novel 132,782 449 Nominated (SF) June 25th, 2024 The tropical rain fell in drenching sheets, hammering the corrugated roof of the clinic building, roaring down the metal gutters, splashing on the ground in a torrent.
366 Riordon-Mark-of-Athena.jpg The Mark of Athena Riordon Rick 2012 Heroes of Olympus 3 Book Novel 131,660 584 June 24th, 2024 Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.
365 Schwab-Invisible-Life-of-Addie-LaRue.jpg The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Schwab V. E. 2020 Audiobook Novel 150,358 444 Nominated (FA) June 23rd, 2024 A girl is running for her life.
364 Pratchett-Wyrd-Sisters.jpg Wyrd Sisters Pratchett Terry 1988 Discworld 6 Book Novel 90,770 368 June 20th, 2024 The wind howled. Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient assassin.
363 Mccarthy-Road.jpg The Road McCarthy Cormac 2006 Book Novel 59,053 287 Nominated (SF) June 17th, 2024 When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.
362 Westover-Educated.jpg Educated Westover Tara 2018 Audiobook Nonfiction 115,238 368 June 17th, 2024 I'm standing on the red railway car that sits abandoned next to the barn.
361 "Pages To Fill" Baldree Travis 2022 Legends and Lattes 0.5Audiobook Novelette 9,237 34 June 15th, 2024 “Mind the blades!” cried Roon. https://www.travisbaldree.com/pages-to-fill
360 Baldree-Legends-and-Lattes.jpg Legends and Lattes Baldree Travis 2022 Legends and Lattes 1 Audiobook Novel 60,986 305 Nominated Nominated Nominated June 15th, 2024 Viv buried her greatsword in the scalvert's skull with a meaty crunch.
359 "The Assassin and the Healer" Maas Sarah J. 2012 Throne of Glass 0.2Read Aloud Novelette 10,715 40 June 15th, 2024 The strange young woman had been staying at the White Pig Inn for two days now and had hardly spoken to anyone save for Nolan, who had taken one look at her fine night-dark clothes and bent over backward to accommodate her.
358 "Real Women Have Bodies" Machado Carmen Maria 2017 Her Body and Other Parties 5 Book Short Story 7,104 24 June 14th, 2024 I used to think my place of employment, Glam, looked like the view from inside a casket.
357 "Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order: SVU" Machado Carmen Maria 2013 Her Body and Other Parties 4 Book Novelette 15,956 60 June 13th, 2024 “PAYBACK”: Stabler and Benson investigate the castration and murder of a New York City cab driver.
356 Stroud-Amulet-of-Samarkand.jpg The Amulet of Samarkand Stroud Jonathan 2003 The Bartimaeus Trilogy 1 Audiobook Novel 123,338 462 Nominated (YA) June 12th, 2024 The temperature of the room dropped fast.
355 Grossman-Magicians.jpg The Magicians Grossman Lev 2009 The Magicians 1 Book Novel 151,380 401 June 12th, 2024 Quentin did a magic trick. Nobody noticed.
354 "Embracing-the-New" Rosenbaum Benjamin 2004 Digital Short Story 3,516 12 Nominated June 9th, 2024 The sun blazed, the wagon creaked and shuddered. https://benjaminrosenbaum.github.io/stories/embracing.the.new.html
353 "Rabbit Heart" Wong Alyssa 2016 Digital Short Story 1,014 June 9th, 2024 When the Xiongs' only son died, instead of calling the crematorium and arranging for a funeral, the family came to me. https://firesidefiction.com/issue37/chapter/rabbit-heart/
352 Leckie-Raven-Tower.jpg The Raven Tower Leckie Ann 2019 Book Novel 104,269 416 Nominated (FA) Nominated June 9th, 2024 I first saw you when you rode out of the forest, past the cluster of tall, bulge-eyed offering stakes that mark the edges of the forest, your horse at a walk.
351 Weeks-Broken-Eye.jpg The Broken Eye Weeks Brent 2014 Lightbringer 3 Audiobook Novel 303,024 866 June 7th, 2024 The two Blackguards approached the White's door, the younger rhythmically cracking the knuckles of his right fist nervously.
350 Scalzi-Ghost-Brigades.jpg The Ghost Brigades Scalzi John 2006 Old Man's War 2 Book Novel 95,277 374 June 5th, 2024 No one noticed the rock.
349 Pratchett-Sourcery.jpg Sourcery Pratchett Terry 1988 Discworld 5 Book Novel 68,440 336 June 4th, 2024 There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. It's sad, but that's all you can say about some people.
348 Heller-Catch-22.jpg Catch-22 Heller Joseph 1961 Book Novel 174,269 453 June 3rd, 2024
347 "Mothers" Machado Carmen Maria 2014 Her Body and Other Parties 3 Book Short Story 5,982 20 May 30th, 2024 Here she is, on the porch, all straw hair and slumpy joints and a crack that passes through her lip like she is dirt that has never known rain.
346 "Inventory" Machado Carmen Maria 2013 Her Body and Other Parties 2 Book Short Story 3,534 12 May 30th, 2024 One girl. We lay down next to each other on the musty rug in her basement.
345 Jemisin-How-Long.jpg How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Jemisin N. K. 2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? Read Collection
344 "Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters" Jemisin N. K. 2015 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 22 Book Novelette 9,193 26 May 29th, 2024 The days which bracketed hurricanes were painful in their clarity. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sinners-saints-dragons-and-haints-in-the-city-beneath-the-still-waters/
343 "Non-Zero Probabilities" Jemisin N. K. 2009 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 21 Book Short Story 3,350 11 Nominated Nominated May 29th, 2024 In the mornings, Adele girds herself for the trip to work as a warrior for battle. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jemisin_09_09/
342 Harrow-Mirror-Mended.jpg A Mirror Mended Harrow Alix E. 2022 Fractured Fables 2 Book Novella 33,510 128 Nominated Nominated May 29th, 2024 I like a good happily ever after as much as the next girl, but after sitting through forty-eight different iterations of the same one—forty-nine, if you count my (former) best friends' wedding—I have to say the shine is wearing off a little.
341 "The You Train" Jemisin N. K. 2007 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 20 Book Short Story 2,357 8 May 29th, 2024 Hey, girl. Yeah, I know; I'm sorry. Just haven't been feeling all that social lately. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-you-train/
340 "Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows" Jemisin N. K. 2004 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 19 Book Short Story 3,085 13 May 29th, 2024 The alarm clock buzzed at seven, right after reality rolled over.
339 "Henosis" Jemisin N. K. 2017 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 18 Book Short Story 2,676 8 May 29th, 2024 “But they're going to kill you,” the woman said. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/henosis/
338 "The Narcomancer" Jemisin N. K. 2008 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 17 Book Novelette 10,988 37 May 29th, 2024 In the land of Gujaareh it was said that trouble came by twos.
337 Weir-Artemis.jpg Artemis Weir Andy 2017 Audiobook Novel 88,024 305 May 28th, 2024 I bounded over the gray, dusty terrain toward the huge dome of Conrad Bubble.
336 Okorafor-Binti.jpg Binti Okorafor Nnedi 2015 Binti 1 Book Novella 20,203 77 Won Won Nominated May 28th, 2024 I powered up the transporter and said a silent prayer.
335 Gaiman-Pratchett-Good-Omens.jpg Good Omens Gaiman & Pratchett Neil & Terry 1990 Audiobook Novel 109,185 384 Nominated (FA) Nominated May 28th, 2024 In The Beginning it was a nice day.
334 Harrow-Spindle-Splintered.jpg A Spindle Splintered Harrow Alix E. 2021 Fractured Fables 1 Book Novella 29,948 119 Nominated Nominated May 28th, 2024 Sleeping Beauty is pretty much the worst fairy tale, any way you slice it.
333 Leckie-Translation-State.jpg Translation State Leckie Ann 2023 Book Novel 100,655 422 Nominated Nominated May 27th, 2024 The last stragglers in the funeral procession were barely out the ghost door before the mason bots unfolded their long legs and reached for the pile of stones they'd removed from the wall so painstakingly the day before.
332 King-Wastelands.jpg The Waste Lands King Stephen 1991 The Dark Tower 3 Book Novel 189,679 607 Nominated (HOR) May 25th, 2024 It was her third time with live ammunition . . . and her first time on the draw from the holster Roland had rigged for her.
331 "Ogres of East Africa" Samatar Sofia 2014 Digital Short Story 4,058 11 Nominated May 24th, 2024 1. Apul - A male ogre of the Great Lakes region. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/ogres-east-africa/
330 "The Assassin and the Pirate Lord" Maas Sarah J. 2012 Throne of Glass 0.1Read Aloud Novella, 20,736 70 May 23rd, 2024 Seated in the council room of the Assassins' Keep, Celaena Sardothien leaned back in her chair.
329 "As the Last I May Know" Huang S. L. 2019 Digital Short Story 5,355 18 Won May 23rd, 2024 A growing crowd of protesters trudged doggedly through the flurrying snow, bundled up into roundness against the cold until they resembled determined beetles. https://reactormag.com/as-the-last-i-may-know-s-l-huang/
328 Reid-Daisy-Jones-and-the-Six.jpg Daisy Jones & the Six Reid Taylor Jenkins 2019 Audiobook Novel 91,110 368 May 22nd, 2024 This book is an attempt to piece together a clear portrait of how the renowned 1970s rock band Daisy Jones & The Six rose to fame—as well as what led to their abrupt and infamous split while on tour in Chicago on July 12, 1979.
327 Sanderson-Edgedancer.jpg Edgedancer Sanderson Brandon 2017 Book Novella 51,867 272 May 22nd, 2024 Lift had never robbed a palace before.
326 Gaiman-Graveyard-Book.jpg The Graveyard Book Gaiman Neil 2008 Audiobook Novel 69,151 310 Won Won (YA) Nominated May 21st, 2024 There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.
325 "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory" Wells Martha 2021 Digital Short Story 3,636 19 May 20th, 2024 “Is this really a good idea?” https://reactormag.com/home-habitat-range-niche-territory-martha-wells/
324 "On the Banks of the River Lex" Jemisin N. K. 2010 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 16 Digital Short Story 4,710 16 May 20th, 2024 Death lay under the water tower on a sagging rooftop, watching the slow condensation of water along the tower's metal belly. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jemisin_11_10/
323 McGuire-Down-Among-the-Sticks-and-Bones.jpg Down Among the Sticks and Bones McGuire Seanan 2017 Wayward Children 2 Book Novella 40,363 187 Nominated Nominated May 19th, 2024 People who knew Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children.
322 Link-Pretty-Monsters.jpg Pretty Monsters Link Kelly 2009 Pretty Monsters Book Collection
321 "The Cinderella Game" Link Kelly 2009 Pretty Monsters 10 Book Short Story 3,306 11 May 19th, 2024 One day Peter would have his own secret hideaway just like this one, his stepfather's forbidden room, up in the finished attic: leather couches, stereo system with speakers the size of school lockers, flat-screen television, and so many horror movies you'd be able to watch a different one every night of the year.
320 "Pretty Monsters" Link Kelly 2008 Pretty Monsters 9 Book Novella, 19,828 70 Won May 19th, 2024 The world was still dark.
319 "Stone Hunger" Jemisin N. K. 2014 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 15 Book Novelette 7,840 26 May 19th, 2024 Once there was a girl who lived in a beautiful place full of beautiful people who made beautiful things. Then the world broke. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jemisin_07_14/
318 Gaiman-American-Gods.jpg American Gods Gaiman Neil 2001 Book Novel 183,222 640 Won Won Won (FA) Nominated May 18th, 2024 Shadow had done three years in prison.
317 Adeyemi-Virtue-and-Vengeance.jpg Children of Virtue and Vengeance Adeyemi Tomi 2019 Legacy of Orïsha 2 Audiobook Novel 107,681 416 May 17th, 2024 I try not to think of him. But when I do, I hear the tides.
316 Tolkein-Two-Towers.jpg The Two Towers Tolkein J. R. R. 1954 The Lord of the Rings 2 Audiobook Novel 143,436 352 May 14th, 2024 Aragorn sped on up the hill.
315 Liu-Wall-of-Storms.jpg The Wall of Storms Liu Ken 2016 The Dandelion Dynasty 2 Book Novel 275,743 858 Nominated (FA) May 12th, 2024 The sky was overcast, and the cold wind whipped a few scattered snowflakes through the air.
314 Noah-Born-A-Crime.jpg Born a Crime Noah Trevor 2016 Audiobook Nonfiction 87,848 289 May 10th, 2024 The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other.
313 "The Grammarian's Five Daughters" Arnason Eleanor 1999 Digital Short Story 3,997 15 May 9th, 2024 Once there was a grammarian who lived in a great city that no longer exists, so we don't have to name it. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-grammarians-five-daughters/
312 Tolkein-Fellowship-of-the-Ring.jpg The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkein J. R. R. 1954 The Lord of the Rings 1 Audiobook Novel 177,227 407 May 9th, 2024 When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.
311 "Cuisine des Mémoires" Jemisin N. K. 2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 14 Book Short Story 4,610 16 May 4th, 2024 The name of the first entrée made me groan.
310 Anders-City-in-the-Middle-of-the-Night.jpg The City in the Middle of the Night Anders Charlie Jane 2019 Book Novel 124,241 363 Nominated Won (SF) May 4th, 2024 Bianca walks toward me, under too much sky.
309 "The Elevator Dancer" Jemisin N. K. 2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 13 Book Short Story 1,194 4 May 4th, 2024 Shift change, changeshift, humdrum and ho hum, and on the little screen a woman dances. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/walking-awake/
308 "Walking Awake" Jemisin N. K. 2014 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 12 Book Short Story 6,009 20 May 4th, 2024 The Master who came for Enri was wearing a relatively young body. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/walking-awake/
307 "The Evaluators" Jemisin N. K. 2016 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 11 Book Short Story 3,129 17 May 4th, 2024 Thandi, the commission votes Tuesday. The team's disappearance isn't the key issue, but I don't like how they're rushing this. https://www.wired.com/2016/12/nk-jemisin-the-evaluators/
306 Dinniman-Eye-of-the-Bedlam-Bride.jpg The Eye of the Bedlam Bride Dinniman Matt 2023 Dungeon Crawler Carl 6 Audiobook Novel 257,685 680 May 3rd, 2024 Warning: Level Collapse is Imminent.
305 "The Brides of Heaven" Jemisin N. K. 2007 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 10 Book Short Story 3,951 14 May 3rd, 2024 No one realized the extent of Dihya's madness until she was caught sabotaging the water supply.
304 "The Storyteller's Replacement" Jemisin N. K. 2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 9 Book Short Story 3,534 13 May 3rd, 2024 The storyteller could not make it this evening.
303 "The Trojan Girl" Jemisin N. K. 2011 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 7 Book Short Story 6,468 24 May 3rd, 2024 In the Amorph, there were wolves.
302 Yang-Red-Threads-of-Fortune.jpg The Red Threads of Fortune Yang Neon 2017 Tensorate 2 Book Novella 37,277 213 Nominated May 3rd, 2024 Killing the voice transmitter was an overreaction. Even Mokoya knew that.
301 Scalzi-Old-Mans-War.jpg Old Man's War Scalzi John 2005 Old Man's War 1 Book Novel 93,109 362 Nominated Nominated (1st) May 2nd, 2024 I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.
300 Liu-Dark-Forest.jpg The Dark Forest Liu Cixen 2008 Rememberance of Earth's Past 2 Book Novel 187,583 512 May 1st, 2024 The brown ant had already forgotten its home.
299 "Cloud Dragon Skies" Jemisin N. K. 2005 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 6 Book Short Story 4,050 13 April 26th, 2024 Long ago, our ancestors looked at the sky and saw gods. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/cloud-dragon-skies/
298 "The Effluent Engine" Jemisin N. K. 2011 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 5 Book Novelette 10,950 38 April 26th, 2024 New Orleans stank to the heavens. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-effluent-engine/
297 "L'Alchemista" Jemisin N. K. 2005 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 4 Book Short Story 4,968 17 April 26th, 2024 The assistants had ruined the caponata soup.
296 "Red Dirt Witch" Jemisin N. K. 2016 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 3 Book Short Story 7,413 24 April 26th, 2024 The way to tell the difference between dreams that were prophecy and dreams that were just wasted sleep was to wait and see if they came three times.
295 "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" Jemisin N. K. 2018 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 1 Book Short Story 3,829 13 April 26th, 2024 It's the Day of Good Birds in the city of Um-Helat! https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-ones-who-stay-and-fight/
294 Martine-Desolation-Called-Peace.jpg A Desolation Called Peace Martine Arkady 2021 Teixcalaan 2 Book Novel 156,390 496 Won Nominated Won (SF) April 25th, 2024 Nine Hibiscus watched the cartograph cycle through its last week of recorded developments for a third time, and then switched it off.
293 Gaiman-Stardust.jpg Stardust Gaiman Neil 1997 Audiobook Novel 63,317 228 Nominated (FA) April 23rd, 2024 There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire.
292 Harrow-Ten-Thousand-Doors-of-January.jpg The Ten Thousand Doors of January Harrow Alix E. 2019 Audiobook Novel 114,308 374 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated April 22nd, 2024 When I was seven, I found a door.
291 "Packing" Kingfisher T. 2017 Digital Short Story 1,169 April 21st, 2024 Today is not the day I wanted to do this, but we aren't always given choices. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/packing/
290 "God Product" Wong Alyssa 2017 Digital Short Story 501 April 21st, 2024 She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. https://reactormag.com/god-product-alyssa-wong/
289 "Carnival Nine" Yoachim Caroline M. 2017 Digital Short Story 7,216 18 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated April 21st, 2024 One night, when I was winding down to sleep, I asked Papa, “How come I don't get the same number of turns every day?” https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/
288 "Inheritance" Yang Hannah 2022 Digital Short Story 3,977 5 Nominated April 20th, 2024 The reading of Ma's will marks the first time I've seen my mother in fifteen years. http://www.analogsf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Inheritance_Yang.pdf
287 "Passengers" Silverberg Robert 1969 Digital Short Story 4,905 18 Nominated Won April 20th, 2024 There are only fragments of me left now. https://escapepod.org/2012/11/08/ep369-passengers/
286 "Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon" Liu Angela 2023 Digital Novelette 8,190 Nominated April 20th, 2024 “Imagine: purple-haired girl shooting down the moon.” I type the prompt into the black screen as if making a request to God. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_06_23/
285 Chambers-Closed-and-Common-Orbit.jpg A Closed and Common Orbit Chambers Becky 2016 Wayfarers 2 Book Novel 108,083 367 Nominated April 20th, 2024 Lovelace had been in a body for twenty-eight minutes, and it still felt every bit as wrong as it had the second she woke up inside it.
284 "The Cask of Amontillado" Poe Edgar Allan 1846 Digital Short Story 2,349 April 19th, 2024 The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. https://poestories.com/read/amontillado
283 "The Constable of Abal" Link Kelly 2007 Pretty Monsters 8 Book Novelette 12,613 44 Won April 18th, 2024 They left Abal in a hurry, after Ozma's mother killed the constable. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-constable-of-abal/
282 Adams-Restaurant.jpg The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Adams Douglas 1980 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2 Audiobook Novel 50,315 245 April 17th, 2024 In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
281 Liu-Grace-of-Kings.jpeg The Grace of Kings Liu Ken 2015 The Dandelion Dynasty 1 Book Novel 195,409 623 Nominated Won (1st) April 17th, 2024 A white bird hung still in the clear western sky and flapped its wings sporadically.
280 "Like a River Loves the Sky" Törzs Emma 2018 Digital Short Story 3,902 Won April 16th, 2024 My best friend NPW has been collecting dogs from the side of the highway. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/like-river-loves-sky/
279 "Don Ysidro" Rogers Bruce Holland 2003 Digital Short Story 1,485 8 Won April 16th, 2024 On that last morning, anyone who came to visit me could see that I was dying. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/donysidro.htm
278 Dinniman-Butchers-Masquerade.jpg The Butcher's Masquerade Dinniman Matt 2022 Dungeon Crawler Carl 5 Audiobook Novel 222,815 726 April 14th, 2024 I came into existence in a now-familiar office.
277 "The Surfer" Link Kelly 2008 Pretty Monsters 7 Book Novella, 20,361 Nominated April 13th, 2024 In the dream I was being kidnapped by aliens.
276 "Monster" Link Kelly 2005 Pretty Monsters 6 Book Short Story 6,503 Nominated April 13th, 2024 No one in Bungalow 6 wanted to go camping.
275 Martine-Memory-Called-Empire.jpg A Memory Called Empire Martine Arkady 2019 Teixcalaan 1 Book Novel 136,278 462 Won Nominated Nominated (1st) April 13th, 2024 Mahit came down to the City, heart-planet and capital of the Teixcalaanli Empire, in a seed-skiff, a bubble of a ship hardly big enough for her body and her luggage both.
274 "Jeff Beck" Shiner Lewis 1986 Digital Short Story 3,358 10 Nominated April 11th, 2024 Felix was 34. He worked four ten-hour days a week at Allied Sheet Metal, running an Amada CNC turret punch press. https://www.fictionliberationfront.net/jeffbeck.html
273 "Sun, Moon, Dust" Kingfisher T. 2017 Digital Short Story 5,720 14 Nominated April 11th, 2024 Allpa received the magic sword from his grandmother, as she lay dying. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sun-moon-dust/
272 "The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly" Harrow Alix E. 2020 Digital Short Story 1,490 6 April 10th, 2024 To the parents or guardians of Miss Coraline Connelly: Right now you're thinking, Where is she? because this is what every parent thinks when they find an empty crib and a raven with a scroll in its beak. I have stolen enough children to know. https://firesidefiction.com/the-ransom-of-miss-coraline-connelly
271 "Valedictorian" Jemisin N. K. 2014 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 8 Digital Short Story 5,939 20 Nominated April 10th, 2024 There are three things Zinhle decides, when she is old enough to understand. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/valedictorian/
270 "An Arc of Electric Skin" Talabi Wole 2021 Digital Short Story 2,965 10 Nominated April 10th, 2024 For a long time, I wondered what kind of person would volunteer to have their skin exposed to temperatures cycling between the melting point of aluminium and the night-time surface temperature of Mercury, riding a wave of thermal torment that would drive most people insane with pain. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/an-arc-of-electric-skin/
269 "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" Samatar Sofia 2013 Digital Short Story 3,096 9 Nominated Nominated Nominated April 9th, 2024 I hate selkie stories. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/selkie-stories-are-for-losers/
268 "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" Cornell P. A. 2023 Digital Short Story 7,204 Nominated April 9th, 2024 On the island of Manhattan, there's a building out of time. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/once-upon-a-time-at-the-oakmont/
267 McCurdy-Glad-My-Mom-Died.jpg I'm Glad My Mom Died McCurdy Jenette 2022 Audiobook Nonfiction 87,202 304 April 9th, 2024
266 "The Mausoleum's Children" de Bodard Aliette 2023 Digital Short Story 5,411 19 Nominated April 9th, 2024 Thuận Lộc stared at the cup. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-mausoleums-children/
265 "How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" Clark P. Djèlí 2023 Digital Short Story 7,159 Nominated April 9th, 2024 “Ambition!” Trevor emphasized, rapping knuckles hard on the wood table. “That is what makes the great men!” https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-raise-a-kraken-in-your-bathtub/
264 "Give Me English" Jiang Ai 2022 Digital Short Story 4,226 12 Nominated Nominated April 8th, 2024 I traded my last coffee for a coffee. How ironic. https://shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/give-me-english-a-short-story-by-ai-jiang/
263 "The Future of Work: Compulsory" Wells Martha 2018 The Murderbot Diaries Digital Short Story 1,040 2 April 8th, 2024 It's not like I haven't thought about killing the humans since I hacked my governor module. https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-work-compulsory-martha-wells/
262 "Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge" Triantafyllou Eugenia 2023 Digital Novelette 10,692 Nominated April 8th, 2024 It was half past midnight when Olga heard the Devil cry. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-versions-of-my-brother-found-under-the-bridge/
261 "The Year Without Sunshine" Kritzer Naomi 2023 Digital Novelette 10,883 Nominated Nominated April 8th, 2024 During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/
260 "Pockets" El-Mohtar Amal 2015 Digital Short Story 3,406 12 Nominated April 8th, 2024 The first strange thing Nadia pulled from her pocket was a piece of fudge. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pockets/
259 Dinniman-Gate-of-the-Feral-Gods.jpg The Gate of the Feral Gods Dinniman Matt 2021 Dungeon Crawler Carl 4 Audiobook Novel 179,514 571 April 8th, 2024 Welcome, Crawler, to the fifth floor. “The Bubbles.”
258 LeGuin-Tehanu.jpg Tehanu Le Guin Ursula K. 1990 Earthsea Cycle 4 Book Novel 99,200 277 Won Won (FA) April 7th, 2024 After Farmer Flint of the Middle Valley died, his widow stayed on at the farmhouse.
257 "Eight Episodes" Reed Robert 2006 Digital Short Story 3,945 10 Nominated Nominated April 7th, 2024 With minimal fanfare and next to no audience, Invasion of a Small World debuted in the summer of 2016, and after a brief and disappointing run, the series was deservedly shelved. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/eight-episodes/
256 "The Specialist's Hat" Link Kelly 1998 Pretty Monsters 5 Book Short Story 4,915 20 Won April 6th, 2024 When you're dead,” Samantha says, “you don't have to brush your teeth…” https://kellylink.net/specialists-hat
255 Leckie-Provenance.jpg Provenance Leckie Ann 2017 Book Novel 108,444 448 Nominated Nominated (SF) April 6th, 2024 “There were unexpected difficulties,” said the dark gray blur.
254 "The Sound of Children Screaming" Jones Rachael K. 2023 Digital Short Story 4,607 Nominated Nominated April 5th, 2024 You know the one about the Gun. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-sound-of-children-screaming/
253 "Better Living Through Algorithms" Kritzer Naomi 2023 Digital Short Story 5,610 Nominated Nominated April 5th, 2024 June was the first of my friends to get into it. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23/
252 "Window Boy" Ha Thomas 2023 Digital Short Story 4,370 Nominated April 5th, 2024 The tenth time Jakey broke the rules, he put a sandwich in the mailbox where the window boy could get it. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_08_23/
251 "Ancient Engines" Swanwick Michael 1999 Digital Short Story 2,820 9 Nominated Nominated Nominated April 5th, 2024 “Planning to live forever, Tiktok?” https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/swanwick_04_17_reprint/
250 "Light On The Water" Valentine Genevieve 2009 Digital Short Story 1,386 Nominated April 5th, 2024 49 loved the hotel across the river, and that spring, when fog covered her, he knew he had to tell her. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/11/fiction-archive/light-on-the-water/
249 "The Faery Handbag" Link Kelly 2004 Pretty Monsters 4 Book Novelette 8,068 28 Won Won Won Nominated April 4th, 2024 I used to go to thrift stores with my friends. https://smallbeerpress.com/free-stuff-to-read/2005/07/01/the-faery-handbag-by-kelly-link/
248 "Magic for Beginners" Link Kelly 2005 Pretty Monsters 3 Book Novella, 18,167 62 Nominated Won Won Nominated April 4th, 2024 Fox is a television character, and she isn't dead yet. But she will be, soon.
247 Solomon-Deep.jpg The Deep Solomon Rivers 2019 Audiobook Novella 40,510 166 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated April 4th, 2024 It was like dreaming,” said Yetu, throat raw.
246 "The Wizards of Perfil" Link Kelly 2006 Pretty Monsters 2 Book Novelette 14,624 50 April 3rd, 2024 The woman who sold leech grass baskets and pickled beets in the Perfil market took pity on Onion's aunt.
245 McGuire-Every-Heart-A-Doorway.jpg Every Heart a Doorway McGuire Seanan 2016 Wayward Children 1 Book Novella 39,239 175 Won Won Won Nominated April 3rd, 2024 The girls were never present for the entrance interviews.
244 "The Wrong Grave" Link Kelly 2007 Pretty Monsters 1 Book Short Story 6,834 23 April 3rd, 2024 All of this happened because a boy I once knew named Miles Sperry decided to go into the resurrectionist business and dig up the grave of his girlfriend, Bethany Baldwin, who had been dead for not quite a year.
243 Tan-Heart-of-the-Sun-Warrior.jpg Heart of the Sun Warrior Tan Sue Lynn 2022 The Celestial Kingdom Duology 2 Book Novel 140,866 465 April 3rd, 2024 Night cloaked the sky in darkness, draping shadows across the earth.
242 "Bad Doors" Wiswell John 2023 Digital Short Story 4,298 Nominated April 2nd, 2024 The country was at just over ten thousand deaths the morning that the door appeared. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/bad-doors/
241 "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" Kingfisher T. 2020 Digital Short Story 7,368 18 Won April 2nd, 2024 Once upon a time there was a man who built two enormous machines, and he loved them very much. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/metal-like-blood-in-the-dark/
240 "The Ten Things She Said While Dying: An Annotation" Castro Adam-Troy 2018 Digital Short Story 3,406 Nominated April 2nd, 2024 In the few seconds she had before the light of her world winked out forever, the dying human being said the following ten things. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-ten-things-she-said-while-dying-an-annotation/
239 "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" Heuvelt Thomas Olde 2014 Digital Novelette 10,367 34 Won April 2nd, 2024 That day, the world turned upside down. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-day-the-world-turned-upside-down/
238 Dinniman-Dungeon-Anarchist's-Cookbook.jpg The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Dinniman Matt 2021 Dungeon Crawler Carl 3 Audiobook Novel 163,239 534 April 2nd, 2024 The world rumbled.
237 "Breaking the Frame" Howard Kat 2012 Digital Short Story 2,549 9 Nominated April 1st, 2024 The photograph is of a woman at the center of a forest. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/breaking-the-frame/
236 "Fandom for Robots" Prasad Vina Jie-Min 2017 Digital Short Story 4,672 Nominated Nominated Nominated April 1st, 2024 Computron feels no emotion towards the animated television show titled Hyperdimension Warp Record (超次元 ワープ レコード). https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fandom-for-robots/
235 "That Story Isn't the Story" Wiswell John 2020 Digital Novelette 9,033 Nominated Nominated Won March 31st, 2024 Everything Anton owns goes in one black trash bag. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/that-story-isnt-the-story/
234 "The Green Book" El-Mohtar Amal 2010 Digital Short Story 2,649 17 Nominated March 31st, 2024 My dear friend, I am copying this out while I can. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-green-book/
233 "The Waves" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 10 Book Novelette 7,802 Nominated March 31st, 2024 Long ago, just after Heaven was separated from Earth, Nü Wa wandered along the bank of the Yellow River, savoring the feel of the rich loess against the bottom of her feet.
232 "Do Not Look Back, My Lion" Harrow Alix E. 2019 Digital Short Story 5,987 Nominated March 30th, 2024 Eefa has been a good husband, she knows, but now she is running. https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/do-not-look-back-my-lion/
231 "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers" Wong Alyssa 2016 Digital Short Story 3,471 12 Nominated Nominated Nominated March 30th, 2024 There was nothing phoenix-like in my sister's immolation. https://reactormag.com/a-fist-of-permutations-in-lightning-and-wildflowers-alyssa-wong/
230 "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy" Roanhorse Rebecca 2019 Digital Short Story 4,408 15 Nominated March 30th, 2024 We were gonna be stars. That's what you got to understand. Big fucking stars. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/a-brief-lesson-in-native-american-astronomy/
229 "The Starship and the Temple Cat" Lee Yoon Ha 2018 Digital Short Story 3,482 10 Nominated March 30th, 2024 She had been a young cat when the Fleet Lords burned the City of High Bells. https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-starship-and-the-temple-cat/
228 "Beginnings" Ten Kristina 2022 Digital Short Story 1,560 4 Nominated March 30th, 2024 In the beginning, June and Nat are best friends. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/beginnings/
227 "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" Wong Alyssa 2018 Digital Novelette 12,843 29 Nominated Nominated Won March 30th, 2024 When the desert finally lets you go, naked and stumbling, your body humming with raw power and the song of dead things coiled under your tongue, you find Marisol waiting for you at the edge of the bluffs. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/youll-surely-drown-stay/
226 "Melancholy Elephants" Robinson Spider 1983 Digital Short Story 5,421 22 Won Nominated Won March 29th, 2024 She sat zazen, concentrating on not concentrating, until it was time to prepare for the appointment. http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html
225 Sanderson-Sunlit-Man.jpg The Sunlit Man Sanderson Brandon 2023 Book Novel 101,280 446 March 29th, 2024 The entire city vibrated, and the buildings swayed sickeningly.
224 Dinniman-Carls-Doomsday-Scenario.jpg Carl's Doomsday Scenario Dinniman Matt 2021 Dungeon Crawler Carl 2 Audiobook Novel 109,416 352 March 29th, 2024 We teleported straight from the green room to a long, golden hallway reminiscent of the first hallway we entered.
223 "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" Kassel Mel 2018 Digital Short Story 3,440 Won March 28th, 2024 I'm fourteen the first time I bargain with the indigo snake. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ten-deals-with-the-indigo-snake/
222 "Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness" Huang S. L. 2023 Digital Novelette 7,850 18 Nominated Nominated March 28th, 2024 From the first time I visited Mariah Lee-Cassidy in prison, she radiated defiance. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/huang_12_22/#_ftn1
221 "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" Chu John 2013 Digital Short Story 6,566 21 Won March 28th, 2024 The water that falls on you from nowhere when you lie is perfectly ordinary, but perfectly pure. https://reactormag.com/the-water-that-falls-on-you-from-nowhere/
220 "Seasons of Glass and Iron" El-Mohtar Amal 2016 Digital Short Story 7,472 20 Won Won Won Nominated March 28th, 2024 Tabitha walks, and thinks of shoes. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/seasons-glass-iron/
219 Wells-System-Collapse.jpeg System Collapse Wells Martha 2023 The Murderbot Diaries 7 Audiobook Novel 63,433 245 March 28th, 2024 Dr. Bharadwaj told me once that she thought I hated planets because of the whole thing with being considered expendable and the possibility of being abandoned.
218 "Pip and the Fairies" Goss Theodora 2005 Digital Short Story 2,974 10 Nominated March 28th, 2024 "Why, you're Pip!" She has gotten used to this, since the documentary. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/pip-and-the-fairies/
217 "This is Not a Wardrobe Door" Wolfmoor Merc Fenn 2016 Digital Short Story 1,781 6 Nominated March 27th, 2024 Dear Gatekeeper, Hi my name is Ellie and I'm six years old and my closet door is broken. https://firesidefiction.com/issue29/chapter/this-is-not-a-wardrobe-door/
216 "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" Bolander Brooke 2018 Digital Novelette 8,654 Nominated March 27th, 2024 Once upon a time, long, long, long, long, long, long, ago, there were three raptor sisters, hatched beneath a lucky star. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-tale-of-the-three-beautiful-raptor-sisters-and-the-prince-who-was-made-of-meat/
215 "Give the Family My Love" Greenblatt A. T. 2019 Digital Short Story 5,320 13 Won March 27th, 2024 I'm beginning to regret my life choices, Saul. Also, hello from the edge of the galaxy. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/greenblatt_02_19/
214 "The Eight-Thousanders" Sanford Jason 2020 Digital Short Story 6,571 11 Nominated March 27th, 2024 He spoke once, the words whispered by frozen lips on a face so frostbitten he looked like a porcelain doll. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-eight-thousanders/
213 Clark-Master-of-Djinn.jpg A Master of Djinn Clark P. Djèlí 2021 Book Novel 124,819 392 Nominated Won Won (1st) Nominated March 27th, 2024 Archibald James Portendorf disliked stairs.
212 "Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" Sen Nibedita 2019 Digital Short Story 1,421 Nominated Nominated March 27th, 2024 There are few tales as tragic as that of the denizens of Ratnabar Island. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-excerpts-from-an-annotated-bibliography-on-the-cannibal-women-of-ratnabar-island/
211 "Jackalope Wives" Kingfisher T. 2014 Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 2 Digital Short Story 4,934 16 Won Nominated March 27th, 2024 The moon came up and the sun went down. The moonbeams went shattering down to the ground and the jackalope wives took off their skins and danced. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/jackalope-wives/
210 "Shadow Prisons of the Mind" Yoachim Caroline M. 2020 Digital Short Story 5,932 Nominated March 26th, 2024 With the right overlays, the city was charming—apartment buildings done up like giant row houses, seamlessly blending Victorian and modern sensibilities, boutiques and cafés on tree-lined streets, parks bathed in sunshine. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/shadow-prisons-of-the-mind/
209 "When it Ends, He Catches Her" Foster Eugie 2014 Digital Short Story 2,305 8 Nominated March 26th, 2024 The dim shadows were kinder to the theater's dilapidation. https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/fairy-tales/eugie-foster/when-it-ends-he-catches-her
208 "The Sycamore and the Sybil" Harrow Alix E. 2020 Digital Short Story 4,723 27 Nominated March 25th, 2024 Before I was a sycamore I was a woman, and before I was a woman I was a girl, and before I was a girl I was a wet seed wild in the hot-pulp belly of my mother. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-sycamore-and-the-sybil/
207 "Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand" Wilde Fran 2017 Digital Short Story 2,695 8 Nominated Nominated Nominated March 25th, 2024 There's a ticket booth on my tongue. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/clearly-lettered-mostly-steady-hand/
206 "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" Wong Alyssa 2015 Digital Short Story 7,004 13 Won Nominated Won March 25th, 2024 As my date—Harvey? Harvard?—brags about his alma mater and Manhattan penthouse, I take a bite of overpriced kale and watch his ugly thoughts swirl overhead. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/hungry-daughters-of-starving-mothers/
205 "Utopia, LOL?" Wahls Jamie 2017 Digital Short Story 5,025 14 Nominated March 24th, 2024 He's shivering as he emerges from the pod. No surprise, he was frozen for like a billion years. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/utopia-lol/
204 "Lest We Forget" Bear Elizabeth 2019 Digital Short Story 3,291 8 Nominated March 24th, 2024 I am dying of the war, though not in it. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lest-we-forget/
203 "An Advanced Reader's Picture Book of Comparative Cognition" Liu Ken 2014 The Paper Menagerie 9 Book Short Story 4,516 15 March 24th, 2024 My darling, my child, my connoisseur of sesquipedalian words and convoluted ideas and meandering sentences and baroque images, while the sun is asleep and the moon somnambulant, while the stars bathe us in their glow from eons ago and light-years away, while you are comfortably nestled in your blankets and I am hunched over in my chair by your bed, while we are warm and safe and still for the moment in this bubble of incandescent light cast by the pearl held up by the mermaid lamp, you and I, on this planet spinning and hurtling through the frigid darkness of space at dozens of miles per second, let's read. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/an-advanced-readers-picture-book-of-comparative-cognition/
202 "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" Kowal Mary Robinette 2014 Word Puppets Digital Novelette 8,034 26 Won Nominated March 24th, 2024 Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. https://reactormag.com/the-lady-astronaut-of-mars-mary-robinette-kowal/
201 "The Coward Who Stole God's Name" Wiswell John 2022 Digital Short Story 4,459 Nominated March 24th, 2024 Who is the most beloved person alive? https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-coward-who-stole-gods-name/
200 "Telling the Bees" Howard Kat 2022 Digital Short Story 1,823 Nominated March 24th, 2024 My lover is dead and my honey is bitter. https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/telling-the-bees
199 "Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" Yoachim Caroline M. 2016 Digital Short Story 2,100 6 Nominated March 23rd, 2024 You take a shortcut through the hydroponics bay on your way to work, and notice that the tomato plants are covered in tiny crawling insects that look like miniature beetles. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/welcome-to-the-medical-clinic-at-the-interplanetary-relay-station/
198 "Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math" Picchi Aimee 2020 Digital Short Story 1,000 3 Nominated March 23rd, 2024 It is 7 p.m. on a snowy January evening, and Penny is a 13-year-old who likes fruity lip balms, wears leggings, and notices everything, like how she's expected to wash the dishes but her older brother is excused to finish his homework. https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/other-worlds-fantasy/aimee-picchi/advanced-word-problems-in-portal-math
197 "The Axiom of Choice" Goldman David W. 2011 Digital Short Story 7,414 26 Nominated March 23rd, 2024 T he guy mentions a town that means nothing to you, but the remark topples Paul into laughter. http://www.davidwgoldman.com/The_Axiom_of_Choice.html
196 "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" Swirsky Rachel 2013 Digital Short Story 968 3 Nominated Won Nominated Nominated March 23rd, 2024 If you were a dinosaur, my love, then you would be a T-Rex. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love/
195 "Open House on Haunted Hill" Wiswell John 2020 Digital Short Story 3,013 9 Nominated Won Nominated Nominated March 23rd, 2024 133 Poisonwood Avenue would be stronger if it was a killer house. https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-64a-open-house-on-haunted-hill-by-john-wiswell/
194 "The Truth About Owls" El-Mohtar Amal 2015 Digital Short Story 4,321 20 Won March 22nd, 2024 Owls have eyes that match the skies they hunt through. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-truth-about-owls/
193 "A Monster in the Shape of a Boy" Yang Hannah 2022 Digital Short Story 1,661 Nominated March 22nd, 2024 When Peng opens the door, he finds himself face to face with a boy who looks exactly like himself. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/a-monster-in-the-shape-of-a-boy/
192 "Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse" Carson Rae 2020 Digital Short Story 5,629 Nominated Nominated Nominated March 22nd, 2024 My labor pangs are mild at first. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/badass-moms-in-the-zombie-apocalypse/
191 Clark-Haunting-015.jpg The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Clark P. Djèlí 2019 Book Novella 28,339 144 Nominated Nominated Nominated March 22nd, 2024 The office of the Superintendent of Tram Safety & Maintenance at Ramses Station had all the decor befitting someone who had been elevated—or likely pushed along the lines of patronage—into such a vaulted position.
190 "Little Free Library" Kritzer Naomi 2020 Digital Short Story 2,496 Nominated Won March 21st, 2024 Meigan built her Little Free Library from a kit, because she wanted to make it into art. https://reactormag.com/little-free-library-naomi-kritzer/
189 Islington-Light-of-all-that-Falls.jpg The Light of all that Falls Islington James 2019 The Licanius Trilogy 3 Audiobook Novel 266,655 830 March 21st, 2024 The blizzard howled around Caeden, shading the world a merciless, freezing white.
188 "For Lack of a Bed" Wiswell John 2021 Digital Short Story 2,755 Nominated Nominated March 20th, 2024 Noémi tried to focus on the mermaids and ignore the floor. https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-74b-for-lack-of-a-bed-by-john-wiswell/
187 "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" Headley Maria Dahvana 2020 Digital Short Story 2,483 7 Nominated March 20th, 2024 This is the first myth: that your boyfriend from when you were fifteen will come and get you out of hell. https://reactormag.com/a-girlfriends-guide-to-gods-maria-dahvana-headley/
186 Jemisin-World-We-Make.jpg The World We Make Jemisin N. K. 2022 Great Cities Duology 2 Book Novel 99,654 357 Nominated (FA) March 20th, 2024 Call me Neek.
185 "The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society" Kingfisher T. 2018 Digital Short Story 2,803 8 Nominated March 19th, 2024 There was a land of elven halls and hollows, of fairy mounds and great cathedrals underground. Hapless mortals went in and danced until their feet gave out, and sometimes they came out again. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-rose-macgregor-drinking-and-admiration-society/
184 "I (28M) created a deepfake girlfriend and now my parents think we're getting married" Lee Fonda 2020 Digital Short Story 3,564 10 Nominated March 19th, 2024 I didn't want a girlfriend. https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/12/27/102333/deepfake-girlfriend-fiction-story/
183 "Africanfuturist 419" Okorafor Nnedi 2016 Digital Short Story 1,620 6 Nominated March 18th, 2024 It turns out the scam letter was not all a scam. There actually is a Nigerian man stuck out there on a space station, he's been stuck there for fourteen years and after recent events, he's probably not ok. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/okorafor_11_16/
182 "The Angel of Khan el-Khalili" Clark P. Djèlí 2017 Digital Short Story 5,238 15 March 18th, 2024 If you want to find the Angel of Khan el-Khalili, you have to make your way to the market at night. https://reactormag.com/the-angel-of-khan-el-khalili-p-djeli-clark/
181 "A Dead Djinn in Cairo" Clark P. Djèlí 2016 Digital Novelette 12,557 47 March 18th, 2024 Fatma el-Sha'arawi, special investigator with the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities, stood gazing through a pair of spectral goggles at the body slumped atop the mammoth divan. https://reactormag.com/a-dead-djinn-in-cairo/
180 "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" Harrow Alix E. 2018 Digital Short Story 4,917 14 Won Nominated Nominated Nominated March 18th, 2024 You'd think it would make us happy when a kid checks out the same book a zillion times in a row, but actually it just keeps us up at night. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/a-witchs-guide-to-escape-a-practical-compendium-of-portal-fantasies/
179 "Rabbit Test" Mills Samantha 2022 Digital Short Story 7,067 19 Won Won Won March 18th, 2024 It is 2091, and Grace is staring at the rabbit in the corner of her visual overlay. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rabbit-test/
178 "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" Clark P. Djèlí 2018 Digital Short Story 3,656 10 Nominated Won Won March 18th, 2024 The first Negro tooth purchased for George Washington came from a blacksmith, who died that very year at Mount Vernon of the flux. https://firesidefiction.com/the-secret-lives-of-the-nine-negro-teeth-of-george-washington
177 "Cat Pictures Please" Kritzer Naomi 2015 Digital Short Story 3,420 10 Won Nominated Won March 18th, 2024 I don't want to be evil. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/
176 "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" Bolander Brooke 2016 Digital Short Story 1,296 4 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated March 17th, 2024 This is not the story of how he killed me, thank fuck. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/talons-can-crush-galaxies/
175 "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno" Kaftan Vylar 2010 Digital Short Story 2,608 6 Nominated March 17th, 2024 We have a history of missed connections, you and I. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/im-alive-i-love-you/
174 "Mantis Wives" Johnson Kij 2012 The Privilege of the Happy Ending Digital Short Story 960 4 Nominated Nominated March 17th, 2024 Eventually, the mantis women discovered that killing their husbands was not inseparable from the getting of young. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_08_12/
173 "Spar" Johnson Kij 2009 At the Mouth of the River of Bees Digital Short Story 2,150 7 Nominated Won Nominated March 17th, 2024 In the tiny lifeboat, she and the alien fuck endlessly, relentlessly. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_10_09/
172 "Proof by Induction" Iriarte José Pablo 2023 Digital Short Story 6,296 17 Nominated Nominated Nominated March 17th, 2024 Paulie rushes out the elevator doors the moment they part, only to skid to a halt at the sight of his father's wife. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/proof-by-induction/
171 "50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know" Liu Ken 2002 Digital Short Story 1,993 Nominated March 17th, 2024 WHEEP-3 (“Dr. Weep”), probably the most renowned AI AI-critic of the last two decades, was retired by the Shallow Laboratory at Stanford University last Wednesday. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/50-things-every-ai-working-with-humans-should-know/
170 "The Paper Menagerie" Liu Ken 2011 The Paper Menagerie 8 Read Short Story 4,940 15 Won Won Nominated Won March 17th, 2024 One of my earliest memories starts with me sobbing.
169 The Regular Liu Ken 2014 The Paper Menagerie 7 Read Novella, 17,914 55 Nominated Nominated March 15th, 2024 “This is Jasmine,” she says.
168 Dinniman-Dungeon-Crawler-Carl.jpg Dungeon Crawler Carl Dinniman Matt 2020 Dungeon Crawler Carl 1 Audiobook Novel 130,302 446 March 15th, 2024 The transformation occurred at approximately 2:23 AM, Pacific Standard Time.
167 Islington-Echo-of-Things-to-Come.jpg An Echo of Things to Come Islington James 2017 The Licanius Trilogy 2 Audiobook Novel 230,260 745 March 14th, 2024 The morning air was still as Caeden brushed his thumb against the axe's edge, nodding as a fine line of crimson blushed where the skin made contact.
166 "Simulacrum" Liu Ken 2011 The Paper Menagerie 6 Read Short Story 3,415 11 March 13th, 2024 You are already recording? I should start? Okay. Anna was an accident. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/simulacrum/
165 "The Literomancer" Liu Ken 2010 The Paper Menagerie 5 Read Novelette 11,824 38 March 13th, 2024 Lilly Dyer anticipated and also dreaded three o'clock in the afternoon, more than any other moment of the day.
164 LeGuin-Farthest-Shore.jpg The Farthest Shore Le Guin Ursula K. 1972 Earthsea Cycle 3 Read Novel 60,591 259 March 12th, 2024 In the Court of the Fountain the sun of March shone through young leaves of ash and elm, and water leapt and fell through shadow and clear light.
163 Robinson-Red-Mars.jpg Red Mars Robinson Kim Stanley 1992 Mars Trilogy 1 Read Novel 210,374 615 Nominated Won Nominated (SF) March 11th, 2024 Mars was empty before we came.
162 Backman-Man-Called-Ove.jpg A Man Called Ove Backman Fredrik 2012 Audiobook Novel 92,073 360 March 6th, 2024 Ove is fifty-nine.
161 Pullman-Amber-Spyglass.jpg The Amber Spyglass Pullman Philip 2000 His Dark Materials 3 Read Novel 168,640 560 March 3rd, 2024 In a valley shaded with rhododendrons, close to the snow line, where a stream milky with meltwater splashed and where doves and linnets flew among the immense pines, lay a cave, half-hidden by the crag above and the stiff heavy leaves that clustered below.
160 "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience" Roanhorse Rebecca 2017 Digital Short Story 5,782 16 Won Won Nominated Nominated March 1st, 2024 You maintain a menu of a half dozen Experiences on your digital blackboard, but Vision Quest is the one the Tourists choose the most. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
159 "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" Chu John 2022 Digital Novelette 9,886 Nominated Won Won March 1st, 2024 That first video of the flying man goes viral on social media and gets featured on the news. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/if-you-find-yourself-speaking-to-god-address-god-with-the-informal-you/
158 Muir-Deepwater-Bride "The Deepwater Bride" Muir Tamsyn 2015 Digital Novelette 8,453 24 Nominated Nominated February 29th, 2024
157 “It's 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning“ Chiang Ted 2019 Digital Short Story 1,107 4 Nominated February 29th, 2024 Last week, The Times published an article about the long-term results of the Gene Equality Project, the philanthropic effort to bring genetic cognitive enhancements to low-income communities. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/ted-chiang-future-genetic-engineering.html
156 Chambers-Small-Angry-Planet.jpg The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet Chambers Becky 2014 Wayfarers 1 Read Novel 132,587 443 February 28th, 2024 As she woke up in the pod, she remembered three things.
155 Wells-Fugitive-Telemetry.jpg Fugitive Telemetry Wells Martha 2021 The Murderbot Diaries 6 Audiobook Novella 39,169 168 Nominated February 27th, 2024 The dead human was lying on the deck, on their side, half curled around.
154 Pullman-Subtle-Knife.jpg The Subtle Knife Pullman Philip 1997 His Dark Materials 2 Read Novel 109,120 352 February 24th, 2024 Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, “Come on, come on…”
153 Adeyemi-Children-of-Blood-and-Bone.jpg Children of Blood and Bone Adeyemi Tomi 2018 Legacy of Orïsha 1 Audiobook Novel 135,102 531 Nominated (1st) February 23rd, 2024 I try not to think of her. But when I do, I think of rice.
152 "Mr. Death" Harrow Alix E. 2021 Audio Short Story 5,118 14 Nominated Nominated Nominated February 22nd, 2024 I've ferried two hundred and twenty-one souls across the river of death, and I can already tell my two-hundred-and-twenty-second is going to be a real shitkicker. https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/mr-death/
151 Scalzi-Redshirts.jpeg Redshirts Scalzi John 2012 Read Novel 78,214 320 Won Won (SF) February 21st, 2024 From the top of the large boulder he sat on, Ensign Tom Davis looked across the expanse of the cave toward Captain Lucius Abernathy, Science Officer Q'eeng and Chief Engineer Paul West perched on a second, larger boulder, and thought, Well, this sucks.
150 Sanderson-Yumi.jpg Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Sanderson Brandon 2023 Read Novel 115,977 474 February 20th, 2024 The star was particularly bright when the nightmare painter started his rounds.
149 "Good Hunting" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 4 Read Novelette 7,164 23 February 17th, 2024 Night. Half-moon. An occasional hoot from an owl. The merchant and his wife and all the servants had been sent away. https://escapepod.org/2013/05/02/ep394-good-hunting/
148 Wells-Network-Effect.jpg Network Effect Wells Martha 2020 The Murderbot Diaries 5 Read Novel 112,171 350 Won Won Won (SF) February 17th, 2024 I've had clients who thought they needed an absurd level of security.
147 "The Husband Stitch" Machado Carmen Maria 2014 Her Body and Other Parties 1 Read Novelette 7,988 30 Nominated February 16th, 2024 In the beginning, I know I want him before he does. https://granta.com/The-Husband-Stitch/
146 Liu-Three-Body-Problem.jpeg The Three Body Problem Liu Cixen 2008 Rememberance of Earth's Past 1 Read Novel 119,160 400 Won Nominated Nominated (SF) February 15th, 2024 The Red Union had been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade for two days.
145 "The Perfect Match" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 3 Read Short Story 7,494 25 February 12th, 2024 Sai woke to the rousing first movement of Vivaldi's violin concerto in C minor, “Il Sospetto.”
144 Vo-When-the-Tiger.jpg When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain Vo Nghi 2020 Singing Hills Cycle 2 Read Novella 24,088 125 February 12th, 2024 The tavern was little more than a waxed canvas tent, tilted towards the south by the wind that rushed headlong down the mountain.
143 LeGuin-Tombs-of-Atuan.jpg The Tombs of Atuan Le Guin Ursula K. 1971 Earthsea Cycle 2 Read Novel 45,939 212 February 11th, 2024 “Come home, Tenar! Come home!”
142 Wells-Exit-Strategy.jpg Exit Strategy Wells Martha 2018 The Murderbot Diaries 4 Audiobook Novella 35,829 172 February 10th, 2024 When I got back to HaveRatton Station, a bunch of humans tried to kill me.
141 "State Change" Liu Ken 2004 The Paper Menagerie 2 Read Short Story 4,976 16 February 9th, 2024 Every night, before going to bed, Rina checked the refrigerators. https://kenliu.name/stories/state-change/
140 Chiang-Stories.jpeg Stories of Your Life and Others Chiang Ted 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others Book Collection
139 "Liking What You See: A Documentary" Chiang Ted 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others 8 Book Novelette 12,857 38 Nominated February 8th, 2024 I can't believe it. I visited the campus last year, and I didn't hear a word about this.
138 Leckie-Ancillary-Mercy.jpg Ancillary Mercy Leckie Ann 2015 Imperial Radch 3 Book Novel 95,630 330 Nominated Nominated Won (SF) February 8th, 2024 One moment asleep. Awake the next, to the familiar small noises of someone making tea.
137 Wells-Rogue-Protocol.jpg Rogue Protocol Wells Martha 2018 The Murderbot Diaries 3 Audiobook Novella 35,206 158 Nominated February 8th, 2024 I have the worst luck with bot-driven transports.
136 "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" Liu Ken 2012 The Paper Menagerie 1 Read Short Story 2,686 9 Nominated February 6th, 2024 There is no definitive census of all the intelligent species in the universe. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-bookmaking-habits-of-select-species/
135 “Hell Is the Absence of God” Chiang Ted 2001 Stories of Your Life and Others 7 Book Novelette 11,077 32 Won Won Won February 6th, 2024 This is the story of a man named Neil Fisk, and how he came to love God.
134 Chambers-Prayer.jpg A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Chambers Becky 2022 Monk and Robot 2 Read Novella 33,175 152 Nominated Won February 6th, 2024 The thing about fucking off to the woods is that unless you are a very particular, very rare sort of person, it does not take long to understand why people left said woods in the first place.
133 Wells-Artificial-Condition.png Artificial Condition Wells Martha 2018 The Murderbot Diaries 2 Audiobook Novella 32,446 158 Won Nominated Won February 5th, 2024 Secunits don't care about the news.
132 Jemisin-Emergency-Skin.png "Emergency Skin" Jemisin N. K. 2019 Audiobook Novelette 8,995 38 Won Nominated February 4th, 2024
131 Weir-Martian.jpg The Martian Weir Andy 2011 Audiobook Novel 104,588 369 February 4th, 2024 I'm pretty much fucked.
130 Jimenez-Spear.jpg The Spear Cuts Through Water Jimenez Simon 2022 Book Novel 172,363 522 February 3rd, 2024 Before you arrive, you remember your lola, smoking.
129 "The Evolution of Human Science" Chiang Ted 2000 Stories of Your Life and Others 6 Book Short Story 788 4 January 30th, 2024 It has been twenty-five years since a report of original research was last submitted to our editors for publication, making this an appropriate time to revisit the question that was so widely debated then: What is the role of human scientists in an age when the frontiers of scientific inquiry have moved beyond the comprehension of humans?
128 Sanderson-Frugal-Wizard.jpg The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Sanderson Brandon 2023 Book Novel 80,224 399 January 30th, 2024 I came alert, fists raised, an electric jolt of adrenaline surging through me.
127 Colfer-Eternity-Code.jpg The Eternity Code Colfer Eoin 2003 Artemis Fowl 3 Audiobook Novel 66,357 336 January 28th, 2024 Artemis Fowl was almost content.
126 Yang-Black-Tides-of-Heaven.jpg The Black Tides of Heaven Yang Neon 2017 Tensorate 1 Book Novella 40,011 237 Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated January 27th, 2024 Head Abbot Sung of the Grand Monastery did not know it yet, but this night would change the course of all his days.
125 Seventy-two Letters Chiang Ted 2000 Stories of Your Life and Others 5 Book Novella, 17,908 54 Nominated Nominated Nominated January 26th, 2024 When he was a child, Robert's favorite toy was a simple one, a clay doll that could do nothing but walk forward.
124 Leckie-Ancillary-Sword.jpg Ancillary Sword Leckie Ann 2014 Imperial Radch 2 Book Novel 103,051 400 Nominated Nominated Won (SF) January 26th, 2024 “Considering the circumstances, you could use another lieutenant.”
123 Colfer-Arctic-Incident.jpg The Arctic Incident Colfer Eoin 2002 Artemis Fowl 2 Audiobook Novel 58,517 288 January 23rd, 2024 The two Russians huddled around a flaming barrel in a futile attempt to ward off the Arctic chill.
122 Corey-Leviathan-Falls.jpg Leviathan Falls Corey James S. A. 2021 The Expanse 9 Book Novel 163,430 518 Nominated (SF) January 21st, 2024 First there was a man named Winston Duarte. And then there wasn't.
121 Pratchett-Mort.jpg Mort Pratchett Terry 1987 Discworld 4 Audiobook Novel 64,815 295 January 21st, 2024 This is the bright candlelit room where the life-timers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, one for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past.
120 Story of Your Life Chiang Ted 1998 Stories of Your Life and Others 4 Book Novella, 17,816 56 Nominated Won Won January 19th, 2024 Your father is about to ask me the question.
119 Hobb-Assassins-Quest.jpg Assassin's Quest Hobb Robin 1997 The Farseer Trilogy 3 Book Novel 326,830 838 Nominated (FA) January 19th, 2024 I awake every morning with ink on my hands.
118 Novik-Golden-Enclaves.jpeg The Golden Enclaves Novik Naomi 2022 Scholomance Trilogy 3 Book Novel 136,062 407 Nominated (FA) January 16th, 2024 The last thing Orion said to me, the absolute bastard, was El, I love you so much.
117 Colfer-Artemis-Fowl.jpg Artemis Fowl Colfer Eoin 2001 Artemis Fowl 1 Audiobook Novel 56,684 280 January 15th, 2024 How does one describe Artemis Fowl?
116 Sanderson-Tress-of-the-Emerald-Sea.jpg Tress of the Emerald Sea Sanderson Brandon 2023 Read Aloud Novel 110,457 369 January 14th, 2024 In the middle of the ocean, there was a girl who lived upon a rock.
115 Riordon-Son-of-Neptune.jpg The Son of Neptune Riordon Rick 2011 Heroes of Olympus 2 Book Novel 117,160 521 January 13th, 2024 The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy.
114 Tolkein-Hobbit.jpg The Hobbit Tolkein J. R. R. 1937 The Lord of the Rings 0 Audiobook Novel 95,022 354 January 12th, 2024 In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
113 Riordon-Lost-Hero.jpg The Lost Hero Riordon Rick 2011 Heroes of Olympus 1 Book Novel 144,130 576 January 11th, 2024 Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.
112 "Division by Zero" Chiang Ted 1991 Stories of Your Life and Others 3 Book Short Story 5,640 20 Nominated January 6th, 2024 Dividing a number by zero doesn't produce an infinitely large number as an answer. https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/division
111 Vo-Empress.jpg The Empress of Salt and Fortune Vo Nghi 2020 Singing Hills Cycle 1 Read Novella 21,205 121 Won Nominated January 6th, 2024 “Something wants to eat you,” called Almost Brilliant from her perch in a nearby tree, “and I shall not be sorry if it does.”
110 "Understand" Chiang Ted 1991 Stories of Your Life and Others 2 Book Novelette 13,523 42 Nominated January 6th, 2024 A layer of ice; it feels rough against my face, but not cold.
109 Jacques-Redwall.jpg Redwall Jacques Brian 1986 Redwall 1 Audiobook Novel 101,289 351 January 5th, 2024 It was the start of the Summer of the Late Rose.
108 Anders-All-the-Birds.jpg All the Birds in the Sky Anders Charlie Jane 2016 Read Novel 106,365 313 Nominated Won Won (FA) January 5th, 2024 When Patricia was six years old, she found a wounded bird.
107 "Tower of Babylon" Chiang Ted 1990 Stories of Your Life and Others 1 Book Novelette 9,850 28 Nominated Won Nominated January 3rd, 2024 Were the tower to be laid down across the plain of Shinar, it would be two days' journey to walk from one end to the other.
106 Weeks-Blinding-Knife.jpg The Blinding Knife Weeks Brent 2012 Lightbringer 2 Read Novel 257,286 755 January 2nd, 2024 Gavin Guile lay on his back on a narrow skimmer floating in the middle of the sea.
105 "Happily Ever After" Evans Danielle 2018 The Office of Historical Corrections 1 Read Short Story 4,347 December 31st, 2023 When Lyssa was seven, her mother took her to see the movie where the mermaid wants legs, and when it ended Lyssa shook her head and squinted at the prince and said, Why would she leave her family for that? which for years contributed to the prevailing belief that she was sentimental or softhearted, when in fact she just knew a bad trade when she saw one.
104 "Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want" Evans Danielle 2018 The Office of Historical Corrections 5 Read Short Story 4,168 December 31st, 2023 Everyone had heard that the genius artist had gone to some deserted island, to finish a project, or to start a project, or to clear his head, or to get away from some drama.
103 Chambers-Psalm.jpg A Psalm for the Wild-Built Chambers Becky 2021 Monk and Robot 1 Read Novella 34,834 147 Won Nominated Nominated December 30th, 2023 If you ask six different monks the question of which godly domain robot consciousness belongs to, you'll get seven different answers.
102 Leckie-Ancillary-Justice.jpg Ancillary Justice Leckie Ann 2013 Imperial Radch 1 Read Novel 110,345 416 Won Won Won (1st) December 28th, 2023 The body lay naked and facedown, a deathly gray, spatters of blood staining the snow around it.
101 Pratchett-Equal-Rites.jpg Equal Rites Pratchett Terry 1987 Discworld 3 Read Novel 66,990 264 December 25th, 2023 This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer all or any of these questions.
100 Weeks-Black-Prism.jpg The Black Prism Weeks Brent 2010 Lightbringer 1 Read Novel 210,717 678 December 23rd, 2023 Kip crawled toward the battlefield in the darkness, the mist pressing down, blotting out sound, scattering starlight.
99 LeGuin-Forest.jpg The Word for World is Forest Le Guin Ursula K. 1972 Read Novella 40,948 189 Won Nominated Nominated December 19th, 2023 Two pieces of yesterday were in Captain Davidson's mind when he woke, and he lay looking at them in the darkness for a while.
98 Pratchett-Light-Fantastic.jpg The Light Fantastic Pratchett Terry 1986 Discworld 2 Audiobook Novel 60,030 288 December 18th, 2023 The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.
97 Novik-Last-Graduate.jpg The Last Graduate Novik Naomi 2021 Scholomance Trilogy 2 Read Novel 127,947 388 Nominated (FA) December 18th, 2023 Keep far away from Orion Lake.
96 Pratchett-Color-of-Magic.jpg The Color of Magic Pratchett Terry 1983 Discworld 1 Audiobook Novel 60,175 288 December 16th, 2023 In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part...See...Great A'Tuin the turtle comes, swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, hydrogen frost on his ponderous limbs, his huge and ancient shell pocked with meteor craters.
95 Pullman-Golden-Compass.jpg The Golden Compass Pullman Philip 1995 His Dark Materials 1 Read Novel 112,815 416 December 15th, 2023 Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.
94 Adams-Hitchhiker.jpg The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams Douglas 1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 Audiobook Novel 46,333 216 December 13th, 2023 Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
93 Novik-Deadly-Education.jpg A Deadly Education Novik Naomi 2020 Scholomance Trilogy 1 Read Novel 103,403 320 December 11th, 2023 I decided that Orion needed to die after the second time he saved my life.
92 Vandermeer-Authority.jpg Authority VanderMeer Jeff 2014 Southern Reach Trilogy 1 Read Novel 92,771 341 December 11th, 2023 In Control's dreams it is early morning, the sky deep blue with just a twinge of light.
91 Paolini-Murtagh.jpg Murtagh Paolini Christopher 2023 Audiobook Novel 194,232 656 December 6th, 2023
90 Nix-Sabriel.jpg Sabriel Nix Garth 1995 Abhorsen 1 Read Novel 92,513 367 December 2nd, 2023 It was little more than three miles from the Wall into the Old Kingdom, but that was enough.
89 Morgenstern-Night-Circus.jpg The Night Circus Morgenstern Erin 2011 Read Novel 120,937 387 Won (1st) November 25th, 2023 The circus arrives without warning.
88 LeGuin-Earthsea.jpg A Wizard of Earthsea Le Guin Ursula K. 1968 Earthsea Cycle 1 Read Novel 56,533 251 November 23rd, 2023 The Island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards.
87 Corey-Tiamat.jpg Tiamat's Wrath Corey James S. A. 2019 The Expanse 8 Read Novel 164,751 534 November 17th, 2023 Chrisjen Avasarala was dead.
86 Yarros-Iron-Flame.jpg Iron Flame Yarros Rebecca 2023 Fourth Wing 2 Read Novel 252,872 625 November 11th, 2023 Revolution tastes oddly...sweet.
85 Clarke-Piranesi.jpeg Piranesi Clarke Susanna 2020 Read Novel 64,790 247 Nominated Nominated Nominated (FA) November 7th, 2023 When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall I went to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of three Tides.
84 Corey-Persepolis.jpg Persepolis Rising Corey James S. A. 2017 The Expanse 7 Read Novel 169,596 560 November 5th, 2023 Almost three decades had passed since Paolo Cortazár and the breakaway fleet had passed through Laconia gate.
83 Collins-Songbirds.jpg The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Collins Suzanne 2020 The Hunger Games 0 Audiobook Novel 150,442 517 October 27th, 2023 Coriolanus released the fistful of cabbage into the pot of boiling water and swore that one day it would never pass his lips again.
82 Mandel-Station-11.jpg Station 11 Mandel Emily St. John 2014 Read Novel 97,293 333 October 25th, 2023 The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored.
81 Bradbury-Farenheit-451.jpg Farenheit 451 Bradbury Ray 1953 Read Novel 46,118 208 October 23rd, 2023 It was a pleasure to burn.
80 Hobb-Royal-Assassin.jpg Royal Assassin Hobb Robin 1996 Farseer Trilogy 2 Read Novel 254,765 648 Nominated (FA) October 22nd, 2023 Why is it forbidden to write down specific knowledge of the magics?
79 Hobb-Assassins-Apprentice.jpg Assassin's Apprentice Hobb Robin 1995 Farseer Trilogy 1 Read Novel 150,510 392 October 17th, 2023 My pen falters, then falls from my knuckly grip, leaving a worm's trail of ink across Fedwren's paper.
78 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "Bitter Grounds" Gaiman Neil 2003 Fragile Things 10 Read Short Story 7,108 22 October 2023 In every way that counted, I was dead.
77 Muir-Nona.jpg Nona the Ninth Muir Tamsyn 2022 The Locked Tomb 3 Read Novel 157,579 480 Nominated Nominated Nominated (FA) October 2023 Late in the year of nobody she really thought about that much in particular, the person who looked after her pushed the button on the recorder and said, “Start.”
76 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "Closing Time" Gaiman Neil 2003 Fragile Things 8 Read Short Story 4,461 14 Won October 2023 There are still clubs in London. Old ones, and mock-old, with elderly sofas and crackling fireplaces, newspapers, and traditions of speech or of silence, and new clubs, the Groucho and its many knockoffs, where actors and journalists go to be seen, to drink, to enjoy their glowering solitude, or even to talk.
75 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "The Flints of Memory Lane" Gaiman Neil 2003 Fragile Things 7 Read Short Story 1,102 4 October 2023 I like things to be story-shaped.
74 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire" Gaiman Neil 2006 Fragile Things 6 Read Short Story 4,684 16 October 2023 Somewhere in the night, someone was writing.
73 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "October in the Chair" Gaiman Neil 2003 Fragile Things 4 Read Short Story 4,757 16 Won Nominated October 2023 October was in the chair, so it was chilly that evening, and the leaves were red and orange and tumbled from the trees that circled the grove.
72 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg "A Study in Emerald" Gaiman Neil 2003 Fragile Things 2 Read Short Story 7,970 26 Won Won October 2023 It is the immensity, I believe. The hugeness of things below. The darkness of dreams. https://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
71 Wiesel-Night.jpg Night Wiesel Elie 1958 Read Nonfiction 37,918 120 October 2023
70 Muir-Harrow.jpg Harrow the Ninth Muir Tamsyn 2020 The Locked Tomb 2 Read Novel 165,385 512 Nominated Nominated (FA) October 2023 Your room had long ago plunged into near-complete darkness, leaving no distraction from the great rocking thump—thump—thump of body after body flinging itself onto the great mass already coating the hull.
69 Gaiman-Ocean.jpg The Ocean at the End of the Lane Gaiman Neil 2013 Read Novel 53,984 181 Nominated Won (FA) Nominated October 2023 It was only a duckpond, out at the back of the farm.
68 Kuang-Babel.jpg Babel: An Arcane History Kuang R. F. 2022 Read Novel 198,286 556 Won Won (FA) Nominated October 2023 By the time Professor Richard Lovell found his way through Canton's narrow alleys to the faded address in his diary, the boy was the only one in the house left alive.
67 Wells-All-Systems-Red.jpg All Systems Red Wells Martha 2017 The Murderbot Diaries 1 Read Novella 31,128 152 Won Won Won September 2023 I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.
66 Vandermeer-Annihilation.jpg Annihilation VanderMeer Jeff 2014 Southern Reach Trilogy 1 Read Novel 55,855 195 Won Nominated (SF) Nominated September 2023 The tower, which was not supposed to be there, plunges into the earth in a place just before the black pine forest begins to give way to swamp and then the reeds and wind-gnarled trees of the marsh flats.
65 Jemisin-The-City-We-Became.jpg The City We Became Jemisin N. K. 2020 Great Cities Duology 1 Read Novel 131,134 437 Nominated Nominated Won (FA) September 2023 He forgets his own name somewhere in the tunnel to Penn Station.
64 "The City Born Great" Jemisin N. K. 2016 How Long 'Til Black Future Month? 2 Read Short Story 6,286 20 Nominated Nominated September 2023 I sing the city. https://reactormag.com/the-city-born-great-n-k-jemisin-tordotcom-15th-anniversary/
63 Sanderson-Lost-Metal.jpg The Lost Metal Sanderson Brandon 2022 Mistborn 7 Read Novel 164,952 507 September 2023 Wayne knew about beds.
62 Sanderson-Secret-History.jpg Mistborn: Secret History Sanderson Brandon 2016 Read Novella 45,193 240 August 2023 Kelsier burned the Eleventh Metal.
61 Sanderson-Bands-of-Mourning.jpg Bands of Mourning Sanderson Brandon 2016 Mistborn 6 Read Novel 127,456 452 August 2023 “Telsin!” Waxillium hissed as he crept out of the training hut.
60 Schwab-Conjuring-of-Light.jpg A Conjuring of Light Schwab V. E. 2017 Shades of Magic 3 Read Novel 164,643 624 August 2023 Delilah Bard—always a thief, recently a magician, and one day, hopefully, a pirate—was running as fast as she could.
59 Tan-Daughter-of-the-Moon-Goddess.jpg Daughter of the Moon Goddess Tan Sue Lynn 2022 The Celestial Kingdom Duology 1 Read Novel 142,809 503 August 2023 There are many legends about my mother.
58 Sanderson-Shadows-of-Self.jpg Shadows of Self Sanderson Brandon 2015 Mistborn 5 Read Novel 110,019 400 August 2023 Waxillium Ladrian, lawman for hire, swung off his horse and turned to face the saloon.
57 Schwab-Gathering-of-Shadows.jpg A Gathering of Shadows Schwab V. E. 2016 Shades of Magic 2 Read Novel 138,026 512 July 2023 Delilah Bard had a way of finding trouble.
56 Yarros-Fourth-Wing.jpg Fourth Wing Yarros Rebecca 2023 Fourth Wing 1 Read Novel 184,490 528 July 2023 Conscription Day is always the deadliest.
55 Schwab-Darker-Shade-of-Magic.jpg A Darker Shade of Magic Schwab V. E. 2015 Shades of Magic 1 Read Novel 99,285 400 July 2023 Kell wore a very peculiar coat.
54 Corey-Bablyons-Ashes.jpg Babylon's Ashes Corey James S. A. 2016 The Expanse 6 Read Novel 168,113 538 Nominated (SF) July 2023 The rocks had fallen three months ago, and Namono could see some blue in the sky again.
53 Sanderson-Alloy-of-Law.jpg The Alloy of Law Sanderson Brandon 2011 Mistborn 4 Read Novel 94,652 329 July 2023 Wax crept along the ragged fence in a crouch, his boots scraping the dry ground.
52 Kendi-How-to-be-an-Antiracist.jpg How to be an Antiracist Kendi Ibram X. 2019 Read Nonfiction 75,745 305 June 2023 I despised suits and ties.
51 Sanderson-Tress-of-the-Emerald-Sea.jpg Tress of the Emerald Sea Sanderson Brandon 2023 Read Novel 110,457 369 June 2023
50 Perez-Invisible-Women.webp Invisible Women Pérez Caroline Criado2019 Read Nonfiction 116,964 438 Won June 2023 Seeing men as the human default is fundamental to the structure of human society.
49 Brown-Morning-Star.jpg Morning Star Brown Pierce 2016 Red Rising 3 Read Novel 189,950 518 June 2023 I rise into darkness, away from the garden they watered with the blood of my friends.
48 Brown-Golden-Son.jpg Golden Son Brown Pierce 2015 Red Rising 2 Read Novel 165,735 446 June 2023 Once upon a time, a man came from the sky and killed my wife.
47 Muir-Gideon-the-Ninth.jpg Gideon the Ninth Muir Tamsyn 2019 The Locked Tomb 1 Read Novel 142,033 464 Nominated Nominated Won (1st) Nominated June 2023 In the myriadic year of our lord—the ten thousandth year of the King Undying, the kindly Prince of Death!—Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House of the Ninth.
46 Brown-Red-Rising.jpg Red Rising Brown Pierce 2014 Red Rising 1 Read Novel 140,940 382 May 2023 I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
45 Lee-Jade-Legacy.jpg Jade Legacy Lee Fonda 2021 The Green Bone Saga 3 Read Novel 255,571 716 Won (FA) March 2023 The Double Double hotel and casino was an unlikely place to incite revolution.
44 hooks-All-About-Love.jpg All About Love hooks bell 1999 Read Nonfiction 55,907 238 January 2023 When I was a child, it was clear to me that life was not worth living if we did not know love.
43 Zevin-Tomorrow.jpg Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 2022 Read Novel 134,049 401 2022 Before Mazer invented himself as Mazer, he was Samson Mazer, and before he was Samson Mazer, he was Samson Masur—a change of two letters that transformed him from a nice, ostensibly Jewish boy to a Professional Builder of Worlds—and for most of his youth, he was Sam, S.A.M. on the hall of fame of his grandfather's Donkey Kong machine, but mainly Sam.
42 Ross-A-River-Enchanted.jpg A River Enchanted Ross Rebecca 2022 Elements of Cadence 1 Read Novel 135,888 467 2022 It was safest to cross the ocean at night, when the moon and stars shone on the water.
41 Jemisin-Stone-Sky.jpg The Stone Sky Jemisin N. K. 2017 The Broken Earth Trilogy 3 Read Novel 124,120 445 Won Won Won 2022 Time grows short, my love. Let's end with the beginning of the world, shall we?
40 Corey-Nemesis-Games.jpg Nemesis Games Corey James S. A. 2015 The Expanse 5 Read Novel 162,050 544 2022 The twin shipyards of Callisto stood side by side on the hemisphere of the moon that faced permanently away from Jupiter.
39 Riordon-Last-Olympian.gif The Last Olympian Riordon Rick 2009 Percy Jackson 5 Read Novel 96,570 381 2022 The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of my car.
38 Riordon-Battle-of-the-Labyrinth.jpg The Battle of the Labyrinth Riordon Rick 2008 Percy Jackson 4 Read Novel 91,640 361 2022 The last thing I wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school.
37 Riordon-Titans-Curse.jpg The Titan's Curse Riordon Rick 2007 Percy Jackson 3 Read Novel 76,560 312 2022 The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.
36 Riordon-Sea-of-Monsters.jpg The Sea of Monsters Riordon Rick 2006 Percy Jackson 2 Read Novel 69,020 279 2022 My nightmare started like this.
35 Riordon-Lightning-Thief.jpg The Lightning Thief Riordon Rick 2005 Percy Jackson 1 Read Novel 87,290 375 2022 Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.
34 Jemisin-Obelisk-Gate.jpg The Obelisk Gate Jemisin N. K. 2016 The Broken Earth Trilogy 2 Read Novel 115,885 433 Won Nominated Nominated (FA) Nominated 2022 Hmm. No. I'm telling this wrong.
33 Islington-Shadow-of-What-was-Lost.jpg The Shadow of What was Lost Islington James 2014 The Licanius Trilogy 1 Read Novel 221,560 736 2022 Lightning. For a moment the waters of Eryth Mmorg were lit, roiling and churning as though a great knife had plunged deep into the pool's murky heart.
32 Corey-Cibola-Burn.jpg Cibola Burn Corey James S. A. 2014 The Expanse 4 Read Novel 171,604 581 Nominated (SF) 2022 A thousand worlds, Bobbie thought as the tube doors closed.
31 Jemisin-Fifth-Season.jpg The Fifth Season Jemisin N. K. 2015 The Broken Earth Trilogy 1 Read Novel 134,415 498 Won Nominated Nominated (FA) Nominated 2022 Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we?
30 Corey-Abaddons-Gate.jpg Abaddon's Gate Corey James S. A. 2013 The Expanse 3 Read Novel 165,310 566 Won (SF) 2022 Manéo Jung-Espinoza—Néo to his friends back on Ceres Station—huddled in the cockpit of the little ship he'd christened the Y Que.
29 Corey-Calibans-War.jpg Calaban's War Corey James S. A. 2012 The Expanse 2 Read Novel 171,811 605 Nominated (SF) 2022 "Mei?” Miss Carrie said. “Please put your painting work away now. Your mother is here.”
28 MG-TimeWar.jpg This is How You Lose the Time War El-Mohtar & Gladstone Amal & Max 2019 Read Novella 37,365 198 Won Won Won 2022 When Red wins, she stands alone.
27 Weir-Project-Hail-Mary.jpg Project Hail Mary Weir Andy 2021 Read Novel 150,326 476 Nominated 2022 “What's two plus two?”
26 Lee-Jade-War.jpg Jade War Lee Fonda 2019 The Green Bone Saga 2 Read Novel 208,097 590 Nominated (FA) 2022 It was madness to rob the grave of a Green Bone.
25 Kuang-Burning-God.jpg The Burning God Kuang R. F. 2020 The Poppy War Trilogy 3 Read Novel 194,470 622 2021 “We shouldn't be doing this,” Daji said.
24 Abercrombie-Wisdom-of-Crowds.jpg The Wisdom of Crowds Abercrombe Joe 2021 The Age of Madness 3 Read Novel 199,673 528 2021 “You know something, Tunny?” The corporal's lightly bloodshot eyes slid towards Orso. “Your Majesty?” “I must confess to feeling rather pleased with myself.”
23 Lee-Jade-City.jpg Jade City Lee Fonda 2017 The Green Bone Saga 1 Read Novel 168,286 510 Nominated Nominated (FA) Won 2021 The two would-be jade thieves sweated in the kitchen of the Twice Lucky restaurant.
22 Abercrombie-Trouble-With-Peace.jpg The Trouble with Peace Abercrombe Joe 2020 The Age of Madness 2 Read Novel 199,026 512 Nominated (FA) 2021 “I hope no one minds if we dispense with this for now?” Orso tossed his circlet down, gold twinkling in a dusty shaft of spring sunlight as it spun around and around.
21 Kuang-Dragon-Republic.jpg The Dragon Republic Kuang R. F. 2019 The Poppy War Trilogy 2 Read Novel 206,770 658 2021 “Come on,” Mingzha begged. “Please, I want to see.”
20 Herbert-Dune.jpg Dune Herbert Frank 1963 Dune 1 Read Novel 187,240 680 Won 2021 In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.
19 Corey-Leviathan-Wakes.jpg Leviathan Wakes Corey James S. A. 2011 The Expanse 1 Read Novel 166,666 561 Nominated Nominated (SF) 2021 The Scopuli had been taken eight days ago, and Julie Mao was finally ready to be shot.
18 Abercrombie-A-Little-Hatred.jpg A Little Hatred Abercrombe Joe 2019 The Age of Madness 1 Read Novel 182,780 480 2021 'Rikke.' She prised one eye open. A slit of stabbing, sickening brightness.
17 Sanderson-Warbreaker.jpg Warbreaker Sanderson Brandon 2009 Read Novel 196,014 676 2021 It's funny, Vasher thought, how many things begin with my getting thrown into prison.
16 Brooks-World-War-Z.jpg World War Z Brooks Max 2006 Read Novel 120,350 342 2021 The first outbreak I saw was in a remote village that officially had no name.
15 Chernow-Washington-A-Life.jpg Washington: A Life Chernow Ron 2010 Read Nonfiction 416,950 928 2021
14 Flynn-Sharp-Objects.jpg Sharp Objects Flynn Gillian 2006 Read Novel 80,565 254 2021 My sweater was new, stinging red and ugly.
13 Kuang-Poppy-War.jpg The Poppy War Kuang R. F. 2018 The Poppy War Trilogy 1 Read Novel 164,865 530 Nominated Nominated (1st)Nominated 2021 “Take your clothes off.”
12 Rothfuss-Wise-Mans-Fear.jpg The Wise Man's Fear Rothfuss Patrick 2011 The Kingkiller Chronicles 2 Read Novel 397,179 993 Nominated (FA) 2020 Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.
11 Abercrombie-Last-Argument-of-Kings.jpg Last Argument of Kings Abercrombe Joe 2008 The First Law Trilogy 3 Read Novel 234,100 656 2020 Superior Glokta stood in the hall, and waited.
10 Abercrombie-Before-They-are-Hanged.jpg Before They are Hanged Abercrombe Joe 2007 The First Law Trilogy 2 Read Novel 198,300 560 2020 Damn mist.
9 Sanderson-Rhythm-of-War.jpg Rhythm of War Sanderson Brandon 2020 The Stormlight Archive 4 Read Novel 459,629 1230 2020 Of course the Parshendi wanted to play their drums. Of course Gavilar had told them they could. And of course he hadn't thought to warn Navani.
8 Rothfuss-Name-of-the-Wind.jpg The Name of the Wind Rothfuss Patrick 2006 The Kingkiller Chronicles 1 Read Novel 255,986 661 Nominated (1st) 2020 It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.
7 Abercrombie-Blade-Itself.jpg The Blade Itself Abercrombe Joe 2006 The First Law Trilogy 1 Read Novel 191,200 542 Nominated (1st) 2020 Logen plunged through the trees, bare feet slipping and sliding on the wet earth, the slush, the wet pine needles, breath rasping in his chest, blood thumping in his head.
6 Sanderson-Oathbringer.jpg Oathbringer Sanderson Brandon 2017 The Stormlight Archive 3 Read Novel 454,440 1243 2020 Eshonai had always told her sister that she was certain something wonderful lay over the next hill.
5 Sanderson-Words-of-Radiance.jpg Words of Radiance Sanderson Brandon 2014 The Stormlight Archive 2 Read Novel 398,238 1087 2020 Jasnah Kholin pretended to enjoy the party, giving no indication that she intended to have one of the guests killed.
4 Sanderson-Way-of-Kings.jpg The Way of Kings Sanderson Brandon 2010 The Stormlight Archive 1 Read Novel 386,470 1007 2020 Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
3 Sanderson-Hero-of-Ages.jpg The Hero of Ages Sanderson Brandon 2008 Mistborn 3 Read Novel 225,372 767 2020 Marsh struggled to kill himself.
2 Sanderson-Well-of-Ascension.jpg The Well of Ascension Sanderson Brandon 2007 Mistborn 2 Read Novel 244,371 784 2020 The army crept like a dark stain across the horizon.
1 Sanderson-Mistborn.jpg Mistborn Sanderson Brandon 2006 Mistborn 1 Read Novel 210,103 669 2020 Ash fell from the sky.
-4 King-Drawing-of-Three.jpg The Drawing of Three King Stephen 1987 The Dark Tower 2 Book Novel 115,420 512 The gunslinger came awake from a confused dream which seemed to consist of a single image: that of the Sailor in the Tarot deck from which the man in black had dealt (or purported to deal) the gunslinger's own moaning future.
-5 King-Gunslinger.jpg The Gunslinger King Stephen 1982 The Dark Tower 1 Book Novel 56,583 251 The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
-8 Paolini-Inheritance.jpg Inheritance Paolini Christopher 2011 The Inheritance Cycle 4 Audiobook Novel 280,712 860 The dragon Saphira roared, and the soldiers before her quailed.
-9 Paolini-Brisingr.jpg Brisingr Paolini Christopher 2008 The Inheritance Cycle 3 Audiobook Novel 254,629 763 The low mound of coals throbbed like the heart of some giant beast.
-10 Paolini-Eldest.jpg Eldest Paolini Christopher 2005 The Inheritance Cycle 2 Audiobook Novel 213,516 681 The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
-11 Paolini-Eragon.jpg Eragon Paolini Christopher 2002 The Inheritance Cycle 1 Audiobook Novel 157,220 503 Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world.
-12 Rowling-Deathly-Hallows.jpg Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling J. K. 2007 Harry Potter 7 Audiobook Novel 198,227 759 Won (AN) The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.
-13 Rowling-Half-Blood-Prince.jpg Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling J. K. 2005 Harry Potter 6 Audiobook Novel 169,441 652 It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.
-14 Rowling-Order-of-the-Phoenix.jpeg Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling J. K. 2003 Harry Potter 5 Audiobook Novel 257,154 895 The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.
73 Gaiman-Fragile-Things.jpg Fragile Things Gaiman Neil 2003 Read Collection, Won
327 Maas-Assassins-Blade.jpg The Assassin's Blade Maas Sarah J. 2014 Throne of Glass 0 Read Aloud Collection,

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