Nebula AwardsThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s 54th Annual Nebula conference (May 16-19) will be held in Los Angeles, and the 2018 Nebula Awards will be announced on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

Today let’s talk about the finalists for Best Novelette and Best Short Story. We’ll talk about other categories in future columns.

Here are the finalists in these categories. Click the links to read our reviews and get the links to the stories:

BEST NOVELETTE:

“An Agent of Utopia” by Andy Duncan , Small Beer PressThe Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander, Tor.com publishing“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections" by Tina Connolly, Tor.com“The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births” by José Pablo Iriarte , Lightspeed“The Rule of Three” by Lawrence M. Schoen, Future SF Digest“Messenger” by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne & R.R. Virdi, LMBPN Publishing

BEST SHORT STORY:

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by P. Djèlí Clark , Fireside Magazine“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“The Court Magician" by Sarah Pinsker, Lightspeed“Interview for the End of the World” by Rhett C. Bruno, Aethon Books“Going Dark” by Richard Fox, Bayonet Books “And Yet” by A. T. Greenblatt, Uncanny

Which stories have you read? Who do you predict will win? Who do you want to win?

Give us your thoughts and predictions in the comments. One random commenter with a USA mailing address will win a book from our stacks.

Good luck to all the finalists!

Author

  • Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds, with us since March, 2011, is the author of the fantasy novella ALUMINUM LEAVES. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies BEYOND THE STARS, THE WAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, STRANGE CALIFORNIA, and in Podcastle, The Noyo River Review, Daily Science Fiction and Flash Fiction Online. She’s retired from 35 years in county government, and spends some of her free time volunteering at a second-hand bookstore in her home town.