Hugo Nominated Shorts, 2019

For the use of my book club, plus whoever else would like a linked list. These are the short stories and novelettes that are up for a Hugo, and also available free online. This year, that’s all but one.

This is the first awards season since I predicted No Print Magazine Will Publish a Hugo-Winning Story Again. Since no print magazine even got a nomination this year, I'm not wrong yet. :) We'll see what future years bring, though. Of note is that one of the nominees isn't available free online! While I didn't specify that as a criteria in my post, it surprises me nonetheless. The whole reason I predicted print magazines are out is because they cannot be shared like online stories can, and thus can't capture enough attention-share. While Bolander's story is online at Tor.com -- the current clearing house for online commercial SF -- I would've thought that the paywall would prevent achieving the number of readers needed to make the nominations. It's a shame I won't get to read it. :(

BEST NOVELETTE

• If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho, Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

• The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly, Tor.com

• Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory, Tor.com

• The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander, Tor.com -  Not Available Free

• The Thing About Ghost Stories by Naomi Kritzer, Uncanny Magazine

• When We Were Starless by Simone Heller, Clarkesworld Magazine

BEST SHORT STORY

• The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker, Lightspeed Magazine

• The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society by T. Kingfisher, Uncanny Magazine

• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djèlí Clark, Fireside Magazine

• STET by Sarah Gailey, Fireside Magazine

• The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meatby Brooke Bolander, Uncanny Magazine

• A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow, Apex Magazine