Catherynne M. Valente 2013 Click to get the book: Synopsis From Subterranean Press: From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title’s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where …
Locus Award for Best Novella
“Slow Bullets”
Alastair Reynolds 2015 Click to get the book: Synopsis From Tachyon Publishing: New from the author of the Revelation Space series, an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself. A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at …
“After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall”
Nancy Kress 2012 Click to get the book: Also by Nancy Kress: “Yesterday’s Kin” Synopsis From Tachyon Publishing: In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell. No one knows why the Tesslies attacked in 2014, devastated the environment, and nearly destroyed humanity. Or why the aliens imprisoned twenty-six survivors …
“Yesterday’s Kin”
Nancy Kress 2014 Click to read: Also by Nancy Kress: “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall” Synopsis From Tachyon Publishing: Aliens have landed in New York. A deadly cloud of spores has already infected and killed the inhabitants of two worlds. Now that plague is heading for Earth and threatens humans …
“Every Heart a Doorway”
Seanan McGuire 2016 Click to get the book: Synopsis From Tor.com Publishing: “A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll’s and C. S. Lewis’ classics” —NPR Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the …
“All Systems Red”
Martha Wells 2017 Click to get the book: Synopsis From Tor.com Publishing: Now available in hardcover, All Systems Red is the first entry in Martha Wells’ New York Times and USA Today bestselling science fiction series, The Murderbot Diaries. “As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.” In a corporate-dominated spacefaring …