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Awards eligibility – 2023

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2023 was a year when I edited two original anthologies, two Tordocom novellas, eleven of Tor.com’s short stories, and acted as reviews editor for Locus for the 21st consecutive year. As a podcaster, I co-hosted and produced a total of 19 episodes.

Fiction edited in 2023

Anthologies

Novellas

Novelette

  • Here Instead of There, Elizabeth Bear (Communications Breakdown)
  • The Counterworld, James Bradley (Tor.com)
  • What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata, P. Djèlí Clark (The Book of Witches)
  • John Hollowback and the Witch, Amal El Mohtar (The Book of Witches)
  • FORM 8774-D, Alex Irvine (Tor.com)
  • The Witch Is Not the Monster, Alaya Dawn Johnson (The Book of Witches)
  • What It Means to Be a Car, James Patrick Kelly (Tor.com)
  • Less Than, Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Communications Breakdown)
  • The Passing of the Dragon, Ken Liu (Tor.com)
  • Cuttlefish, Anil Menon (Communications Breakdown)
  • At Every Door a Ghost, Mohamed (Communications Breakdown)
  • Company Man, Shiv Ramdas (Communications Breakdown)
  • Detonation Boulevard, Alastair Reynolds (Tor.com)
  • The Luck Thief, Tade Thompson (The Book of Witches)
  • The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com)

Short story

  • What Dreams May Come, C.L. Clark (The Book of Witches)
  • As Wayward Sisters, Hand in Hand, Indrapramit Das (The Book of Witches)
  • Noise Cancellation, S B Divya (Communications Breakdown)
  • Moral Hazard, Cory Doctorow (Communications Breakdown)
  • Orphanage of the Last Breath, Saad Hossain (The Book of Witches)
  • Catechism for Those Who Would Find Witches, Kathleen Jennings (The Book of Witches)
  • Met Swallow, Cassandra Khaw (The Book of Witches)
  • Nameless Here for Evermore, Fonda Lee (The Book of Witches)
  • The Liar, Darcie Little Badger (The Book of Witches)
    Good Spells, Ken Liu (The Book of Witches)
  • The Excommunicates, Ken Macleod (Communications Breakdown)
  • Night Riding, Usman T. Malik (The Book of Witches)
  • My City is Not A Problem, Tim Maughan (Communications Breakdown)
  • Sigh No More, Ian McDonald (Communications Breakdown)
  • Just a Nudge, Maureen McHugh (The Book of Witches)
  • So Spake the Mirrorwitch, Premee Mohammed (The Book of Witches)
  • The Job at the End of the World, Ray Nayler (Tor.com)
  • The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches, Garth Nix (The Book of Witches)
  • The Nine Jars of Nukulu, Tobi Ogundiran (The Book of Witches)
  • Déjà Vue, Tochi Onyebuchi (The Book of Witches)
  • The Academy of Oracular Magic, Miyuki Jane Pinckard (The Book of Witches)
  • In a Cabin, In a Wood, Kelly Robson (The Book of Witches)
  • Through The Woods, Due West, Angela Slatter (The Book of Witches)
  • Her Ravenous Waters, Andrea Stewart (The Book of Witches)
  • The Star-Bear, Michael Swanwick (Tor.com)
  • The Cost of Doing Business, Emily Teng (The Book of Witches)
  • Mask of the Nautilus, Sheree Renee Thomas (The Book of Witches)
  • Salt Water, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Tor.com)
  • The Three O’Clock Dragon, John Wiswell (Tor.com)
  • Witchfires, E. Lily Yu (The Book of Witches)
  • The River and the World Remade, E. Lily Yu (Tor.com)

Editor, Short-Form (Hugos)/Professional Achievement (WFA)

  • Jonathan Strahan (The Book of Witches ; two Tordotcom novellas;  11 Tor.com stories;  Locus [reviews editor]

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2023, Podcasts

Episode 639: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide Roundtable 2023

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For the 2023 instalment of the Very Coode Street Gift Guide, we invited some old friends to share their recommendations of books read in 2023:  Alix E. Harrow (whose very worthy Starling House was a favorite, officially excluded from discussion because of her participation in the episode), award-winning Locus reviewer Ian Mond, and distinguished novelist James Bradley, whose nonfiction Deep Water: The World in the Ocean will be out next year.

The books mentioned during the podcast are listed below.

James Bradley recommended:

  • The Deluge, Stephen Markley
  • Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  • White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
  • Translation State, Ann Leckie
  • Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh

Alix E. Harrow recommended:

  • Menewood, Nicola Griffith
  • The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, Roshani Chokshi
  • He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan
  • The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry
  • Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett

Ian Mond recommended:

  • Conquest, Nina Allan
  • Terrace Stories, Hilary Leichter
  • In Ascension, Martin MacInnes
  • Him, Geoff Ryman
  • I am Homeless if this Is Not My Home, Lorrie Moore

Gary recommended:

  • Mr. Breakfast, Jonathan Carroll
  • The Essential Peter S. Beagle (2 vols.), Peter S. Beagle
  • Airside, Christopher Priest
  • Lost Places,Sarah Pinsker (and also Monstrous Alterations, Christopher Barzak; Jewel Box, E. Lily Yu; & The Privilege of a Happy Ending, Kij Johnson)

Jonathan recommended:

  • The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix
  • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi
  • The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera
  • The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill
  • Hopeland, Ian McDonald
As always, our thanks to Alix, James, and Ian for making time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the podcast and that the guide is of some help at this time of the year.