Best Short Story
If the novelette category was difficult, this is even worse. There were hundreds of strong stories published during the year, and a good number of them deserve Hugo attention. Still, there can be only five. The best single short story that I read during the year was Margo Lanagan’s completely remarkable “Singing My Sister Down”. Beyond that you come down to personal favorites. I loved the Rickert and Ford stories, and the Kelly and Pratt are excellent. For what it’s worth, I preferred Tim’s story from Lenox Avenue to the more celebrated “Hart and Boot” (which is excellent too).
- Lanagan, Margo, “Singing My Sister Down”
- Rickert, M., “Cold Fires”
- Ford, Jeffrey, “The Annals of Eelin-Ok”
- Kelly, James Patrick, “The Best Christmas Ever”
- Pratt, Tim, “Life in Stone”