Nebula Awards Showcase 56
 Cover of first edition | |
| Editor | SFWA, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Lauren Raye Snow (Illustration), Kate Baker (Design), Noah K. Sturdevant (Interior layout) |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nebula Awards Showcase |
| Genre | Science fiction and fantasy |
| Publisher | SFWA, Inc. |
Publication date | December 28, 2024 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paperback (print), ebook |
| Pages | 482 |
| ISBN | 978-1-958243-00-8 |
| Preceded by | Nebula Awards Showcase 55 |
Nebula Awards Showcase #56 is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short works published by SFWA, Inc. covering a selection of Nebula Award winners and nominees presented in 2021. The anthology had been expected to be published in 2021, but was released at the end of 2024.[1] According to the SFWA press release, "this volume represents a change in strategy for the organization that will result in a speed-up of our processes. This and future volumes will be edited by SFWA's own Publications Committee".[1]
Delay
[edit]Most Nebula Awards Showcases follow the pattern of being published the year following the award period (i.e. Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (#42) covers the 2007 Nebula Awards and was published in 2008) with few exceptions.
SFWA expected to release volume 56 by the end of 2021,[2] but the volume was delayed; announced as "nearing completion" on February 17, 2024.[3] The official release was confirmed on December 18, 2024.
Contents
[edit]- Introduction by Cat Rambo
- I. Essay
- "Cerberus is the Family Dog: Adapting Greek Myth in Hades" by Greg Kasavin (Nebula Award for Best Game Writing)
- "The Good Place: Life, Death, and the Meaning of Everything" by Kelly Robson (Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation)
- II. Short Story
- "Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math" by Aimee Picchi (Daily Science Fiction)
- "The Eight-Thousanders" by Jason Sanford (Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "A Guide for Working Breeds" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Solaris)
- "My Country Is a Ghost" by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine)
- "Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots) (Nebula Award Winner)
- III. Novelette
- "Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super" by A. T. Greenblatt (Uncanny Magazine)
- "The Pill" by Meg Elison (PM Press)
- "Shadow Prisons" by Caroline M. Yoachim (Broad Reach Publishing + Adamant Press)
- "Stepsister" by Leah Cypess (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
- "Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com) (Nebula Award Winner)
- "Where You Linger" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Uncanny Magazine)
- IV. Novella
- "Finna" by Nino Cipri (Tor.com)
- "The Four Profound Weaves" by R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
- "Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Aurelia Leo)
- "Ring Shout" by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com) (Nebula award Winner)
- "Riot Baby" by Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com)
- "Tower of Mud and Straw" by Yaroslav Barsukov (Metaphorosis)
- V. Novel
- Network Effect by Martha Wells (Tor.com) (Nebula Award Winner)
- VI. Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction)
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Argyll) (Andre Norton Nebula Award Winner for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction)
- Contributor Biographies
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b SFWA, Inc. (December 18, 2024). "Nebula Awards Showcase 56 is on its way". The Nebula Awards®. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ SFWA Publications Team. "Michi Trota Resigns as SFWA Editor-in-Chief." Announcement at sfwa.org, July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Nebula Awards Showcase 56 nearing completion." Announcement at nebulas.sfwa.org, February 6, 2024.