Tag: short story

  • Hugo Awards: Best Short Story Contenders (1)

    The voting deadline for the Hugos is 6 days away, so I am taking a look at the five finalists on the ballot for Best Short Story. First is John Scalzi’s “The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City: Prologue” (whew). This story is a lot of fun. It is somewhat…

  • The Emperor Crushes a Pearl

    “The First Censor’s Statement” was published by Copperfield Review in 2008, but when they revamped the site recently, they didn’t retain their archives. So I make the story available again here.