Discover the science fiction and fantasy stories that were good enough to be recommended for the Hugo Awards, but didn't quite make the final ballot. This anthology collects some of the best speculative fiction of the year, offering a diverse range of worlds and ideas from celebrated authors. Explore far-future societies, encounter strange new beings, and journey through magical realms in this showcase of incredible storytelling.
Ann Leckie is the author of the award-winning novel Ancillary Justice. Her work often explores themes of identity and empire within the science fiction genre.
Elizabeth Bear is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author whose stories often explore science fiction and fantasy. You might know her work from The Best of Uncanny, a collection showcasing some of her fantastic short fiction. She's a writer who consistently delivers imaginative and thought-provoking tales.
Ursula Vernon is the author behind the popular collection, The Best of Uncanny. She's a writer whose work often explores fantasy and speculative fiction.
David D. Levine writes engaging science fiction and steampunk, including novels like Mississippi Roll and Mad Science Café. He also curates and contributes to anthologies such as Gears and Levers 1 and The Long List Anthology Volume 2.
Catherynne M. Valente is the author of the Hugo and Nebula nominated The Best of Uncanny. She writes speculative fiction that often blends fairy tales and myth.
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Seanan McGuire won the John W. Campbell award for the best new writer at the 2010 Hugo Awards. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series.
Aliette de Bodard is a French-American speculative fiction writer. She is of French and Vietnamese descent, born in the US, and grew up in Paris. A graduate of École Polytechnique, she works as a software engineer specializing in image processing and is a member of the Written in Blood writers group.
Kai Ashante Wilson is an author whose stories have appeared in collections like "The Long List Anthology Volume 2: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List." Readers often enjoy his unique voice in short fiction.
Usman T. Malik writes science fiction and horror, with his own work including Final Cuts. His stories are also featured in anthologies such as Best of World SF and The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu. He has been recognized in The Long List Anthology series.
Sarah Pinsker writes compelling stories across science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her work has been featured in "The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy," "The Year's Best Dark
Tamsyn Muir is the author of the wildly popular Gideon the Ninth, a book that blends science fiction and fantasy with a healthy dose of dark humor. If you like your space operas with necromancers and sword fights, you'll want to check out her work.
Alyssa Wong is an American writer of speculative fiction, comics, poetry, and games. They're a recipient of the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award.
Wong studied fiction at North Carolina State University, graduating in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts. In July 2018, they were hired by Blizzard Entertainment as a writer on Overwatch. Wong is the writer for Marvel Comics's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic series that began in 2020 and for the 2022 Deadpool series. [source](https://e...
Martin L. Shoemaker writes speculative fiction, including the novel Today I Am Carey and stories featured in The Long List Anthology Volume 2 and Clarkesworld. He is also the author of the technical book Requirements Patterns and Antipatterns.
Nicola Griffith holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University and lives in Seattle (Retrieved 28 July 2022 from https://nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/24/about/).
Megan Grey is an author whose work appears in The Long List Anthology Volume 2. This collection features stories selected from the Hugo Award Nomination List.
