Second paragraph of third story ("Non-Zero Probabilities", by N.K. Jemisin): Then she starts the trip to work. She doesn't bike, though she owns one. A next-door neighbor broke an arm when her bike's front wheel came off in mid-pedal. Could've been anything. Just an accident. But still.
I wrote some of these up at the time for the Hugos ( novellas, ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third story: Maggie and Feng tried to wedge me between them, to keep Joe from noticing the shakes and twitches running in trails over my body. But even through my buzz, I could still count.
A short collection of short vampire stories by the late and much-missed Eugie Foster, each of which managed to cast the concept of vampires ( Read more... )

...some folks do indeed look at me funny when I tell them about having a pet skunk, even after I assure them that yes, he was descented.   But most people, the ones who share with me the conviction that a house isn't a home unless it's got someone four-legged and furry in it, just smile and let me ramble on.   Hobkin enriched my life and reminded ( Read more... )

When I was a little girl, I thought my mother’s name was Yuki, which means snow. That was part of her name, but I didn’t learn the rest of it until the night my father died.
I've known Eugie Foster online for maybe ten years now, but shamefully haven't read much of her actual work, apart from her Nebula-winning story "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, ( Read more... )

Here are my votes for the Best Novelette category, in reverse order ( Read more... )