I’m chuffed to announce that my novelette, The Deepwater Bride, has been shortlisted for a Nebula Award! I’m in very honourable company – Michael Bishop, Henry Lien, Rose Lemberg, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Pinsker – and the line-up in general is a bunch of heavy hitters. There’s so many stories I’m pleased to see on there, and I’d start listing them if it didn’t mean this post was a trip to Namedrop Café.
This means an enormous amount to me. I’m very proud and happy. I wish there were better statistics on how many New Zealanders have been nominated for the Nebula, because my pitiful research has only come up with Peter Jackson and Karen Healey; this feels doubtful, but if I really am only one of a handful of Kiwis thus far nominated I’ll discharge my duty somehow [she did not discharge her duty]. I’ve already thanked a bunch of people, but I’d like to also give a fervent bro-shake to @paratactician, @byzantienne, @furiroad and @cephiedvariable for their limitless patience as readers.
To underscore my dignified thanks, here’s a couple of furious tomatoes
I have the privilege of my novelette, “The Deepwater Bride”, appearing in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This is obviously awesome in every single way. Check out this beautiful object. Get it in your eyes. I would heartily recommend you also getting it as a physical thing in your life and home (click on the PayPal button if this seems opaque). Editor C.C. Finlay gives a whole bunch of excellent reasons as to why you should, and I want to join my voice in saying that completely apart from reading a thing by me there is a fantastic line-up. I was particularly taken by Rachel Pollack’s Johnny Rev, and on my to-read list went immediately the other stories in her Jack Shade universe. I hadn’t read them at all, and now I want to fix errors made by my incorrect lifestyle. Check out further reviews here:
Martha Burns reviewing @ Tangent
Sam Tomaino reviewing @ SFRevu
Lois Tilton reviewing @Locus Online
I won’t talk too much about Deepwater because I already gave an interview. It really is one of those stories where if I talk about it, I will give away the plot. All I can say is that if you want girls solving Lovecraftian mysteries and finding out the real mystery is… friendship*, Deepwater’s your huckleberry.
*is the real mystery friendship??? read to find out