WSFA Small Press Finalist

I am really geeked to announce that Neil James Husdon's story, The Mytilenian Delay, is a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award. Neil's story first appeared in the Hyperpowers military and space opera anthology published by Third Flatiron Publications.

In his Tangent Online review, Steve Johnson described The Mytilenian Delay as follows:

"The Mytilenian Delay” by Neil James Hudson posits a tradition of blowing up entire inhabited worlds to maintain an Empire. Partly technical, partly traditional, a delay is built into the destruction ritual, to give the Empire time to change its mind. In real life, Mytilene was spared because Athens countermanded the destruct order just in time. Will the Captain spare a possibly-innocent world this time? The twist, when he reaches his decision, is delicious, reminiscent of Eric Frank Russell.”​

Neil and the other finalists will be honored at the WSFA award ceremony on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Capclave (http://www.capclave.org ) the annual Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) convention.  Capclave will be held October 6-8 in Gaithersburg, MD.
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Congratulations to Neil James Hudson and publisher Juliana Rew for this well deserved honor.Hyperpowers
Edited by Bascomb James
Series Editor:  Juliana Rew
Publisher: Third Flatiron Publications
Publication Date:  May 15, 2016
Available at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/630060
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EBBVCZK
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