The Inevitable Awards Post, Best of 2014 Version

Found this summer inside a restroom stall in Knoebel's Amusement Park.

Yep, it’s that time of year. Tell me what you thought the best fantasy and science fiction of 2014 was.

I’m happy to read people’s stories, novelettes, novellas, and novels with an eye towards finding the best fantasy and science fiction of 2014 and nominating for awards. I try to read/nominate/vote for the following: the Hugos, the Locus Awards, the Million Writers Award, the Nebulas, the Tiptree, and the World Fantasy Award. You can send things to me at catrambo AT gmail.com; I prefer in the body of the email or as an .rtf. Please let me know what categories the piece is eligible for; also please don’t send more than one per category, although you’re welcome to send me a list of the overall year’s output, particularly if you’re Campbell eligible.

If you’re interested in what I produced this year, the stories I am pointing people at are short story, English Muffin, Devotion on the Side, and novelette Rappaccini’s Crow.

Here’s the complete list of everything published in 2014:

FICTION RIVER: PAST CRIMES, edited by Kristine Rusch, December, 2014. The Raiders.

SHATTERED SHIELDS, edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, November, 2014. Hoofsore and Weary.

UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 3, edited by Alex Shvartsman, November, 2014. Elections at Villa Encantada.

DAILY SCIENCE FICTION, September, 2014. The Moon and the Mouse.

THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE, August, 2014. Eggs of Stone.

BY FAERIE LIGHT, July, 2014. A Brooch of Bone, A Hint of Tooth.

BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES, July, 2014. Rappacini’s Crow.

DAILY SCIENCE FICTION, June, 2014. English Muffin, Devotion on the Side.

SUPERFICIAL FLESH, Spring, 2014. Can You Hear the Moon?.

ASIMOV’S, March, 2014. All the Pretty Little Mermaids.

CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE, February, 2014. Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable. Audio version.

STAMPS, VAMPS, AND TRAMPS, edited by Shannon Robinson, 2014. Summer Night in Durham.

Patreon stories included: Her Chambered Eyes, Her Windowed Heart; How Dogs Came to the New Continent; Jaco Tours; Laurel Finch, Laurel Finch, Where Do You Wander?; Mirabai the Twice-lived; The Nondescript Bear; and Prairie Dog Town.