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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Terry Bisson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bisson in 2009"><img alt="Bisson in 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg/220px-Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg/330px-Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg/440px-Terry_Bisson_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="993" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Bisson in 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Terry Ballantine Bisson<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1942-02-12</span>)</span>February 12, 1942<br /><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville, Kentucky</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">January 10, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-01-10)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Grinnell_College" title="Grinnell College">Grinnell College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">University of Louisville</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Deirdre Holst</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Terry Ballantine Bisson</b> (February 12, 1942 – January 10, 2024) was an American <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> author. He was best known for his <a href="/wiki/Short_stories" class="mw-redirect" title="Short stories">short stories</a>, including "<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>", which won the <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo Award</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award" title="Nebula Award">Nebula Award</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/They%27re_Made_Out_of_Meat" title="They're Made Out of Meat">They're Made Out of Meat</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Terry Ballantine Bisson was born on February 12, 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-Locus2024_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Locus2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville, Kentucky</a>, and raised in <a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro, Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bisson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bisson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While a student at <a href="/wiki/Grinnell_College" title="Grinnell College">Grinnell College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>) in 1961, Bisson was one of a group of students who traveled to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> supporting <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>'s "peace race". Kennedy invited the group to the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> (the first time protesters had ever been so recognized) and they met for several hours with <a href="/wiki/McGeorge_Bundy" title="McGeorge Bundy">McGeorge Bundy</a>. The group received wide press coverage, and this event is regarded as the start of the student peace movement. Over time, they came to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Grinnell_14" title="Grinnell 14">Grinnell 14</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grinnell_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grinnell-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving Grinnell College, Bisson graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">University of Louisville</a> in 1964. He lived "on and off" in New York City for most of the next four decades, before moving to <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, in 2002. He became a "working" writer in 1981. A self-identified member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Left" title="New Left">New Left</a>, he operated Jacobin Books, a "revolutionary" mail-order book service, from 1985 to 1990, in partnership with Judy Jensen.<sup id="cite_ref-bisson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bisson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bisson was married three times. He and his first wife, Deirdre Holst, had three children. His second marriage was to Mary Corey. Bisson married his "longtime companion" Judy Jensen on December 24, 2004; the couple had one daughter, and Bisson was stepfather to Jensen's two children.<sup id="cite_ref-bisson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bisson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, early in his career, Bisson collaborated on several comic book stories with Clark Dimond, and he edited <a href="/wiki/Major_Publications" title="Major Publications">Major Publications</a>' black-and-white <a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror</a>-comics <a href="/wiki/Magazine" title="Magazine">magazine</a> <i>Web of Horror</i>, but left before the fourth issue. </p><p>Bisson's first novel was <i>Wyrldmaker</i>, a science fiction novel influenced by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish's</a> <i>The Seedling Stars</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pk_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His next novel was <i>Talking Man</i> (1986), a fantasy about the titular wizard living in the contemporary American South.<sup id="cite_ref-pk_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, he wrote two three-part <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> adaptations of <i><a href="/wiki/Nine_Princes_in_Amber" title="Nine Princes in Amber">Nine Princes in Amber</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guns_of_Avalon" title="The Guns of Avalon">The Guns of Avalon</a></i>, the first two books in <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny's</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Amber" title="The Chronicles of Amber">Amber</a> series. </p><p>In 1997, after <a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Miller,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter M. Miller, Jr.">Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s</a> death in 1996, Bisson completed Miller's unfinished <i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Leibowitz_and_the_Wild_Horse_Woman" title="Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman">Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman</a></i>, the sequel to Miller's classic 1960 novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz" title="A Canticle for Leibowitz">A Canticle for Leibowitz</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bisson died in the early morning on January 10, 2024, at the age of 81.<sup id="cite_ref-Locus2024_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Locus2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Wyrldmaker</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Man" title="Talking Man">Talking Man</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fire_on_the_Mountain_(Bisson_novel)" title="Fire on the Mountain (Bisson novel)">Fire on the Mountain</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Voyage to the Red Planet</i> (1990)</li> <li><i> Pirates of the Universe</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>The Pickup Artist</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Any Day Now </i>(2012)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Billy</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Billy and the Ants</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Bulldozer</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Talking Plant</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Fairy</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Unicorn</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Spacemen</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Circus Girl</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Magic Midget</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Wizard</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Flying Saucer</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Billy's Book</i> (2009; also appeared as <i>Billy's Picture Book</i> (2010)); as by Terry Bisson and <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Rucker" title="Rudy Rucker">Rudy Rucker</a></li> <li><i>Billy and the Pond Vikings</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Billy and the Time Skateboard</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Billy and the WITHC </i>(2009)</li> <li><i>Billy in Dinosaur City </i>(2009)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Gemini Jack (with Stephanie Spinner)</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Be First in the Universe</i> (2000)</li> <li><i>Expiration Date: Never</i> (2001)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_expanded_universe" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars expanded universe">Star Wars Universe</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Star Wars: Clone Wars</i> <ul><li><i>Star Wars: Boba Fett</i> <ul><li><i>Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Boba Fett: Crossfire</i> (2002)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Adventures_of_Jonny_Quest" title="The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest">The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest</a> (as Brad Quentin)</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Jonny Quest: The Demon of the Deep</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Jonny Quest: Peril in the Peaks</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Jonny Quest: Attack of the Evil Cyber-God</i> (1997)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Novelizations</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Virtuosity" title="Virtuosity">Virtuosity</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)" title="Johnny Mnemonic (film)">Johnny Mnemonic</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Element" title="The Fifth Element">The Fifth Element</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alien_Resurrection" title="Alien Resurrection">Alien Resurrection</a> – The Official Junior Novelization</i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Quest" title="Galaxy Quest">Galaxy Quest</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_6th_Day" title="The 6th Day">The 6th Day</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collections">Collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a> and Other Stories</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories</i> (2000)</li> <li><i>Meucs</i> (French language; 2003)</li> <li><i>Greetings</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Numbers Don't Lie</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>The Left Left Behind</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>TVA Baby and Other Stories</i> (2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chapter_books">Chapter books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chapter books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Dear Abbey </i>(2003)</li> <li><i>Planet of Mystery</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Catch 'Em in the Act</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>TVA Baby</i> (2011)</li> <li><i>The Cockroach Hat</i> (2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fiction">Non-fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Non-fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Car Talk (<a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Ray_Magliozzi" title="Tom and Ray Magliozzi">Tom and Ray Magliozzi</a> with Terry Bisson)" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/Car-Talk-Tom-Magliozzi-1991-03-01/dp/B01FGKWMBI/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1591625004&refinements=p_27%3Athe+Tappet+Brothers%29+Tom+and+Ray+Magliozzi+%28Click+and+Clack&s=books&sr=1-1&text=the+Tappet+Brothers%29+Tom+and+Ray+Magliozzi+%28Click+and+Clack">1991</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nat_Turner" title="Nat Turner">Nat Turner</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i>On a Move: The Story of <a href="/wiki/Mumia_Abu_Jamal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mumia Abu Jamal">Mumia Abu Jamal</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_fiction">Short fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Short fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Short_fiction_series">Short fiction series</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Short fiction series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Wilson Wu and Irving</dt> <dd>collected in <i>Numbers Don't Lie </i>(2001)</dd></dl> <ul><li>"The Hole in the Hole" (1994)</li> <li>"The Edge of the Universe" (1996)</li> <li>"Get Me to the Church on Time" (1998)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Dialogue</dt></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/They%27re_Made_Out_of_Meat" title="They're Made Out of Meat">They're Made Out of Meat</a>" (1991)</li> <li>"Press Ann" (1991)</li> <li>"Next" (1992)</li></ul> <dl><dt>This Month in History</dt></dl> <ul><li>"This Month in History" <i><a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)">Locus</a></i> #519 (2004) - #558 (2007)</li> <li>"This Month in History" <i>Locus</i> #610 (2011) - #642 (2014)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Short_stories">Short stories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Short stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>"Over Flat Mountain" (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>" (1990)</li> <li>"The Two Janets" (1990)</li> <li>"The Coon Suit" (1991)</li> <li>"Carl's Lawn & Garden" (1992)</li> <li>"Two Guys from the Future" (1992)</li> <li>"Are There Any Questions?" (1992)</li> <li>"Canción Autentica de Old Earth" (1992)</li> <li>"Necronauts" (1993)</li> <li>England Underway (1993)</li> <li>"By Permit Only" (1993)</li> <li>"The Toxic Donut" (1993)</li> <li>"The Shadow Knows" (1993)</li> <li>"The Message" (1993)</li> <li>"George" (1993)</li> <li>"Partial People" (1993)</li> <li>"Tell Them They Are All Full of Shit and They Should Fuck Off" (1994)</li> <li>"Dead Man's Curve" (1994)</li> <li>"The Joe Show" (1994)</li> <li>"10:07:24" (1995)</li> <li>"There Are No Dead" (1995)</li> <li>""Hawk" Debate Heats Up" (1996)</li> <li>"In the Upper Room" (1996)</li> <li>"An Office Romance" (1997)</li> <li>"The Reef Builders" (1997) with <a href="/wiki/Karen_Joy_Fowler" title="Karen Joy Fowler">Karen Joy Fowler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maureen_F._McHugh" title="Maureen F. McHugh">Maureen F. McHugh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosaleen_Love" title="Rosaleen Love">Rosaleen Love</a></li> <li>"The Player" (1997)</li> <li>"Incident at Oak Ridge" (1998)</li> <li>"First Fire" (1998)</li> <li>"Not This Virginia" (1999)</li> <li>"Smoother" (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Macs_(short_story)" title="Macs (short story)">macs</a>" (1999); also appeared as: "Macs" (1999)</li> <li>"Pleasantville Monster Project: A Film" (1999)</li> <li>"Lucy" (2000)</li> <li>"He Loved Lucy" (2000)</li> <li>"The Old Rugged Cross" (2001)</li> <li>"A View From the Bridge" (2001)</li> <li>"Charlie's Angels" (2001)</li> <li>"The Hugo Nominee (2002)</li> <li>"OpenClose" (2002)</li> <li>"I Saw the Light" (2002)</li> <li>"Come Dance with Me" (2003)</li> <li>"Dear Abbey" (2003)</li> <li>"Greetings" (2003)</li> <li>"Almost Home" (2003)</li> <li>"Death's Door" (2004)</li> <li>"Robert's Rules of Order" (play, 2004)</li> <li>"Scout's Honor" (2004)</li> <li>"Super 8" (2004)</li> <li>"Special Relativity" (2006)</li> <li>"2+2=5" (2006) with <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Rucker" title="Rudy Rucker">Rudy Rucker</a></li> <li>"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (2006); also appeared as "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" (2011)</li> <li>"Put Up Your Hands" (2006)</li> <li>"Pirates of the Somali Coast" (2007)</li> <li>"BYOB FAQ" (2007)</li> <li>"Captain Ordinary" (2008)</li> <li>"The Stamp" (2008)</li> <li>"Let Their People Go: The Left Left Behind" (2008); also appeared as "The Left Left Behind: "Let Their People Go!"" (2008)</li> <li>"Private Eye" (2008)</li> <li>"Catch 'Em in the Act" (2008)</li> <li>"Planet of Mystery" (2008)</li> <li>"TVA Baby" (2009)</li> <li>"Corona Centurion™ FAQ" (2009); also appeared as "Corona FAQ" (2011)</li> <li>"Farewell Atlantis" (2009)</li> <li>"The Cockroach Hat" (2010)</li> <li>"About It" (2010)</li> <li>"Teen Love Science Club" (2010)</li> <li>"A Special Day" (2011)</li> <li>"Where the Lost Things Are" (2014) with <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Rucker" title="Rudy Rucker">Rudy Rucker</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_studies_and_reviews_of_Bisson's_work"><span id="Critical_studies_and_reviews_of_Bisson.27s_work"></span>Critical studies and reviews of Bisson's work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Critical studies and reviews of Bisson's work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>In the upper room and other likely stories</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSallis,_James2000" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Sallis" title="James Sallis">Sallis, James</a> (Dec 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2000/js0012.htm">"Books"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">F&SF</a></i>. <b>99</b> (6): 32–37.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=F%26SF&rft.atitle=Books&rft.volume=99&rft.issue=6&rft.pages=32-37&rft.date=2000-12&rft.au=Sallis%2C+James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfsite.com%2Ffsf%2F2000%2Fjs0012.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATerry+Bisson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Locus2024-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Locus2024_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Locus2024_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/01/terry-bisson-1942-2024/">"Terry Bisson (1942-2024)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)">Locus</a></i>. 2024-01-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-01-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Locus&rft.atitle=Terry+Bisson+%281942-2024%29&rft.date=2024-01-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flocusmag.com%2F2024%2F01%2Fterry-bisson-1942-2024%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATerry+Bisson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bisson-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bisson_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bisson_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bisson_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBisson2019" class="citation web cs1">Bisson, Terry (11 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terrybisson.com/life-works/">"TERRY BISSON of the UNIVERSE: Life & Works"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TERRY+BISSON+of+the+UNIVERSE%3A+Life+%26+Works&rft.date=2019-04-11&rft.aulast=Bisson&rft.aufirst=Terry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terrybisson.com%2Flife-works%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATerry+Bisson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pk-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pk_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pk_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pk_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Kincaid, "Bisson, Terry (Ballentine)", in <a href="/wiki/David_Pringle" title="David Pringle">David Pringle</a>, <i>St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers</i>. New York, St. James Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1558622055" title="Special:BookSources/1558622055">1558622055</a> (p. 61-2)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-grinnell-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-grinnell_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-09/GrinMagFall2011%20%281%29.pdf">Grinnell Magazine, Fall 2011: The Grinnell 14 Go to Washington</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200204215526/https://www.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-09/GrinMagFall2011%20(1).pdf">Archived</a> 2020-02-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"People and Publishing," <a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)"><i>Locus</i></a>, April 2005, p.8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBisson1997" class="citation web cs1">Bisson, Terry (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terrybisson.com/page4/page4.html">"A CANTICLE FOR MILLER; or, How I Met Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman but not Walter M. Miller, Jr"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+CANTICLE+FOR+MILLER%3B+or%2C+How+I+Met+Saint+Leibowitz+and+the+Wild+Horse+Woman+but+not+Walter+M.+Miller%2C+Jr.&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=Bisson&rft.aufirst=Terry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terrybisson.com%2Fpage4%2Fpage4.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATerry+Bisson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bisson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Terry_Bisson">"Terry Bisson - Summary Bibliography"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-01-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Terry+Bisson+-+Summary+Bibliography&rft.pub=Internet+Speculative+Fiction+Database&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isfdb.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fea.cgi%3FTerry_Bisson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATerry+Bisson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080408140718/http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html">"They're Made Out of Meat"</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived April 8, 2008) a Nebula-nominated short story by Terry Bisson. From <i><a href="/wiki/Omni_(magazine)" title="Omni (magazine)">Omni</a></i>, April 1991</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelswanwick.com/nonfic/bisson.html">Profile of Terry Bisson</a> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a></li> <li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terrybisson.com">Official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/tb.htm">Infinity Plus: Bisson profile</a> (with link to short story "England Underway")</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelswanwick.com/nonfic/bisson.html">1996 Philcon program book: Bisson profile</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/09/Bisson.html"><i>Locus</i> (September 2000): Bisson article</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" 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Butler</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres" title="The Crystal Spheres">The Crystal Spheres</a>" by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fermi_and_Frost" title="Fermi and Frost">Fermi and Frost</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hackers_(anthology)#.22Tangents.22" title="Hackers (anthology)">Tangents</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why_I_Left_Harry%27s_All-Night_Hamburgers" title="Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers">Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Watt-Evans" title="Lawrence Watt-Evans">Lawrence Watt-Evans</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_(short_story)" title="Kirinyaga (short story)">Kirinyaga</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boobs_(short_story)" title="Boobs (short story)">Boobs</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Suzy_McKee_Charnas" title="Suzy McKee Charnas">Suzy McKee Charnas</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>" by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Terry Bisson</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Walk_in_the_Sun_(short_story)" title="A Walk in the Sun (short story)">A Walk in the Sun</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Landis" title="Geoffrey A. Landis">Geoffrey A. Landis</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Even_the_Queen" title="Even the Queen">Even the Queen</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(short_story)" class="mw-redirect" title="Death on the Nile (short story)">Death on the Nile</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/None_So_Blind" title="None So Blind">None So Blind</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_Train" title="The Lincoln Train">The Lincoln Train</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Maureen_F._McHugh" title="Maureen F. McHugh">Maureen F. McHugh</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Soul_Selects_Her_Own_Society" title="The Soul Selects Her Own Society">The Soul Selects Her Own Society</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_43_Antarean_Dynasties" title="The 43 Antarean Dynasties">The 43 Antarean Dynasties</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Very_Pulse_of_the_Machine" title="The Very Pulse of the Machine">The Very Pulse of the Machine</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scherzo_with_Tyrannosaur" title="Scherzo with Tyrannosaur">Scherzo with Tyrannosaur</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Hugo Award for Best Short Story">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Retro_Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story" title="Template:Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story">Retro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story_1955%E2%80%931960" title="Template:Hugo Award Best Short Story 1955–1960">1955–1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story_1961%E2%80%931980" title="Template:Hugo Award Best Short Story 1961–1980">1961–1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story_1981%E2%80%932000" title="Template:Hugo Award Best Short Story 1981–2000">1981–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story_2001%E2%80%932020" title="Template:Hugo Award Best Short Story 2001–2020">2001–2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hugo_Award_Best_Short_Story_2021%E2%80%932040" title="Template:Hugo Award Best Short Story 2021–2040">2021–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Template:Nebula Award for Best Short Story"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Template talk:Nebula Award for Best Short Story"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Nebula Award for Best Short Story"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Nebula Award for Best Short Story">Nebula Award for Best Short Story</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1966–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/%22Repent,_Harlequin!%22_Said_the_Ticktockman" title=""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman">"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Place_(short_story)" title="The Secret Place (short story)">The Secret Place</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Richard_McKenna" title="Richard McKenna">Richard McKenna</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aye,_and_Gomorrah" title="Aye, and Gomorrah">Aye, and Gomorrah</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany" title="Samuel R. Delany">Samuel R. Delany</a> (1968)</li> <li>"The Planners" by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1969)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Passengers_(short_story)" title="Passengers (short story)">Passengers</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_News_from_the_Vatican" title="Good News from the Vatican">Good News from the Vatican</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_It_Changed" title="When It Changed">When It Changed</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_the_Plan_the_Plan_Is_Death" title="Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death">Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_Before_the_Revolution" title="The Day Before the Revolution">The Day Before the Revolution</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Catch_That_Zeppelin!" title="Catch That Zeppelin!">Catch That Zeppelin!</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1976)</li> <li>"A Crowd of Shadows" by <a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Grant" title="Charles L. Grant">Charles L. Grant</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeffty_Is_Five" title="Jeffty Is Five">Jeffty Is Five</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1978)</li> <li>"Stone" by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bryant" title="Edward Bryant">Edward Bryant</a> (1979)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/GiANTS" title="GiANTS">giANTS</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bryant" title="Edward Bryant">Edward Bryant</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Grotto_of_the_Dancing_Deer" title="Grotto of the Dancing Deer">Grotto of the Dancing Deer</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bone_Flute" title="The Bone Flute">The Bone Flute</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Tuttle" title="Lisa Tuttle">Lisa Tuttle</a> (refused, 1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Letter_from_the_Clearys" title="A Letter from the Clearys">A Letter from the Clearys</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1983)</li> <li>"The Peacemaker" by <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Morning_Child" title="Morning Child">Morning Child</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_All_Them_Bright_Stars" title="Out of All Them Bright Stars">Out of All Them Bright Stars</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a> (1986)</li> <li>"Tangents" by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> (1987)</li> <li>"Forever Yours, Anna" by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1988)</li> <li>"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by <a href="/wiki/James_K._Morrow" title="James K. Morrow">James K. Morrow</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ripples_in_the_Dirac_Sea" title="Ripples in the Dirac Sea">Ripples in the Dirac Sea</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Landis" title="Geoffrey A. Landis">Geoffrey A. Landis</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>" by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Terry Bisson</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ma_Qui" title="Ma Qui">Ma Qui</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brennert" title="Alan Brennert">Alan Brennert</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Even_the_Queen" title="Even the Queen">Even the Queen</a>" by Connie Willis (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Graves_(short_story)" title="Graves (short story)">Graves</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1994)</li> <li>"A Defense of the Social Contracts" by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Soukup" title="Martha Soukup">Martha Soukup</a> (1995)</li> <li>"Death and the Librarian" by <a href="/wiki/Esther_Friesner" title="Esther Friesner">Esther Friesner</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Birthday" title="A Birthday">A Birthday</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Esther_Friesner" title="Esther Friesner">Esther Friesner</a> (1997)</li> <li>"Sister Emily's Lightship" by <a href="/wiki/Jane_Yolen" title="Jane Yolen">Jane Yolen</a> (1998)</li> <li>"Thirteen Ways to Water" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Holland_Rogers" title="Bruce Holland Rogers">Bruce Holland Rogers</a> (1999)</li> <li>"The Cost of Doing Business" by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_What" title="Leslie What">Leslie What</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Macs_(short_story)" title="Macs (short story)">macs</a>" by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Terry Bisson</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cure_for_Everything" title="The Cure for Everything">The Cure for Everything</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Severna_Park_(writer)" title="Severna Park (writer)">Severna Park</a> (2002)</li> <li>"Creature" by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Emshwiller" title="Carol Emshwiller">Carol Emshwiller</a> (2003)</li> <li>"What I Didn't See" by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Joy_Fowler" title="Karen Joy Fowler">Karen Joy Fowler</a> (2004)</li> <li>"Coming to Terms" by <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Gunn" title="Eileen Gunn">Eileen Gunn</a> (2005)</li> <li>"I Live With You" by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Emshwiller" title="Carol Emshwiller">Carol Emshwiller</a> (2006)</li> <li>"Echo" by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hand" title="Elizabeth Hand">Elizabeth Hand</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Always_(short_story)" title="Always (short story)">Always</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Joy_Fowler" title="Karen Joy Fowler">Karen Joy Fowler</a> (2008)</li> <li>"Trophy Wives" by <a href="/wiki/Nina_Kiriki_Hoffman" title="Nina Kiriki Hoffman">Nina Kiriki Hoffman</a> (2009)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spar_(short_story)" title="Spar (short story)">Spar</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kij_Johnson" title="Kij Johnson">Kij Johnson</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Interesting:_A_Tiny_Man" title="How Interesting: A Tiny Man">How Interesting: A Tiny Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> / "<a href="/wiki/Ponies_(short_story)" title="Ponies (short story)">Ponies</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kij_Johnson" title="Kij Johnson">Kij Johnson</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Paper_Menagerie" title="The Paper Menagerie">The Paper Menagerie</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Liu" title="Ken Liu">Ken Liu</a> (2012)</li> <li>"Immersion" by <a href="/wiki/Aliette_de_Bodard" title="Aliette de Bodard">Aliette de Bodard</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Were_a_Dinosaur,_My_Love" title="If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love">If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Swirsky" title="Rachel Swirsky">Rachel Swirsky</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jackalope_Wives" title="Jackalope Wives">Jackalope Wives</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">Ursula Vernon</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Daughters_of_Starving_Mothers" title="Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers">Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Wong" title="Alyssa Wong">Alyssa Wong</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seasons_of_Glass_and_Iron" title="Seasons of Glass and Iron">Seasons of Glass and Iron</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Amal_El-Mohtar" title="Amal El-Mohtar">Amal El-Mohtar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_Your_Authentic_Indian_Experience%E2%84%A2" title="Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™">Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Roanhorse" title="Rebecca Roanhorse">Rebecca Roanhorse</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Lives_of_the_Nine_Negro_Teeth_of_George_Washington" title="The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington">The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington</a>" by <a href="/wiki/P._Dj%C3%A8l%C3%AD_Clark" title="P. Djèlí Clark">P. Djèlí Clark</a> (2019)</li> <li>"Give the Family My Love" by <a href="/wiki/A._T._Greenblatt" title="A. T. Greenblatt">A. T. Greenblatt</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Open House on Haunted Hill" by <a href="/wiki/John_Wiswell" title="John Wiswell">John Wiswell</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Oaken_Hearts_Do_Gather" title="Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather">Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Pinsker" title="Sarah Pinsker">Sarah Pinsker</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Test_(short_story)" title="Rabbit Test (short story)">Rabbit Test</a>" by Samantha Mills (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tantie_Merle_and_the_Farmhand_4200" title="Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200">Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200</a>" by <a href="/wiki/R._S._A._Garcia" title="R. S. A. Garcia">R. S. A. Garcia</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Locus_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Locus_Award_Best_Short_Story" title="Template:Locus Award Best Short Story"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Locus_Award_Best_Short_Story" title="Template talk:Locus Award Best Short Story"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Locus_Award_Best_Short_Story" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Locus Award Best Short Story"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Locus_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Locus Award for Best Short Story">Locus Award for Best Short Story</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1971–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Region_Between&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Region Between (page does not exist)">The Region Between</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Queen_of_Air_and_Darkness_(novella)" title="The Queen of Air and Darkness (novella)">The Queen of Air and Darkness</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas" title="The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas">The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Deathbird" title="The Deathbird">The Deathbird</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_Before_the_Revolution" title="The Day Before the Revolution">The Day Before the Revolution</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1975)</li> <li>"Croatoan" by Harlan Ellison (1976)</li> <li>"Tricentennial" by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeffty_Is_Five" title="Jeffty Is Five">Jeffty Is Five</a>" by Harlan Ellison (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Count_the_Clock_that_Tells_the_Time&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Count the Clock that Tells the Time (page does not exist)">Count the Clock that Tells the Time</a>" by Harlan Ellison (1979)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_of_Cross_and_Dragon" title="The Way of Cross and Dragon">The Way of Cross and Dragon</a>" by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Grotto_of_the_Dancing_Deer" title="Grotto of the Dancing Deer">Grotto of the Dancing Deer</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pusher_(short_story)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Pusher (short story) (page does not exist)">The Pusher</a>" by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a> (1982)</li> <li>"Sur" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Beyond_the_Dead_Reef&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beyond the Dead Reef (page does not exist)">Beyond the Dead Reef</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr." title="James Tiptree Jr.">James Tiptree Jr.</a> (1984)</li> <li>"Salvador" by <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Shepard" title="Lucius Shepard">Lucius Shepard</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=With_Virgil_Oddum_at_the_East_Pole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole (page does not exist)">With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole</a>" by Harlan Ellison (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Robot_Dreams_(short_story)" title="Robot Dreams (short story)">Robot Dreams</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1987)</li> <li>"Angel" by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Cadigan" title="Pat Cadigan">Pat Cadigan</a> (1988)</li> <li>"Eidolons" by Harlan Ellison (1989)</li> <li>"Lost Boys" by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bears_Discover_Fire" title="Bears Discover Fire">Bears Discover Fire</a>" by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Terry Bisson</a> (1991)</li> <li>"Buffalo" by <a href="/wiki/John_Kessel" title="John Kessel">John Kessel</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Even_the_Queen" title="Even the Queen">Even the Queen</a>" by Connie Willis (1993)</li> <li>"Close Encounter" by Connie Willis (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/None_So_Blind" title="None So Blind">None So Blind</a>" by Joe Haldeman (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_Train" title="The Lincoln Train">The Lincoln Train</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Maureen_F._McHugh" title="Maureen F. McHugh">Maureen F. McHugh</a> (1996)</li> <li>"Gone" by <a href="/wiki/John_Crowley_(author)" title="John Crowley (author)">John Crowley</a> (1997)</li> <li>"Itsy Bitsy Spider" by <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Kelly" title="James Patrick Kelly">James Patrick Kelly</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Maneki_Neko_(short_story)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maneki Neko (short story) (page does not exist)">Maneki Neko</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sterling" title="Bruce Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Macs_(short_story)" title="Macs (short story)">macs</a>" by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Terry Bisson</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Missing_Mass&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Missing Mass (page does not exist)">The Missing Mass</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Bones_of_the_Earth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Bones of the Earth (page does not exist)">The Bones of the Earth</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (2002)</li> <li>"October in the Chair" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fragile_Things" title="Fragile Things">Closing Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2004)</li> <li>"Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2005)</li> <li>"Sunbird" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_to_Talk_to_Girls_at_Parties" title="How to Talk to Girls at Parties">How to Talk to Girls at Parties</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2007)</li> <li>"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exhalation_(short_story)" title="Exhalation (short story)">Exhalation</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2009)</li> <li>"An Invocation of Incuriosity" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2010)</li> <li>"The Thing About Cassandra" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2011)</li> <li>"The Case of Death and Honey" by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> (2012)</li> <li>"Immersion" by <a href="/wiki/Aliette_de_Bodard" title="Aliette de Bodard">Aliette de Bodard</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Road_of_Needles" title="The Road of Needles">The Road of Needles</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Caitl%C3%ADn_R._Kiernan" title="Caitlín R. Kiernan">Caitlín R. Kiernan</a> (2014)</li> <li>"The Truth About Owls" by <a href="/wiki/Amal_El-Mohtar" title="Amal El-Mohtar">Amal El-Mohtar</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cat_Pictures_Please" title="Cat Pictures Please">Cat Pictures Please</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Kritzer" title="Naomi Kritzer">Naomi Kritzer</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seasons_of_Glass_and_Iron" title="Seasons of Glass and Iron">Seasons of Glass and Iron</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Amal_El-Mohtar" title="Amal El-Mohtar">Amal El-Mohtar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"The Martian Obelisk" by <a href="/wiki/Linda_Nagata" title="Linda Nagata">Linda Nagata</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Lives_of_the_Nine_Negro_Teeth_of_George_Washington" title="The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington">The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington</a>" by <a href="/wiki/P._Dj%C3%A8l%C3%AD_Clark" title="P. Djèlí Clark">P. Djèlí Clark</a> (2019)</li> <li>"The Bookstore at the End of America" by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Jane_Anders" title="Charlie Jane Anders">Charlie Jane Anders</a> (2020)</li> <li>"Little Free Library" by <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Kritzer" title="Naomi Kritzer">Naomi Kritzer</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Oaken_Hearts_Do_Gather" title="Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather">Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Pinsker" title="Sarah Pinsker">Sarah Pinsker</a> (2022)</li> <li>"Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills (2023)</li> <li>"How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" by <a href="/wiki/P._Dj%C3%A8l%C3%AD_Clark" title="P. Djèlí Clark">P. 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