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It won the 1974 <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novelette" title="Hugo Award for Best Novelette">Hugo Award for Best Novelette</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hugo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hugo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Short_Story" title="Locus Award for Best Short Story">Locus Award for Best Short Story</a>. </p><p>It has been included in the author's <a href="/wiki/Short_story_collection" title="Short story collection">short story collection</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Deathbird_Stories" title="Deathbird Stories">Deathbird Stories</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Deathbird&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story is formatted as a test of sorts, worth three-quarters of some final grade. The action is interrupted at points with test questions, some of which do not make sense. Millions of years ago, "The Mad One", also known as <a href="/wiki/Ialdabaoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ialdabaoth">Ialdabaoth</a> or <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>, took over the earth in a sort of cosmic lawsuit. The original creators left behind one last member of their race, Dira, to tell humans the truth about their god, but the dominant traditions throughout the ages denounce Dira as evil. Now, the world is coming to an end and Nathan Stack, the latest incarnation of a long line of humans going back to <a href="/wiki/Lilith" title="Lilith">Lilith</a>'s husband, is revived by Snake (aka Dira) after spending 250 thousand years in an underground crypt to make the journey to the mountain where God lives. He is the only human capable of confronting him and putting the Earth out of its misery through the summoning of what is referred to as the Deathbird. </p><p>The story also contains a few side plots, presumably about Nathan Stack or previous reincarnations of him. These stories tell of people who have had to make difficult decisions, allowing loved ones to die. In one such story, his mother is partially paralyzed and suffering from cancer which will eventually, slowly and painfully, travel to her heart. She eventually convinces him to inject her with a lethal substance in a hypodermic needle, killing her and ending her pain. 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Nothing But Sex Misspelled</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_that_Shouted_Love_at_the_Heart_of_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World">The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_Against_Tomorrow" title="Alone Against Tomorrow">Alone Against Tomorrow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Approaching_Oblivion" title="Approaching Oblivion">Approaching Oblivion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deathbird_Stories" title="Deathbird Stories">Deathbird Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Doors,_No_Windows" title="No Doors, No Windows">No Doors, No Windows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Wine" title="Strange Wine">Strange Wine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shatterday_(short_story_collection)" title="Shatterday (short story collection)">Shatterday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stalking_the_Nightmare" title="Stalking the Nightmare">Stalking the Nightmare</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angry_Candy" title="Angry Candy">Angry Candy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slippage_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slippage (book)">Slippage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Can_%26_Can%27tankerous" title="Can & Can'tankerous">Can & Can'tankerous</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>”<a href="/wiki/Adrift_Just_Off_the_Islets_of_Langerhans" title="Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans">Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Beast_that_Shouted_Love_at_the_Heart_of_the_World_(short_story)" title="The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (short story)">The Beast that Shouted Love at The Heart of the World</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Croatoan_(Ellison)" title="Croatoan (Ellison)">Croatoan</a>”</li> <li>“<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Deathbird</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Discarded" title="The Discarded">The Discarded</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Dragon_on_the_Bookshelf" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dragon on the Bookshelf">The Dragon on the Bookshelf</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/From_A_to_Z,_in_the_Chocolate_Alphabet" title="From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet">From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Function_of_Dream_Sleep" title="The Function of Dream Sleep">The Function of Dream Sleep</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/How_Interesting:_A_Tiny_Man" title="How Interesting: A Tiny Man">How Interesting: A Tiny Man</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/How%27s_the_Night_Life_on_Cissalda%3F" title="How's the Night Life on Cissalda?">How's the Night Life on Cissalda?</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream" title="I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream">I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Jeffty_Is_Five" title="Jeffty Is Five">Jeffty Is Five</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Paladin_of_the_Lost_Hour" title="Paladin of the Lost Hour">Paladin of the Lost Hour</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Prowler_in_the_City_at_the_Edge_of_the_World" title="The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World">The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/%22Repent,_Harlequin!%22_Said_the_Ticktockman" title=""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman">"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Soldier_from_Tomorrow" title="Soldier from Tomorrow">Soldier from Tomorrow</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/The_Whimper_of_Whipped_Dogs" title="The Whimper of Whipped Dogs">The Whimper of Whipped Dogs</a>”</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Starlost#1:_Phoenix_Without_Ashes" title="The Starlost">Phoenix Without Ashes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mind_Fields" title="Mind Fields">Mind Fields</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television work</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Soldier_(The_Outer_Limits)" title="Soldier (The Outer Limits)">Soldier</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Demon_with_a_Glass_Hand" title="Demon with a Glass Hand">Demon with a Glass Hand</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_City_on_the_Edge_of_Forever" title="The City on the Edge of Forever">The City on the Edge of Forever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paladin_of_the_Lost_Hour" title="Paladin of the Lost Hour">Paladin of the Lost Hour</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gramma_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="Gramma (The Twilight Zone)">Gramma</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_as_a_Soup_Sandwich" title="Crazy as a Soup Sandwich">Crazy as a Soup Sandwich</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_View_from_the_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="A View from the Gallery">A View from the Gallery</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Objects_in_Motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Objects in Motion">Objects in Motion</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Consultant</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5" title="Babylon 5">Babylon 5</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_Gathering" title="Babylon 5: The Gathering">The Gathering</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5:_In_the_Beginning" title="Babylon 5: In the Beginning">In the Beginning</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5:_Thirdspace" title="Babylon 5: Thirdspace">Thirdspace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_River_of_Souls" title="Babylon 5: The River of Souls">The River of Souls</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babylon_5:_A_Call_to_Arms" title="Babylon 5: A Call to Arms">A Call to Arms</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream_(video_game)" title="I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game)">I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Human_Operators" class="mw-redirect" title="The Human Operators">The Human Operators</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Life,_Furnished_in_Early_Poverty" class="mw-redirect" title="One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty">One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shatterday" title="Shatterday">Shatterday</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog_(1975_film)" title="A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)">A Boy and His Dog</a></i> (1975 film)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/List_of_Tales_from_the_Darkside_episodes" title="List of Tales from the Darkside episodes">Djinn, No Chaser</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anthologies edited</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Visions" title="Dangerous Visions">Dangerous Visions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Again,_Dangerous_Visions" title="Again, Dangerous Visions">Again, Dangerous Visions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Medea:_Harlan%27s_World" title="Medea: Harlan's World">Medea: Harlan's World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dangerous_Visions" title="The Last Dangerous Visions">The Last Dangerous Visions</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Memos_from_Purgatory" title="Memos from Purgatory">Memos from Purgatory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glass_Teat" title="The Glass Teat">The Glass Teat & The Other Glass Teat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison%27s_Watching" title="Harlan Ellison's Watching">Harlan Ellison's Watching</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Harlan_Ellison_Hornbook" title="The Harlan Ellison Hornbook">The Harlan Ellison Hornbook</a></i></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="Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novelette" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed 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:Hugo_Award_Best_Novelette" title="Template:Hugo 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Rule_18" title="Rule 18">Rule 18</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1939)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Roads_Must_Roll" title="The Roads Must Roll">The Roads Must Roll</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1941)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Foundation_(Asimov_novel)" title="Foundation (Asimov novel)">Foundation</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1943)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mimsy_Were_the_Borogoves" title="Mimsy Were the Borogoves">Mimsy Were the Borogoves</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Padgett" title="Lewis Padgett">Lewis Padgett</a> (1944)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/First_Contact_(novelette)" title="First Contact (novelette)">First Contact</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Murray_Leinster" title="Murray Leinster">Murray Leinster</a> (1946)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Black_Bag" title="The Little Black Bag">The Little Black Bag</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Cyril_M._Kornbluth" title="Cyril M. Kornbluth">Cyril M. Kornbluth</a> (1951)</li> <li>"Earthman, Come Home" by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a> (1954)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955–1960</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/The_Darfsteller" title="The Darfsteller">The Darfsteller</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Miller_Jr." title="Walter M. Miller Jr.">Walter M. Miller Jr.</a> (1955)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exploration_Team" title="Exploration Team">Exploration Team</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Murray_Leinster" title="Murray Leinster">Murray Leinster</a> (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Time_(novel)" title="The Big Time (novel)">The Big Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1958)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Front_Yard" title="The Big Front Yard">The Big Front Yard</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1967–1980</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/The_Last_Castle_(novella)" title="The Last Castle (novella)">The Last Castle</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Vance" title="Jack Vance">Jack Vance</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gonna_Roll_the_Bones" title="Gonna Roll the Bones">Gonna Roll the Bones</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sharing_of_Flesh" title="The Sharing of Flesh">The Sharing of Flesh</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1969)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Goat_Song_(novelette)" title="Goat Song (novelette)">Goat Song</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Deathbird</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adrift_Just_Off_the_Islets_of_Langerhans" title="Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans">Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Borderland_of_Sol" title="The Borderland of Sol">The Borderland of Sol</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a> (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bicentennial_Man" title="The Bicentennial Man">The Bicentennial Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eyes_of_Amber" title="Eyes of Amber">Eyes of Amber</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Joan_D._Vinge" title="Joan D. Vinge">Joan D. Vinge</a> (1978)</li> <li>"Hunter's Moon" by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1979)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)" title="Sandkings (novelette)">Sandkings</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%">1981–1990</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/The_Cloak_and_the_Staff" title="The Cloak and the Staff">The Cloak and the Staff</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._Dickson" title="Gordon R. Dickson">Gordon R. Dickson</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unicorn_Variation" title="Unicorn Variation">Unicorn Variation</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fire_Watch_(short_story)" title="Fire Watch (short story)">Fire Watch</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_Music_(novel)" title="Blood Music (novel)">Blood Music</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories" title="Bloodchild and Other Stories">Bloodchild</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler" title="Octavia E. Butler">Octavia E. Butler</a> (1985)</li> <li>"Paladin of the Lost Hour" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Permafrost_(story)" title="Permafrost (story)">Permafrost</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gals,_Won%27t_You_Come_Out_Tonight" title="Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight">Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_Kitten" title="Schrödinger's Kitten">Schrödinger's Kitten</a>" by <a href="/wiki/George_Alec_Effinger" title="George Alec Effinger">George Alec Effinger</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Enter_a_Soldier._Later:_Enter_Another" title="Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another">Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</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/Kirinyaga_(novel)" title="Kirinyaga (novel)">The Manamouki</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gold_(short_story)" title="Gold (short story)">Gold</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker_Coup" title="The Nutcracker Coup">The Nutcracker Coup</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Janet_Kagan" title="Janet Kagan">Janet Kagan</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind_(novelette)" title="Georgia on My Mind (novelette)">Georgia on My Mind</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sheffield" title="Charles Sheffield">Charles Sheffield</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Martian_Child" title="The Martian Child">The Martian Child</a>" by <a href="/wiki/David_Gerrold" title="David Gerrold">David Gerrold</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Think_Like_a_Dinosaur" title="Think Like a Dinosaur">Think Like a Dinosaur</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Kelly" title="James Patrick Kelly">James Patrick Kelly</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bicycle_Repairman" title="Bicycle Repairman">Bicycle Repairman</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sterling" title="Bruce Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> (1997)</li> <li>"We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(author)" title="Bill Johnson (author)">Bill Johnson</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Taklamakan_(short_story)" title="Taklamakan (short story)">Taklamakan</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sterling" title="Bruce Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/10%5E16_to_1" title="10^16 to 1">10<sup>16</sup> to 1</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Kelly" title="James Patrick Kelly">James Patrick Kelly</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</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>"Millennium Babies" by <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch" title="Kristine Kathryn Rusch">Kristine Kathryn Rusch</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hell_Is_the_Absence_of_God" title="Hell Is the Absence of God">Hell Is the Absence of God</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_Life_(novelette)" title="Slow Life (novelette)">Slow Life</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Legions_in_Time" title="Legions in Time">Legions in Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Faery_Handbag" title="The Faery Handbag">The Faery Handbag</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Link" title="Kelly Link">Kelly Link</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Hearts_(story)" title="Two Hearts (story)">Two Hearts</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Peter_S._Beagle" title="Peter S. Beagle">Peter S. Beagle</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Djinn%27s_Wife" title="The Djinn's Wife">The Djinn's Wife</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(British_author)" title="Ian McDonald (British author)">Ian McDonald</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_and_the_Alchemist%27s_Gate" title="The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate">The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoggoths_in_Bloom" title="Shoggoths in Bloom">Shoggoths in Bloom</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear" title="Elizabeth Bear">Elizabeth Bear</a> (2009)</li> <li>"The Island" by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Watts_(author)" title="Peter Watts (author)">Peter Watts</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</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>"The Emperor of Mars" by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Steele" title="Allen Steele">Allen Steele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Six_Months,_Three_Days" title="Six Months, Three Days">Six Months, Three Days</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Jane_Anders" title="Charlie Jane Anders">Charlie Jane Anders</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Girl-Thing_Who_Went_Out_for_Sushi" title="The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi">The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Cadigan" title="Pat Cadigan">Pat Cadigan</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lady_Astronaut_of_Mars" title="The Lady Astronaut of Mars">The Lady Astronaut of Mars</a>", by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinette_Kowal" title="Mary Robinette Kowal">Mary Robinette Kowal</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_World_Turned_Upside_Down" title="The Day the World Turned Upside Down">The Day the World Turned Upside Down</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Olde_Heuvelt" title="Thomas Olde Heuvelt">Thomas Olde Heuvelt</a>, translated by Lia Belt (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Folding_Beijing" title="Folding Beijing">Folding Beijing</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Hao_Jingfang" title="Hao Jingfang">Hao Jingfang</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tomato_Thief" title="The Tomato Thief">The Tomato Thief</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">Ursula Vernon</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Bots" title="The Secret Life of Bots">The Secret Life of Bots</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Palmer" title="Suzanne Palmer">Suzanne Palmer</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_at_First_You_Don%27t_Succeed,_Try,_Try_Again" title="If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again">If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Zen_Cho" title="Zen Cho">Zen Cho</a> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Emergency_Skin" title="Emergency Skin">Emergency Skin</a>" by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</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>"Two Truths and a Lie" by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Pinsker" title="Sarah Pinsker">Sarah Pinsker</a> (2021)</li> <li>"Bots of the Lost Ark" by <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Palmer" title="Suzanne Palmer">Suzanne Palmer</a> (2022)</li> <li>"The Space-Time Painter" by <a href="/wiki/Hai_Ya" title="Hai Ya">Hai Ya</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Year_Without_Sunshine" title="The Year Without Sunshine">The Year Without Sunshine</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Kritzer" title="Naomi Kritzer">Naomi Kritzer</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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Terry_Bisson" title="Terry Bisson">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 href="/wiki/Terry_Bisson" title="Terry Bisson">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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