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Dear Worlds Without End Readers,

We have a personal message from Science Fiction and Fanytasy Master Kevin J. Anderson and an opportunity to participate in his Kickstarter with some pretty special offers:

Dear Readers,

Many of you know me for the Star Wars or Dune universes. I also have my very fun and popular Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series — like The Naked Gun meets the Addams Family.

Shamble’s next adventure, “Fire in the Hole,” is the cover story of Writers of the Future 39. This was a cool, unique project—the story is inspired by the amazing cover art, and I agreed to write the story before I even saw the painting. After seeing the fire dragon, how in the world was I going to fit a Zombie Detective into THAT? Well, I did—and the result is hilarious.

As a judge for the Writers of the Future Contest, I’m thrilled to present this year’s award-winning stories and stunning illustrations by the best of tomorrow. And for the audiobook, my actor friend Jim Meskimen knocked it out of the park!

More Dan Shamble news: I’m almost finished with the draft of BATS IN THE BELFRY, the new novel. Check out the Kickstarter campaign where I am offering some very special bonus items. You’ll laugh so hard, brains will come out your nose!

Happy reading.

KJA

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The shortlists for the 2022 Kitschies Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle awards have been announced! The Kitschies reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic published in the UK.

RED
TENTACLE

Red Tentacle (Novel)

• Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; translated by Megan McDowell (Granta)
• Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• Twelve Percent Dread by Emily McGovern (Picador)
• The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
• The Last Blade Priest by W.P. Wiles (Angry Robot)

GOLDEN
TENTACLE

Golden Tentacle (Debut)

• Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (Picador)
• When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Hamish Hamilton)
• Brother Alive by Zain Khalid ( Grove Press)
• The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Naylor (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara (Atlantic)

Our congrats to all the nominees. What looks good to you from these lists? As usual, Locus Online has all the details.

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The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2023 Mythopoeic Award. For Adult Literature they are:

• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
• The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
• When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb (Levine Querido)
• Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott (Anchor Books)
• The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (Orion; Morrow)

Our congrats to all the finalists. See Locus online for details on the other categories. Winners will be announced August 5-6, 2023 on Zoom and Discord.

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The L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future: Volume 39 giveaway is over and it’s time to announce our winners! We assigned each entry a number then used a random number generator to pick out five names:

• Zelda Anderson — @zeldander
• Majin — @majinkos
• Melvin — @mevuxa
• Obiwho — @xamexavu
• V. R. Craft — @vrcraftauthor

If you are one of our lucky winners please send your mailing address to “info at worlds without end dot com” so we can get these books in the mail for you!

Many thanks to Galaxy Press for making the contest possible. If you did not win, never fear – L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: Volume 39 was released today and is available now.

Writers of the Future Vol. 39 is out today (May 16!) Find the best new voices and art in science fiction and fantasy In paperback, eBook, and audiobook editions.

AMAZON https://t.co/p959m0b0Bo
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— GalaxyPress (@galaxypress) May 16, 2023

Thank you to everyone who participated in our retweet contest! Until next time, read on.

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The 2022 Nebula Awards were presented this weekend. The best novel winner is:

Babel by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)

Our congrats to R.F. Kuang and all the nominees.

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
• Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
• Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Locus has the full list of winners in all categories.

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The 2023 Aurora Awards finalists have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2022.” The nominees in the Best Novel category are:

• All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay, Penguin Canada
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey
• The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
• The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed, Solaris Books

The Aurora site has the list of finalists in all categories.

Our congrats to all the nominees. What do you think of this list? Anything there look good to you?

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The finalists for the 2023 Locus Awards have been announced. Here they are for the novel categories:

Locus Science Fiction Novel:

• Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (Tor)
• The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky)
• The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris UK)
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf; Picador; HarperCollins Canada)
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
• Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
• Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
• Neom by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
• Eversion by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)

Locus Fantasy Novel:

• The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
• Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
• The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Babel by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
• Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
• Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Locus Horror Novel:

• Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman (Unnamed)
• Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Tor; Hodder & Stoughton)
• Road of Bones by Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s; Titan UK)
• The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland; Wildfire)
• The Fervor by Alma Katsu (Putnam; Titan UK)
• Gwendy’s Final Task by Stephen King & Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance; Hodder & Stoughton)
• What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Nightfire; Hodder & Stoughton)
• No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper (Agora)
• The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)
• Sundial by Catriona Ward (Nightfire; Viper)

Locus Young Adult Book:

• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
• The Scratch Daughters by H.A. Clarke (Erewhon)
• Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn (McElderry; Simon & Schuster UK)
• The Kindred by Alechia Dow (Inkyard)
• Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi (Knopf; Faber & Faber)
• Unraveller by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan; Amulet 1/23)
• Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends)
• Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older (Hyperion)
• An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan (Little by Brown; Orion)

Locus First Novel:

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
• The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas (Berkley)
• The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Tor; Harper Voyager UK)
• The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon)
• The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
• The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
• The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
• How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Morrow; Bloomsbury)
• The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (Tor)

For the complete list of noms in all categories check out the official press release from Locus. Our congratulations to all the nominees!

What do you think of these lists? Any surprises? Any favorites?

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