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“Theories of Flight”–
short story now online

February 10th, 2019

Asimov’s Reader Award Finalist!

A few months ago, my newest short story “Theories of Flight” appeared in the November/December issue of Asimov’s Magazine. I just learned that this story placed in the top five in the annual Asimov’s reader-award poll. This is the first time a story of mine has received that honor from any magazine. Thank you, to everyone who voted for it! 🙂

Sheila Williams, Asimov’s long-time editor, asked if she could post PDFs of all the top-five stories in each fiction category so they could be easily read for Hugo (and Nebula) consideration. I agreed.

Read it online!
If you didn’t get to read “Theories of Flight” when it first came out, here’s another chance. Click here for the PDF. The story takes place in the world of my novel Memory. If you’ve read that, you’ll want to read this story. And if you read this story, I hope you’ll want to read Memory too.

Finally, if you’re eligible to vote in the Hugos or the Nebulas, I hope you’ll keep “Theories of Flight” in mind as you fill out your ballot. Later on, voting will open up for the Locus awards, and that is open to everyone, so expect another post on my eligible short fiction.

Posted on: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at 8:51 pm
Categories: Short Stories.
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4 Responses to ““Theories of Flight”–
short story now online”

  1. Clyde Says:

    Lovely story. Thank you.
    Now, I must read Memory.

  2. Linda Says:

    Hooray! The tactic worked! 🙂

  3. Keith Frampton Says:

    Already read, and thought it was quite brilliant. Congratulations!

  4. Linda Says:

    🙂 Thank you, Keith!