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Nebula Awards Showcase 54
Edited by Nibedita Sen

The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America!

The latest volume of the prestigious anthology series, published annually across six decades! The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published yearly since 1966, reprinting winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). This year’s editor is Nibedita Sen, a Hugo, Nebula, and Astounding Award-nominated writer and editor. This year’s Nebula Award winners include Mary Robinette Kowal, Aliette de Bodard, Brooke Bolander, and Phenderson Djèlí Clark.

Stories and Excerpts by:

Mary Robinette Kowal
Aliette de Bodard
Brooke Bolander
Phenderson Djèlí Clark
José Pablo Iriarte
Lawrence M. Schoen
Andy Duncan
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi
Tina Connolly
Alix E. Harrow
Sarah Pinsker
A. T. Greenblatt

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Nibedita Sen

“It’s Dangerous to Go Alone” by Kate Dollarhyde

“Into the Spider-verse: A Classic Origin Story in Bold New Color” by Brandon O’Brien

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djèlí Clark

“Interview for the End of the World” by Rhett C. Bruno

“And Yet” by A. T. Greenblatt

“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow

“The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker

“The Only Harmless Great Thing” by Brooke Bolander

“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections” by Tina Connolly

“An Agent of Utopia” by Andy Duncan

“The Substance of My Lives, The Accidents of Our Births” by José Pablo Iriarte

“The Rule of Three” by Lawrence M. Schoen

“Messenger” by R.R. Virdi & Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Excerpt: “The Tea Master and the Detective” by Aliette de Bodard

Excerpt: “Fire Ant” by Jonathan P. Brazee

Excerpt: “The Black God’s Drums” by P. Djèlí Clark

Excerpt: “Alice Payne Arrives” by Kate Heartfield

Excerpt: “Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach” by Kelly Robson

Excerpt: “Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries” by Martha Wells

Excerpt: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Biographies