Well, takes on might have been more accurate…oh well. Because that’s right, R. Jean Mathieu is going to the Nebulas!

For those of you just tuning in at home, the Nebulas are the professional award of science fiction, SF’s version of the Oscars, given each year by our union, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. The Nebulas rival the Hugos for prestige, and this year they’ll be awarded in Woodland Hills, CA on May 31.

Like WorldCon two years ago, I’ll be going for professional reasons, but keeping my eyes open to wonder and strangeness. And in the countdown to May, I have something for you. Here, at Tor.com, is the complete list of Nebula nominations (including the special awards for YA, media, and game design).

Everyone is gonna be issuing their reviews of the novels. Everyone. But you folks know me, you know how I feel about short fiction. So in the leadup to the Nebula Conference, I’ll be reviewing all the short works of SF, all the nominees for Short Story, Novelette, and Novella. When and where able, I’ll link you directly to the story, otherwise, to the Amazon.com or publisher page.

In addition to crowning my choice in each field to win their respective Nebulas, I’ll be rating each story on its merits, measuring in moons from new to full.

Moon Phase:
Courtesy Emoji One

Stay tuned as the reviews for your favorites go live! Which one will win? Which one will I push? You’ll just have to find out.

Short Story
“Give the Family My Love” – A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld)
“The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power” – Karen Osborne (Uncanny)
“And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” – Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons)
“Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” – Nibedita Sen (Nightmare)
“A Catalog of Storms” – Fran Wilde (Uncanny)
“How the Trick Is Done” – A.C. Wise (Uncanny)

Novelette
“A Strange Uncertain Light” – G.V. Anderson (F&SF)
“For He Can Creep” – Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com)
“His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light” – Mimi Mondal (Tor.com)
“The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye” – Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny)
Carpe Glitter – Cat Rambo (Meerkat)
 “The Archronology of Love” – Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed)

Novella
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” – Ted Chiang (Exhalation)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 – P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
This Is How You Lose the Time War – Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Saga)
Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water – Vylar Kaftan (Tor.com Publishing)
The Deep – Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga)
Catfish Lullaby – A.C. Wise (Broken Eye)