Finalist, Best Novella, 2011
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window
Rachel Swirsky (opens in a new tab)
A sorceress who was killed protecting her queen is summoned as a ghost again and again over the centuries, and sees her world change.
The ballot
- The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsTed ChiangSubterraneanWinner
- TroikaAlastair ReynoldsGodlike Machines, Science Fiction Book ClubRunner-up
- The Sultan of the CloudsGeoffrey A. LandisAsimov’s, September 2010
- The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s BellerophonElizabeth HandStories: All New Tales, William Morrow