Finalist, Best Novella, 2017

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 154 pages

A Black hustler in 1920s Harlem delivers an occult book to a woman in Queens, and is drawn into the plans of a rich white man who wants to wake something ancient.

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The ballot

Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuireTor.com publishingWinner
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt BoeKij JohnsonTor.com publishingRunner-up
Penric and the ShamanLois McMaster BujoldSpectrum Literary Agency
A Taste of HoneyKai Ashante WilsonTor.com publishing
This Census-TakerChina MiévilleDel Rey / Picador