Finalist, Best Novella, 2019
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
Kelly Robson (opens in a new tab)
A team of scientists from a recovering future Earth goes back to ancient Mesopotamia to survey its rivers, and finds the time travel is not the most dangerous part of the job.
The ballot
- Artificial ConditionMartha WellsTor.com publishingWinner
- The Tea Master and the DetectiveAliette de BodardSubterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary AgencyRunner-up
- Beneath the Sugar SkySeanan McGuireTor.com publishing
- The Black God’s DrumsP. Djèlí ClarkTor.com publishing
- Binti: The Night MasqueradeNnedi OkoraforTor.com publishing