Runner-up, Best Novella, 2022
Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky (opens in a new tab)
A princess climbs to the tower of an ancient sorcerer to ask his help against a demon, and he, an anthropologist from Earth, has to decide how much to tell her.
The ballot
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