Finalist, Best Novella, 2023

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk (opens in a new tab)

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A disgraced magician working as a private eye in 1940s Chicago takes one last case, to find a serial killer, before the devil collects her soul.

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The ballot

Where the Drowned Girls GoSeanan McGuireTordotcomWinner
Into the RiverlandsNghi VoTordotcom
A Mirror MendedAlix E. HarrowTordotcom
OgresAdrian TchaikovskySolaris
What Moves the DeadT. KingfisherTor Nightfire