Finalist, Best Novella, 2024

Rose/House

Arkady Martine (opens in a new tab)

128 pages

A house run by an AI holds the secrets of a dead architect, and a detective is sent to investigate a body found there.

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The ballot

ThornhedgeT. KingfisherTor, Titan UKWinner
Mammoths at the GatesNghi VoTordotcomRunner-up
Seeds of MercuryWang Jinkang, translated by Alex WoodendAdventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers
The Mimicking of Known SuccessesMalka OlderTordotcom
Life Does Not Allow Us to MeetHe Xi, translated by Alex WoodendAdventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers