July 5 —
Multiple-award-winning SF and fantasy author Michael Swanwick, whose novella “Lord Weary’s Empire” is a finalist for both the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Hugo Award, told SCI FI Wire that the story is about Will, a young fey on the run who finds shelter in the subway system beneath the Tower of Babel.
June 28 —
Fantasy author Tim Pratt, whose story “Impossible Dreams” won this year’s Asimov’s Readers’ Award for best short story and is a finalist for the Hugo Award, told SCI FI Wire that the story concerns a guy named Pete, a somewhat undersocialized movie buff who totally lives for cinema.
June 21 —
SF author John Hemry, who won the Analog Analytical Laboratory (“AnLab”) Award this year for best novelette and best short story, told SCI FI Wire that his winning novelette, “Lady Be Good,” is the story of the first officer of an honest but down-on-its-luck tramp space freighter, who has to decide how far to go to keep the Lady going.