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george stewart, samuel delany

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Mar 21, 2026
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Unrelated to the capsule reviews, but I was honored to see Rich Horton nominate some of my ghost stories for “Best Short Story” in the Hugos. I actually did not know they were eligible.1 Anyway I was very touched.

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a month ago · 7 likes · Rich Horton

Also, I don’t have enough to say about this for a capsule review, but I finished Suzy McKee Charnas’s The Vampire Tapestry recently and find myself surprised nobody has adapted it for the screen. There’s a whole story about a vampire going to therapy in there! What gives? (There is a play.)

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