Aurora short-form ballot

Quandaries, quandaries! Who to vote for? Here are the nominees for the Aurora Award for Best Short-Form Work in English this year:

"Falling" by David Clink (On Spec)

"Saturn in G Minor" by Stephen Kotowych (Writers of the Future XXIII)

"Metamorphoses in Amber" by Tony Pi (Abyss & Apex)

"The Dancer at the Red Door" by Douglas Smith (Under Cover of Darkness)

"Like Water in the Desert" by Hayden Trenholm (Challenging Destiny)

Steve, Tony, Doug, and Hayden are all former writing students of mine -- and Dave is my brother-in-law!

Congratulations to them all!

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