There have been a bunch of lists of recommendations circulating through the blogosphere, and Tehani Wessely is compiling a list of eligible works.

My few recommendations:

Novel:

Slights, Kaaron Warren

Life Through Cellophane, Gillian Polack

Shadow Queen, Deborah Kalin

(there’s a couple of others I should add to this list, including Liar and Leviathan, but I’ve omitted them for the simple reason that I haven’t read them completely yet.)

Novella/novelette

Wives, Paul Haines

The Message, Andrew J. McKiernan

Horn, Peter M. Ball

Short story

Busking, Jason Fischer

Six Suicides, Deborah Biancotti

The Emancipated Dance, Felicity Dowker

Collection

Slice of Life, Paul Haines

Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti

Grants Pass, ed Amanda Pillar and Jennifer Brozek

Fan Writer

Chuck McKenzie, who has been the backbone of Horrorscope for the last year.

William Atheling Jr

Chuck McKenzie

And of course, the obligatory vanity section of works I have that are eligible:

Short stories:

Narthex, In Bad Dreams 2

An Unkindness of Ravens, Grants Pass.

And I’m also eligible for fan writer for my work with Horrorscope.

Congrats to all of the winners, but I have to send out a special congratulations to Catherynne M. Valente, who is not only an incredibly talented writer, but a hell of a nice person to go along with it.

Cat is a huge inspiration to me.  She is dedicated to her work, to writing things that matter to her, no matter what else other people think.  I really, really admire that.  She’s also freaking gorgeous, but that’s neither here nor there in terms of her writing ability

I’m coming off a couple of nights of much better sleep, thanks to the sprog actually not waking every 1-2 hours at night.  Perversely, I actually feel more tired physically, but my brain is starting to wake up again.  Which leads to one thing and one thing only – I want to write.

I need to try to eke some time out, probably in the evenings, to start work on Never again.  At the very least, I want to continue my series of vignettes exploring the world.  For which I have a sekrit vignette planned, inspired by another amazing artist I know.  Watch this space.