Hey! I am remiss in announcing this news here, but I’ve been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award for my short story “The Dying Season” from Aickman’s Heirs! I was super excited to be included in this book in the first place because Aickman is one of my primary influences and because it is such a terrific book with excellent contributors, edited by Simon Strantzas and published by Mike Kelly over at Undertow Publications. And furthermore, Shirley Jackson is another one of my biggest influences and this is probably the genre award I have most coveted and admired in recent years.
You can see a full list of the nominees here. The awards will be announced on July 10 at Readercon in Massachusetts, but after publishing fiction for 17 years with nary an award nomination in sight, I can truly say that it really is a huge honor just to be nominated.
Lynda E Rucker 