{"id":1542,"date":"2008-12-07T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T00:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2008-12-07T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T00:48:44","slug":"creeping-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/12\/07\/creeping-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Creeping to the Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Creeping<\/a><\/p>\n

Much to my own self-satisfaction, the good folk over at Not If You Were the Last Short Story in the World<\/strong> have included my novella “Creeping in Reptile Flesh” (the lead story in the recent collection of the same name, see above) in their LSS International Year’s Best for 2008:<\/p>\n

The Gambler… Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
\nOverkill… Elizabeth Bear (Shadow Unit)
\nRefining Fire… Elizabeth Bear & Emma Bull (Shadow Unit)
\nSeven Ages of the Protagonist… Deborah Biancotti (Scary Food)
\nVirgin… Holly Black (Magic in the Mirrorstone)
\nOh Russia… Simon Brown (2012)
\nNeverland Blues… Adam Browne (Dreaming Again)
\nJimmy… Pat Cadigan (The Del Ray Book of SF\/F)
\nAnda’s Game… Cory Doctorow (The Starry Rift)
\nCrystal Nights… Greg Egan (Interzone #215)
\nAngel Rising… Dirk Flinthart (Twelfth Planet Press)
\nThis is Not My Story… Dirk Flinthart (ASIM #37)
\nThe Hand of a Devil on a String… M.K. Hobson (Shimmer)
\nCreeping in Reptile Flesh… Robert Hood (Creeping in Reptile Flesh)<\/strong>
\n26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss… Kij Johnson (Asimovs)
\nPride and Prometheus… John Kessell (F&SF)
\nThe New York Times at Special Bargain Rates… Stephen King (F&SF)
\nThe Kindness of Strangers… Nancy Kress (Fast Forward 2)
\nThe Erdmann Nexus… Nancy Kress (Asimovs)
\nMachine Maid… Margo Lanagan (Extraordinary Engines)<\/span><\/p>\n

For the full list, go to the LSS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The LSS readers are, of course, certifiably insane, aiming to read as many of the speculative fiction short stories published each year as possible — as well as everything published in Australia.<\/p>\n

But they have impeccable taste, as you can see … at least this time ’round….<\/p>\n

You can buy a copy of Creeping in Reptile Flesh<\/em> here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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