I drove home from the airport this afternoon after a week at a convention and visiting family, flopped onto the couch with my phone, opened up Facebook and saw a post listing the World Fantasy Award shortlist. To my astonishment and delight, there was my name in the short fiction category! (Some awards give the nominees a heads up before the list comes out, but the WFA does not.)

I’ve never been nominated for a World Fantasy Award before, and this is the first award nomination for this story....