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Finalist for Best Editor Hugo Voter Packet: Selected Stories from Asimov's Magazine
Part of the 2025 Hugo Voter Packet (Best Editor, Short Form nominee).
Contents:
“Death and the Gorgon,” Greg Egan
“Death Benefits,” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Proof of Concept,” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Une Time Machine S’il Vous Plait,” Peter Wood
“Wildest Skies,” Sean Monaghan
“And to Their Shining Palaces Go”, Betsy Aoki
“The Man in the Moon Is a Lady,” Ian Baaske
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea,” Naomi Kritzer
“Turtles to the Sea,” Sandra McDonald
“Yarns,” Susan Palwick
“This Good Lesson Keep,” James Van Pelt
“After the Winter Solstice,” Sean McMullen
“Charon’s Final Passenger,” Ray Nayler
“The Rattler,” Leonid Kaganov (translated by Alex Shvartsman)
“To Eat Your Own Head,” Nkone Chaka
“There’s Nothing in the Attic,” Faith Merino
“A Gray Magic,” Ray Nayler
“An Unplanned Hold,” Zohar Jacobs
“Mere Flesh,” James Maxey
“Sunsets,” Lavie Tidhar
“The Adherence,” Jeffrey Ford
Contents:
“Death and the Gorgon,” Greg Egan
“Death Benefits,” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Proof of Concept,” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Une Time Machine S’il Vous Plait,” Peter Wood
“Wildest Skies,” Sean Monaghan
“And to Their Shining Palaces Go”, Betsy Aoki
“The Man in the Moon Is a Lady,” Ian Baaske
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea,” Naomi Kritzer
“Turtles to the Sea,” Sandra McDonald
“Yarns,” Susan Palwick
“This Good Lesson Keep,” James Van Pelt
“After the Winter Solstice,” Sean McMullen
“Charon’s Final Passenger,” Ray Nayler
“The Rattler,” Leonid Kaganov (translated by Alex Shvartsman)
“To Eat Your Own Head,” Nkone Chaka
“There’s Nothing in the Attic,” Faith Merino
“A Gray Magic,” Ray Nayler
“An Unplanned Hold,” Zohar Jacobs
“Mere Flesh,” James Maxey
“Sunsets,” Lavie Tidhar
“The Adherence,” Jeffrey Ford
414 pages, ebook
Published April 23, 2025
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Sheila Williams
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Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
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