The Long List Anthology Volume 7: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List

by David Steffen, Ken Liu, A.C. Wise

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.

The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 400 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From lonely haunted houses to invincible mechsuits, from body-lending gigwork to Fae ransom letters, from space pirate radio to interstellar disputes over art ownership. There is something here for everyone.

Contents:
* 50 Things Every AI Working With Humans Should Know / Ken Liu
* AirBody / Sameem Siddiqui
* The Eight-Thousanders / Jason Sanford
* Open House On Haunted Hill / John Wiswell
* This is New Gehesran Calling / Rebecca Fraimow
* The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign / Cora Buhlert
* A Being Together Amongst Total Strangers / Arkady Martine
* Sinew and Steel and What They Told / Carrie Vaughn
* My Country Is a Ghost / Eugenia Triantafyllou
* I n This, At Least, We Are Alike / Caitlin Starling
* The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly / Alix E. Harrow
* Sunrise, Sunrise, Sunrise / Lauren Ring
* The Salt Witch / Martha Wells
* Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City / Arula Ratnakar
* Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo / Catherynne M. Valente
* Yellow and the Perception of Reality / Maureen McHugh
* An Important Failure / Rebecca Campbell
* City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat / Usman T. Malik
* If You Take My Meaning / Charlie Jane Anders
* On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa With Gun and Camera / Elizabeth Bear
* A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential / Neon Yang
* The Bahrain Underground Bazaar / Nadia Afifi
* To Sail the Black / A. C. Wise
* Exile's End / Carolyn Ives Gilman

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Science Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

564 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 11, 2022

Reviews

[Iona Sharma]

Lots and lots of good stuff. I got it admittedly for Rebecca Fraimow's "This Is New Gehesran Calling", a story I edited (very lightly) for its first appearance. I still think it's probably the best in this collection, but i liked a lot of the others, especially the John Wiswell and Alix E. Harrow.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

As often happens with anthologies, this had some stories that were a great fit for me, some stories that were ok, and some stories that just weren’t my cup of tea. It’s great to see a wide variety of SFF short fiction out there! The standout story for me in this collection was “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell, but there were several other great stories in this collection. Overall, the content veered a bit more heavily towards horror than my preferences, so overall for me, this was 3 stars.

[Joseph K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wide range of good stories

This book contained a range of good stories. Some I enjoyed more than others, but all were well written and filled with interesting characters and locations. I recommend this book.

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. A good collection: some really good works, but a larger-than-average proportion of stories that just didn’t work for me

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent collection of stories! Some were truly outstanding!

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mix of genres, some stories more my cup of tea than others.