As the July 3 deadline for Hugo Awards voting approaches the Torque Control blog which is the work of the editorial staff of Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association is completing its round up of online reviews of the various short fiction nominees.
Best Novella
• “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress
• “The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay
• “The Tear” by Ian McDonald
• “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow
• “Truth” by Robert Reed
Best Novelette
• “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick
• “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
• “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessell
• “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner
• “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear
Best Short Story
• "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang
• “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson
• “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick
• “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal
• “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by Michael Swanwick