Free Speculative Fiction Online: Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick

Winner of 5 Hugos (and nominated for 17 more).

Winner of one Nebula (and nominated for 14 more).

Winner of one World Fantasy Award (and nominated for 5 more).

(These numbers refer to awards for best novel, novella, novelette and short story only! Other awards, including the Retro Hugos, are not covered)

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Stories currently online:

The Very Pulse of the Machine (Asimov's, February 1998)
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Hugo for Best Short Story 1999.
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The Dog Said Bow-Wow (Asimov's, October 2001)
A sample from this anthology.
Hugo for Best Short Story 2002.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2002.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Nineteenth Edition.
Featured in Hartwell & Cramers’s ‘Year’s Best SF 7’.
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Slow Life (Analog, December 2002)
Hugo for Best Novelette 2003.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twentieth Edition.
Featured in Hartwell & Cramers’s ‘Year’s Best SF 8’.
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Ginungagap (TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980)
A sample from this collection.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1980.
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The Feast of Saint Janis (New Dimensions Anthology #11, 1980)
A sample from this collection.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1980.
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Trojan Horse (Omni, December 1984)
A sample from this collection.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1984.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Second Edition.
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The Edge of the World (Full Spectrum Anthology #2, 1989)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1990.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 1990.
Featured in Datlow et al.’s ‘Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror’, Third Edition.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Seventh Edition.
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The Dead (Starlight Anthology #1, 1996)
Available as part of this magazine.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1997.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1997.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Fourteenth Edition.
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Ancient Engines (Asimov's, February 1999)
Available as part of this magazine.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2000.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1999.
Featured in David Hartwell’s ‘Year’s Best SF 5’.
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"Hello," Said the Stick (Analog, March 2002)
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Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2003.
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A Small Room in Koboldtown (Asimov's, April 2007)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2008.
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Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

With Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann: Touring (Penthouse, April 1981)
A sample from this collection.
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With Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann: Golden Apples of the Sun (Penthouse, March 1984)
A sample from this collection.
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With Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann: The Gods of Mars (Omni, March 1985)
A sample from this collection.
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A Midwinter’s Tale (Asimov's, December 1988)
A sample from this collection.
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Triceratops Summer (Amazon.com, August 2005)
A sample from this anthology.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Third Edition.
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘SF: The Best of the Year 2006’.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF of the Year’, 2005 Edition.
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From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled … (Asimov's, February 2008)
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Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Three.
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Hush and Hark (Drabblecast, October 2008)
Available as part of this magazine.
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Metasciencefiction (Drabblecast, October 2008)
Available as part of this magazine.
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With Eileen Gunn: The Armies of Elfland (Asimov's, April 2009)
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With Eileen Gunn: Zeppelin City (Tor.com, October 2009)
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Four.
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Invisibility for Beginners (Drabblecast, December 2009)
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Spirits in the Night (Abyss & Apex #36, Fourth Quarter 2010)
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Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

With Eileen Gunn: The Trains that Climb the Winter Tree (Tor.com, December 2010)
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The Dala Horse (Tor.com, July 2011)
Alternate link.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Ninth Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Six.
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For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again (Asimov's, August 2011)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Ninth Edition.
Featured in Hartwell & Cramers’s ‘Year’s Best SF 17’.
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The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree (Tor.com, March 2012)
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The Mongolian Wizard (Tor.com, July 2012)
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The Fire Gown (Tor.com, August 2012)
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Day of the Kraken (Tor.com, September 2012)
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The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin (Shadows of the New Sun Anthology, 2013)
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House of Dreams (Tor.com, December 2013)
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Passage of Earth (Clarkesworld #91, April 2014)
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The Night of the Salamander (Tor.com, August 2015)
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The Pyramid of Krakow (Tor.com, September 2015)
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The Phantom in the Maze (Tor.com, December 2015)
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Murder in the Spook House (Tor.com, May 2019)
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The New Prometheus (Tor.com, June 2019)
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Artificial People (Clarkesworld #166, July 2020)
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The Last Days of Old Night (Clarkesworld #171, December 2020)
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Annie Without Crow (Tor.com, April 2021)
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The Star-Bear (Tor.com, June 2023)

Timothy: An Oral History (Clarkesworld #205, October 2023)
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Dragons of Paris (Reactor, October 2024)

Halcyon Afternoon (Reactor, October 2024)

Unquiet Graves (Clarkesworld #218, November 2024)