2025 is almost over, and I managed to get a lot done. Not as much as I would have liked, but there's been some downs this year, so that's to be expected. At the start of the year I set myself a few goals, so now it's time to see how I went. These were …
Tag: Novella
The Strongest in the Forest Digital Downloads
Exciting news everyone; my World of Green and Black novella The Strongest in the Forest is now available to download in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats. These files won't have the illustrations of the online version of the story, but they can be read a lot more easily. They also won't be split in three …
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The Strongest in the Forest pt3
Guess what? The Strongest in the Forest is finally complete on my website! READ IT HERE! or START FROM THE BEGINNING I am so excited that this story has finally gone out into the world. This world is special to me, but it's also always felt a bit far out there, both in terms of …
The Strongest in the Forest pt 1
Time for some exciting news everyone; I'm posting another World of Green and Black novella. And no, this isn't an April Fools joke. This story is set roughly 200 years before the previous novella, Neighbour, and follows the titular young Drid's mentor, the Strongest Strategist of the Forest, as she makes first contact with Humans. …
Hugo Novella Nominees 2021
Novellas are a fun category; they're pretty much novels, but I can get through them quicker. Tor Books's online magazine Tor.com have put out great novellas and in recent years and dominated this category. This is especially noticeable this year, as all six finalists are Tor.com novellas. Tor.com authors are a diverse lot, and Tor.com …
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella Finalists
I was thinking earlier this year that maybe I should cover other awards, after all, the Hugos aren't everything. But doing both the regular and retro Hugos this year has shown me why that is not a good idea; there is so much to review, and so many other things to read. Thankfully all the …
2016 Novellas, Novelettes and Short Stories
Novellas, Novelettes and Short Stories Maybe this post is a bit late. I’ve been quiet lately because I wanted to catch up on some of the best short fiction from last year, and if I stopped to write a review of each story I’d quickly lose all my reading time. And also, I’ve been …
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2016 Hugo Awards: Novellas
Novella Reviews Well, I didn't get to read all the novellas before voting closed. I couldn't read Slow Bullets and The Builders in time, partly because of my poor time management skills, and partly because J. K. Rowling distracted me with a new Harry Potter story. It was still great fun reading them all. All five are novellas …
