![]() ![]() Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award for novella. Short Story: “ A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2014. Winner of the 2015 Nebula (Andre Norton) award. Novel (collective): Tremontaine, by Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Joel Derfner, Racheline Maltese, Patty Bryant & Paul Witcover. Personal Essay: “Letter to Octavia Butler” in Luminescent Threads, edited by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal. Short Story: “The Subjunctive.” In Feral Youth, edited by Shaun David Hutchinson. ![]() Short Story: “A Hundred Thousand Threads.” In Three Sides of a Heart, edited by Natalie C. Short Story: “The Rules of the Land.” In A Phoenix Must First Burn, edited by Patrice Caldwell. ![]() Personal Essay: “Volviéndome.” In Come On In, edited by Adi Alsaid. Short story: “The Mirages.” Asimov’s, Nov/Dec 2021. In The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe. Novella: “The Memory Librarian” in collaboration with Janelle Monáe. Short Story: “The Witch Is Not the Monster.” In The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Strahan. ![]()
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In this follow-up novel to Alan Cole Is Not a Coward, Eric Bell deftly explores with nuance and humor how the first step to complete self-acceptance may mean actually putting your feet on the dance floor. ![]() ![]() To heartwarming cheer, Alan Cole came out to his school. ![]() ![]() The unsuspecting group is surrounded by cab drivers all determined to get their fare, individually or torn to pieces. The family sets out the next day determined to find a villa with a bathroom. ![]() Gerald's family spends a day house hunting with their hotel manager but does not succeed in finding a villa with a bathroom. Gerald and his family watch with great expectation as the boat approaches the island. Gerald's necessities include a butterfly net, books on natural history, and his dog, Roger. Durrell's protest, the family sets sail for Corfu with only their essentials, which for each member is an assortment of equipment dedicated to their hobby. 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A German visitor, Annagret, encourages Purity to intern in Bolivia for the Sunlight Project, a WikiLeaks-style hacker group headed by the charismatic Andreas Wolf. Purity "Pip" Tyler, the hero of Franzen’s fifth novel ( Freedom, 2010, etc.), is a bright college grad with limited prospects: burdened with student debt, she lives in an Oakland squat, makes cold calls at a go-nowhere job, and can’t stray far from an emotionally needy mom who won’t reveal who her dad is. 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