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James Patrick Kelly

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“10¹⁶ to 1” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1999

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2000 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 2000 — novelette — 17th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — novelette — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Secret History of Science Fiction, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Tachyon Publications 2009

• The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2005

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

“Afterlife” • short fiction • Asimov's mid-Dec 1989

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 5th place

“All I Want for Christmas” (by Robert Frazier & JPK) • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2001

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2002 — poem — 4th place

“Barry Westphall Crashes the Singularity” • Infinite Matrix (online) Sep 30 2002

anthologies:

• Beyond Singularity, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2005

“Bernardo's House” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2003

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2004 — novelette — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2004 — second place

• Locus Awards 2004 — novelette — 29th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — novelette — 3rd place

• Seiun Awards 2006 — translated short form — nomination

anthologies:

• Science Fiction: The Best of 2003, ed. Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan, ibooks 2004

“The Best Christmas Ever” • short fiction • Sci Fiction 26 May 2004

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2005 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 2005 — short story — 10th place

anthologies:

• Season of Wonder, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2012

• Science Fiction: The Best of 2004, ed. Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan, ibooks 2005

“Big Guy” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1994

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1995 — long list

• Locus Awards 1995 — short story — 23rd place

“The Biggest”

anthologies:

• Superheroes, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2013

“Breakaway, Backdown” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1996

awards:

• Locus Awards 1997 — short story — 17th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1997 — short story — 10th place

• HOMer Awards 1997 — short story — nomination

anthologies:

• Year’s Best SF 2, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism 1997

“Burn” • Tachyon Publications

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2008, ed. Ben Bova, Penguin/Roc 2008

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2006

Burn • novella • Tachyon Publications, 2005

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2006 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2007 — novella — winner

• Locus Awards 2006 — novella — 5th place

• Italia Awards 2009 — international novel — winner

“Candy Art” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2002

awards:

• Locus Awards 2003 — short story — 14th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — short story — 5th place

“Chemistry” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1993

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1994 — short list

• Locus Awards 1994 — novelette — 19th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1994 — novelette — 10th place (tie)

“The Chimp of the Popes”

anthologies:

• The Book of Silverberg, ed. Gardner Dozois & William K. Schafer, Subterranean Press 2014

“Christmas Father” (by Robert Frazier & JPK) • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1991

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1992 — poem — 4th place (tie)

“Crow” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1984

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — short story — 30th place

“Daemon” • short fiction • F&SF Nov 1987

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — short story — 20th place

“Dancing with the Chairs” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1989

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1990 — honorable mention

“The Dark Side of Town” • Asimov's Apr/May 2004

anthologies:

• Year’s Best SF 10, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2005

“Death Therapy” • F&SF Jul 1978

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 8, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1979

“Declaration” • short fiction • Rip-Off!, 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novelette — 29th place

Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (JPK & John Kessel, eds.) • anthology • Tachyon Publications, 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — anthology — 15th place

“Dividing the Sustain” • short fiction • The New Space Opera, 2007

awards:

• Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2008 — short fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2007

“Don't Stop” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2007

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2009 — short story — nomination

“A Dragon's Yuletide Shopping List” (by Robert Frazier & JPK) • short fiction • Asimov's Nov 1990

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — poem — winner

“Eating the Mystery” (by Robert Frazier & JPK) • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1998

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — poem — 10th place

“The Edge of Nowhere” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2005

awards:

• Locus Awards 2006 — novelette — 20th place (tie)

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2006 — novelette — 4th place (tie)

anthologies:

• Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Wildside Press/Prime Books 2006

• Year’s Best SF 11, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2006

“Embot's Lament” • short fiction • Asimov's Nov/Dec 2023

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2024 — short story — 3rd place

“Faith” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1989

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1990 — honorable mention

• Locus Awards 1990 — novelette — 31st place

“The Fear That Men Call Courage” • short fiction • F&SF Sep 1980

awards:

• Locus Awards 1981 — short story — 20th place

“Feel the Zaz” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2000

awards:

• Locus Awards 2001 — novelette — 14th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2001 — novelette — 5th place (tie)

• HOMer Awards 2001 — novelette — nomination

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology (JPK & John Kessel, eds.) • anthology • Tachyon Publications, 2006

awards:

• Locus Awards 2007 — anthology — 9th place

“The First Law of Thermodynamics” • short fiction • Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology, 1996

awards:

• Locus Awards 1997 — novelette — 12th place

“Freedom Beach” (by John Kessel & JPK) • short fiction • F&SF Aug 1984

awards:

• Locus Awards 1985 — novelette — 12th place

Freedom Beach (by JPK & John Kessel) • novel • Bluejay, 1985

citations:

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

“Friend” (by JPK & John Kessel) • F&SF Jan 1984

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1985

“Fruitcake Theory” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1998

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — short story — 7th place

“Glass Cloud” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1987

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — novella — 6th place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1988

“Going Deep” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2009

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2010 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 2010 — short story — 5th place

anthologies:

• The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011, ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Tor 2011

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2010

“Grace's Family”

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2019 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2019

“Heroics” • short fiction • Asimov's Nov 1987

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1988 — honorable mention

• Locus Awards 1988 — short story — 27th place

“Home Front” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1988

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — short story — 20th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1989 — short story — 9th place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1989

“In Memory of” • Universe 12, 1982

anthologies:

• Universe 12, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1982

“Itsy Bitsy Spider” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1997

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1998 — short story — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1998 — short story — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1998 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 1998 — short story — winner

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1998 — short story — 5th place

anthologies:

• Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 30th Anniversary Anthology, ed. Sheila Williams, Tachyon Publications 2007

• Robots, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2005

• Nebula Awards 33, ed. Connie Willis, Harvest 1999

• Year’s Best SF 3, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism 1998

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1998

“The Last Judgment” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — novella — 13th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — novella — 3rd place

Look Into the Sun • novel • Tor, 1989

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

“Lovestory” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1998

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1999 — short list

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1999 — shortlist

• Locus Awards 1999 — novelette — 5th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — novelette — 6th place

“Luck” • Asimov's Jun 2002

anthologies:

• Fantasy: The Best of 2002, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, ibooks 2003

“Men Are Trouble” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2004

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2006 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 2005 — novelette — 5th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2005 — novelette — 3rd place

anthologies:

• Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2007, ed. Mike Resnick, Penguin/Roc 2007

• Best Short Novels: 2005, ed. Jonathan Strahan, SFBC 2005

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2005

“Monsters” • IASFM Jun 1992

anthologies:

• Paragons, ed. Robin Wilson, St. Martin’s 1996

“Mother” • short fiction • The Silver Gryphon, 2003

awards:

• Locus Awards 2004 — short story — 29th place

“Mr. Boy” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1990

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1991 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1991 — novella — 10th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — novella — winner

anthologies:

• Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution, and Evolution, ed. Victoria Blake, Underland Press 2019

• The Best of the Best, Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2007

• Visions of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf, Tor 1996

• Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1994

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1991

“Ninety Percent of Everything” (by Jonathan Lethem, JPK & John Kessel) • short fiction • F&SF Sep 1999

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2001 — novella — nomination

“One Sister, Two Sisters, Three” • Clarkesworld Oct 2016

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2017

“Plus or Minus” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2010

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2011 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2011 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 2011 — novelette — 3rd place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2011 — novelette — 5th place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2011

“Pogrom” • short fiction • Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns, 1991; Asimov's Jan 1991

awards:

• Locus Awards 1992 — short story — 26th place

anthologies:

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1992

“The Prisoner of Chillon” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1986

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — novelette — 23rd place (tie)

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1987 — novelette — winner

anthologies:

• Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16, ed. Terry Carr, Tor 1987

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, St. Martin’s 1987

“The Promise of Space” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Sep 2013

awards:

• Locus Awards 2014 — short story — 20th place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-first Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2014

“The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum” • Universe 1, 1990

anthologies:

• Universe 1, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Doubleday Foundation 1990

“The Pyramid of Amirah” • F&SF Mar 2002

anthologies:

• Year’s Best Fantasy 3, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2003

“Rat” • short fiction • F&SF Jun 1986

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1987 — short story — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1987 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1987 — short story — 3rd place

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1987 — short story — 3rd place (tie)

anthologies:

• The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. Gordon Van Gelder, Tachyon Publications 2014

• Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace 2001

• The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery, Norton 1993

• Future on Fire, ed. Orson Scott Card, Tor 1991

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (JPK & John Kessel, eds.) • anthology • Tachyon Publications, 2007

awards:

• Locus Awards 2008 — anthology — 13th place

“Saint Theresa of the Aliens” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1984

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1985 — novelette — nomination

anthologies:

• Sacred Visions, ed. Andrew M. Greeley & Michael Cassutt, Tor 1991

The Secret History of Science Fiction (JPK & John Kessel, eds.) • anthology • Tachyon Publications, 2009

awards:

• Locus Awards 2010 — anthology — 8th place

“Solstice” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1985

awards:

• Locus Awards 1986 — novelette — 20th place

anthologies:

• Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, ed. Bruce Sterling, Arbor House 1986

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1986

“Someday” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2014

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 19th place

anthologies:

• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2015

“Soulcatcher” • short fiction • Clarkesworld May 2013

awards:

• Locus Awards 2014 — short story — 23rd place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014

“Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1991

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1992 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1992 — novelette — 20th place

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards 27, ed. James Morrow, Harcourt Brace 1993

“Still Time” • IASFM Aug 1983

anthologies:

• There Will Be War, Vol. VIII: Armageddon!, ed. Jerry Pournelle, Tor 1989

Strange But Not a Stranger • collection • Golden Gryphon Press, 2002

awards:

• Locus Awards 2003 — collection — 9th place

“Think Like a Dinosaur” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1995

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1996 — novelette — winner

• Nebula Awards 1996 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1996 — novelette — 3rd place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1996 — novelette — winner

• HOMer Awards 1996 — novelette — nomination

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1996 — novelette — winner

• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign short fiction — nomination

anthologies:

• Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman, Wildside 2011

• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, Arthur B. Evans et al, Wesleyan 2010

• The Hard SF Renaissance, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 2002

• Nebula Awards 31, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1997

• Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism 1996

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 1996

Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories • collection • Golden Gryphon Press, 1997

awards:

• Locus Awards 1998 — collection — 5th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

anthologies:

• Eclipse Four, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2011

“Turning into Animals” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1989

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 10th place

“The Two Cultures” • short fiction • Asimov's May 1992

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1993 — poem — 6th place

“Undone” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 2001

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2002 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2002 — novelette — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2002 — third place

• Locus Awards 2002 — novelette — 9th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2002 — novelette — 2nd place

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2003, ed. Nancy Kress, Roc 2003

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s 2002

• Year’s Best SF 7, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperCollins/Eos 2002

• Science Fiction: The Best of 2001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Pocket/ibooks 2002

“Unique Visitors” • short fiction • Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, 2001

awards:

• Locus Awards 2002 — short story — 17th place

“What It Means to Be a Car” • short fiction • Tor.com 26 Jul 2023

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2024 — finalist

Wildlife • novel • Tor, 1994

awards:

• James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award 1995 — long list

• Locus Awards 1995 — sf novel — 26th place

citations:

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

The Wreck of the Godspeed and Other Stories • collection • Golden Gryphon Press, 2008

awards:

• Locus Awards 2009 — collection — 17th place

“The Wreck of the Godspeed” • short fiction • Between Worlds, 2004

awards:

• Locus Awards 2005 — novella — 11th place

anthologies:

• The Final Frontier, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

• Space Opera, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014

• Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC 2004

“Your Boyfriend Experience”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2022

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