·         Of Ambergris, Blood and Brandy by J. Kathleen Cheney (1Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Hail to the Victors by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon (2Q 2011)

·         Death, Rebirth. An Heir, a Karakuri by J.M. Sidorova (3Q 2011)

·         The Windfarmer's Guest  by Lucas Ahlsen (3Q 2011)

·         Random Fire by Van Aaron Hughes (4Q 2011)

·         The Halo Wave by Lael Salets (1Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Twice Given by Lindsey Duncan (1Q 2011)

·         A New Bridge Across the Lethe by Howard V., Hendrix (1Q 2011)

·         Mind Diver by Vylar Kaftan (1Q 2011)

·         Trans by Paul Rogalus (2Q 2011)

·         Fermi’s Plague by C. W. Johnson (2Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Demonfire Ash by Helen E. Davis (2Q 2011)

·         Something Wild by Manfred Gabriel (2Q 2011)

·         Bots d’Amor by Cat Rambo (2Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Concrete by Nathaniel Lee (2Q 2011)

·         Maria’s Crossroads by Richard Marsden (3Q 2011)

·         Holes by Rajan Khanna (3Q 2011)

·         Black Horticulture by David Tallerman (3Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Where's My Attitude? by Conor Powers-Smith (3Q 2011)

·         The Old Factory Award by Grey Freeman  (4Q 2011)

·         Keeping Tabs by Kenneth Schneyer (4Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Silvergrass Mirror by Amanda M. Hayes (4Q 2011)

·         Hungry by Ryan J. Southworth (4Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Of Earth by Sandra McDonald (4Q 2011) Check it out!

·         Rock ‘em Sock ‘em by Jaelithe Ingold (4Q 2011)

This year’s Nebula nomination period is now open.

From November 15th, 2011, to February 15th, 2012, 11:59pm PST, Active and Associate SFWA members may submit nominations for the 2011 Nebula Awards. Your nominations can be submitted through an online ballot, available here. If you'd like to nominate a story, see the SFWA’s How to Vote  page.

For the purposes of the Nebula Awards, Abyss & Apex stories fall into two categories:

•  Short Story: less than 7,500 words (most of our stories)
• Novelette: at least 7,500 words but less than 17,500 words (very few; usually solicited by request)

While we are at it, let's talk about Hugo nominations. The 2011 Hugo Awards will be presented in Chicago, IL during Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Aug. 30-Sep. 3). Nominations close on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 23:59 PDT. Anyone who has a supporting or full membership of Chicon 7 as of January 31, 2012 and all members of Renovation (last year’s Worldcon) may nominate works. If you didn’t attend Renovation, and you don’t plan on going to Chicon 7, you can still nominate for the 2011 Hugos by purchasing a supporting membership. Hugo nominations may also be submitted through an online ballot, available here.

Here is a list of 2011 eligible stories/authors that appeared in Abyss & Apex.

Novelettes (Nebulas / Hugos)

• Of Ambergris, Blood and Brandy by J. Kathleen Cheney (1Q 2011)* Our most-visited story. Click and see why.
• Hail to the Victors by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon (2Q 2011) Pyrrhic victory? Maybe not.
• Death, Rebirth. An Heir, a Karakuri by J.M. Sidorova (3Q 2011) a visit to the uncanny valley
• The Windfarmer's Guest by Lucas Ahlsen (3Q 2011) post-apocalyptic. All plant life and humans must live in domes.
• Random Fire by Van Aaron Hughes (4Q 2011)** hypertext fiction. Can you spot the changes to the time-line?

Short Stories (Nebulas / Hugos)

• The Halo Wave by Lael Salets (1Q 2011)* - a rip-roaring piece of space opera.
• Twice Given by Lindsey Duncan (1Q 2011)* A favorite of Rich Horton
• A New Bridge Across the Lethe by Howard V., Hendrix (1Q 2011)* "Flowers for Algernon" homage
• Mind Diver by Vylar Kaftan (1Q 2011)* Islamic science fiction.
• Trans by Paul Rogalus (2Q 2011) flash
• Fermi’s Plague by C. W. Johnson (2Q 2011) - a personal favorite and another Rich Horton pick
• Demonfire Ash by Helen E. Davis (2Q 2011) wake up 40 years later, hated.
• Something Wild by Manfred Gabriel (2Q 2011) a husband tries to keep his inner wolf sheathed
• Bots d’Amor by Cat Rambo (2Q 2011) a personal favorite, nice words from Lois Tilton
• Concrete by Nathaniel Lee (2Q 2011) Trent is being pursued - by a sidewalk?
• Maria’s Crossroads by Richard Marsden (3Q 2011) - an medieval fantasy, which we publish rarely
• Holes by Rajan Khanna (3Q 2011) - as in holes in space-time
• Black Horticulture by David Tallerman (3Q 2011) Amazing fantasy - dangerous gardens
• Where's My Attitude? by Conor Powers-Smith (3Q 2011) flash
• The Old Factory Award by Grey Freeman (4Q 2011)
• Keeping Tabs by Kenneth Schneyer (4Q 2011) another Rich Horton pick
• Silvergrass Mirror by Amanda M. Hayes (4Q 2011) another Rich Horton pick
• Hungry by Ryan J. Southworth (4Q 2011) phenomenal debut fantasy
• Of Earth by Sandra McDonald (4Q 2011) the scariest thing we published all year
• Rock ‘em Sock ‘em by Jaelithe Ingold (4Q 2011) flash

Editor, Short-Form (Hugo): Wendy S. Delmater  (Abyss & Apex)

Semiprozine (Hugo): Abyss & Apex

*Please note that January 2011 stories were uploaded in December 2010  for author test pages. In fact, they were not actually published--available to the public--until January 2011. 

She would have one chance to break the demon, and she had to find his line of fracture to do it. If she made her attempt on the wrong line, ten thousand people would burn.