Since it's that time of year, here's another list: the Little Blue Marble stories that are eligible for the SFF awards season. Note that Salvatore Difalco, Charlotte H. Lee, and Melissa Yuan-Innes are also eligible for the Canadian Aurora Awards.

Three Little Arcologies

Once Upon A Time, there were three little buildings that dreamed of being self-sustaining. One was covered in stone, one ...
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September 10, 2021 / Fiction, Marie Vibbert

When Last the Cicadas Sang

“Let’s go listen for cicadas,” Ansibel said. The eight-year-old picked at a big book of insects with grubby fingernails. “They ...
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December 18, 2020 / Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Fiction

Seeing Clearly

The water in the tank that circled the Mermaid Dining Room had gotten brackish and thick. Edwidge crawled onto a ...
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April 10, 2020 / Fiction, Marie Vibbert

The Smallest Atom in the World

Dear Hominid: By now, you are probably wondering where your chocolate is. Your apples and sunflowers have vanished, and strawberry ...
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December 7, 2018 / Fiction, Melissa Yuan-Innes

The Soil Merchant

Orson dragged his tired cart through the bustling square of another dust-covered town. A small bar built into the remains ...
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November 9, 2018 / Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Fiction

The Streets Turned Blue and Green

“The whole neighbourhood is abandoned.” Aleyah adjusted her hijab and grinned at her two friends. “Literally.” They dangled their legs ...
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September 28, 2018 / Dennis Mombauer, Fiction

Sea Change

The Sea was rising; there was no doubt about it. Tiuwike had heard the grownups converse about it in hushed ...
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September 14, 2018 / F. J. Bergmann, Fiction

In the Event of a Famine

“Everything in this house is edible,” the real estate agent said. “I mean everything, the foundation, the brickwork, the plaster, ...
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August 24, 2018 / Fiction, Salvatore Difalco

Chaser

Cara thumbed off the launcher’s safety, wishing she could as easily shut down the monster-sized butterflies bouncing around in her ...
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July 13, 2018 / Charlotte H. Lee, Fiction

The Barber of Manaus

Felipe Santos da Silva swallowed. His palms were slick with sweat—whether due to the tropical heat or his nerves, he ...
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June 18, 2018 / Fiction, Gustavo Bondoni

This is an Optimistic Science Fiction Story About the Future

We all have jetpacks. I’m an old, overweight man with hairy legs, and I have a jetpack. No one judges ...
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May 25, 2018 / Fiction, Marie Vibbert

False Alarm

The bickering voices behind him, Mayor Edmund Parker stood at his study’s west window. He looked down Belmont Hill, out ...
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May 4, 2018 / Fiction, John Cooper Hamilton

The Evac

The landing craft shook like an ancient washing machine as it broke the planet’s atmosphere. Staff Sergeant Jacqueline “Jax” Caruthers, ...
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April 6, 2018 / Fiction, Thomas Webb

A Verdant Heart

Father’s leaves are wilting again. The bright green sprouting from his temples is tipped with crusty brown along the margins ...
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February 7, 2018 / Fiction, Melanie Rees