It's not only because my anthologies and stories from them are often nominated but because invariably there's nominated material I've never heard of, let alone ever read.
For example, this year's list contains the following of which I was not aware:
Novel:
The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
I have read Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)and A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
novellas
The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS Publishing)
# One Bloody Thing After Another, Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
# Subtle Bodies, Peter Dubé (Lethe Press)
Short Story
“Booth’s Ghost,” Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See, Small Beer Press) (this is a case where if I'd been sent a review copy of the collection, I'd have read the story).
For example, this year's list contains the following of which I was not aware:
Novel:
The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
I have read Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)and A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
novellas
The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS Publishing)
# One Bloody Thing After Another, Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
# Subtle Bodies, Peter Dubé (Lethe Press)
Short Story
“Booth’s Ghost,” Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See, Small Beer Press) (this is a case where if I'd been sent a review copy of the collection, I'd have read the story).
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