Hugo nominees that might have been

Collecting links to Hugo nominees that might have been (or excerpts of same). With thanks to rushthatspeaks for compiling the list of who these were. Drop me a comment if you find anything I've missed.

Best Novel:

• Lock In, by John Scalzi: http://www.tor.com/2014/05/21/lock-in-john-scalzi-excerpt-chapter-1/ (excerpt)
  
• City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett: http://www.tor.com/2014/08/20/city-of-stairs-excerpt-robert-jackson-bennett/ (excerpt)
  

Best Novella:

• The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss
  
• The Regular, by Ken Liu
  
• Yesterday's Kin, by Nancy Kress: http://www.tor.com/2014/08/05/yesterdays-kin-excerpt-nancy-kress/ (excerpt)
  
• Grand Jete (The Great Leap), by Rachel Swirsky: https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/summer_2014/grand_jet_the_great_leap_by_rachel_swirsky
  
• The Mothers of Voorhisville, by Mary Rickert/: http://www.tor.com/2014/04/30/the-mothers-of-voorhisville-mary-rickert/
  

Best Novelette:

• 'Each to Each', by Seanan McGuire: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/each-to-each/
  
• 'The Devil in America', by Kai Wilson: http://www.tor.com/2014/04/02/the-devil-in-america-kai-ashante-wilson/
  
• 'The Litany of Earth', by Ruthanna Emrys: http://www.tor.com/2014/05/14/the-litany-of-earth-ruthanna-emrys/
  
• 'The Magician and LaPlace's Demon', by Tom Crossbill: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/crosshill_12_14/
  

Best Short Story:

• 'Jackalope Wives', by Ursula Vernon: http://www.apex-magazine.com/jackalope-wives/
  
• 'The Breath of War', by Aliette de Bodard: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-breath-of-war/
  
• 'The Truth About Owls', by Amal El-Mohtar: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2015/20150126/1owls-f.shtml
  
• 'When It Ends, He Catches Her', by Eugie Foster: http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/fairy-tales/eugie-foster/when-it-ends-he-catches-her
  
• 'A Kiss With Teeth', by Max Gladstone: http://www.tor.com/2014/10/29/a-kiss-with-teeth-max-gladstone/
  
• 'Goodnight Stars', by Annie Bellet: http://www.johnjosephadams.com/apocalypse-triptych/free-reads/goodnight-stars-annie-bellet/
  

Best Related Work:

• What Makes This Book So Great, by Jo Walton: composed of some of her older posts from http://www.tor.com/author/jo-walton/
  
• Chicks Dig Gaming, ed. Jennifer Brozek, Robert Smith, and Lars Pearson
  
• Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology, ed. Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Taylor: what a cool idea! description here: http://brandonsanderson.com/introducing-the-writing-excuses-anthology/
  
• Invisible: Personal Essays on Representation in SF, ed. Jim C. Hines: http://jimhines.livejournal.com/723324.html
  
• 'Tropes Vs. Women: Women as Background Decoration', by Anita Sarkeesian: http://feministfrequency.com/tag/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/ (video series, many with content warnings)
  

Another list here, with amazon &c. links for the things not freely available online in their entirity: http://alas-a-blog-feed.dreamwidth.org/

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