Well, I got there in the end; which means I can now, for I think the first time ever, cast a fully informed vote in the annual Interzone poll. And this is how I vote:
Stories — positive vote
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster (IZ220)
- “Miles to Isengard” by Leah Bobet (IZ220)
- “Black Swan” by Bruce Sterling (IZ221)
- “Microcosmos” by Nina Allan (IZ222)
- “Unexpected Outcomes” by Tim Pratt (IZ222)
- “Glister” by Dominic Green (IZ223)
- “No Longer You” by Katherine Sparrow and Rachel Swirsky (IZ224)
- “Funny Pages” by Lavie Tidhar (IZ225)
Stories — negative vote
- “Monetized” by Jason Stoddard (IZ220)
- “Spy vs Spy” by Neil Williamson (IZ220)
- “Memory Dust” by Gareth L Powell (IZ220)
- “Saving Diego” by Matthew Kressel (IZ221)
- “Ys” by Aliette de Bodard (IZ222)
- “Butterfly Bomb” by Dominic Green (IZ223)
- “Silence and Roses” by Suzanne Palmer (IZ223)
- “Bone Island” by Shannon Page and Jay Lake (IZ225)
Artwork — positive vote
- Cover, #220 — Adam Tredowski
- Cover, #224 — Adam Tredowski
- Cover, #225 — Adam Tredowski
- “Funny Pages” — Warwick Fraser-Coombe
- “Johnny and Emmie-Lou Get Married” — Warwick Fraser-Coombe
- “Lady of the White-Spired City” — Martin Bland
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest…” — Geoffrey Grisso
Artwork — negative vote
- “Sublimation Angels” — Paul Drummond
- “The Godfall’s Chemsong” — Martin Bland
- “Butterfly Bomb” — Daniel Bristow-Bailey
- “A Clown Escapes from Circus Town” — Warwick Fraser-Coombe
- “Fishermen” — Geoffrey Grisso
- “Black Swan” — Paul Drummond
- “Monetized” — Paul Drummond
- “Memory Dust” — Daniel Bristow-Bailey
And that, as they say, is that.
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