Charles Stross’s first professional story sale, ‘‘The Boys”, appeared in 1986, and he has published short fiction regularly ever since. Novelette ‘‘Lobsters” (2001) was nominated for a Nebula and Hugo, and was runner-up for the Sturgeon Award; novelette ‘‘Halo” (2002) was a Hugo and Sturgeon nominee; ‘‘Router” (2002) was shortlisted for a BSFA award; novelette [...]

Gemma Files was born in London but grew up in Toronto. Files began publishing her short horror fiction in the early ’90s with ‘‘Fly-by-Night’’ (1993) and ‘‘Mouthful of Pins’’ (1994). She has published more than 30 stories, notably International Horror Guild Award winner ‘‘The Emperor’s Old Bones’’ (1999), and Shirley Jackson Award finalists ‘‘each thing [...]