"Insha'Allah" nominated for BSFA "Best Short Story 2021"

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Wow... I just learned that my short story "Insha'Allah" (which appeared in Interzone #235) was just nominated for the 2012 Best Short Story award by the British Science Fiction Association. The rest of the nominees can be found here:

http://www.bsfa.co.uk/news/bsfa-awards-nominations-update/

This is a great honor, indeed. Best of luck to all the other nominees - just like last year I'm up against some INCREDIBLE competition.

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Review: Shoe Factory on SF Site

Happy New Year!

Just saw this review of The Shoe Factory in Interzone #231 over at SF Site:

http://www.sfsite.com/01a/izo359.htm

Money quote:

"The Shoe Factory" by Matthew Cook is the similarly compelling story of a young pilot in a doomed asteroid mining ship who remembers his youth as a scavenger in a dilapidated future China. All five stories this issue are approaching best-of-the-year award quality.