It's The Most Reader's Pick Time...

What ho-ho-ho, good readers! It's time again for the Reader's Pick Award, this time for stories published during the month of November. And the winner is...

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The Confession Hunter, by Hudson Tankersley! This is his first-ever story with us, and it's been voted the best of the month by all of you. Congratulations!

As always, the winner gets the $100 cash prize, a lovely medal to decorate the story art, and the honest envy of all the rest of us. Envy, if you don't know, is the rarest and most valuable of all the prizes, and it's well worth the investment.

This month's Honorable Mentions are:

• The Beach, by Randall Andrews

• Message Received, by Anne Wilkins

• Nullhaven, by the editing team's very own J. A. Taylor

It's an honor just to be mentioned, as they say, which is a good thing because these three don't get a medal or a fancy cash prize, merely a modicum of honest envy from those of us who haven't managed a mention. Which, as I said before, is as good as gold to a writer (if less negotiable).

Congratulations, all, and well done indeed!

Remember: Only our subscribers are allowed to vote. So, if you have a friend you need a last-minute (or belated) Christmas present for, why not send them a gift subscription to Sci-Fi Shorts?

Rocket Early, Rocket Often!