Books by R.S.A. Garcia
R.S.A. Garcia is the winner of the 2024 Nebula prize for Best Short Story. She is also the winner of the MIFRE Media Award, and a Sturgeon, Locus, Ignyte and Eugie Foster Award finalist. Her Amazon bestselling science fiction mystery, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and the Silver Medal for Best Scifi/Fantasy/Horror Ebook from the Independent Publishers Awards (2015). She has published short fiction in venues such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons and Internazionale Magazine. Her stories have been long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards, translated into several languages, and included in a number of anthologies, including the critically acclaimed The Best of World SF, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, and The Apex Book of World SF. Her scifantasy duology, beginning with The Nightward, is forthcoming from Harper Voyager US, October, 2024. She lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many cats.
“Tantie Merle is having trouble managing her chores…To help out, her daughter sends her the highly sophisticated Farmhand 4200, which enthusiastically turns its learning powers to accomplishing any task Tantie Merle requires. This includes tying up the goat. Unimpressed, the goat eats it. So the little Farmhand reconstitutes itself and sets its steely will to devising a method of successful goat-wrangling…The story is light and full of laughter, and you feel almost tricked when you realise you have just read a story about labour rights, personhood and dignity.” Read more...
Interviews with R.S.A. Garcia
The Best Sci-Fi Short Stories, recommended by R.S.A. Garcia
Short stories are at the heart of a thriving science fiction community, where readers, writers and editors move between roles and raise each other up. R.S.A. Garcia, winner of the 2024 Nebula prize for Best Short Story, talks us through her five highlights: short takes on big themes, with community at their heart.
Interviews where books by R.S.A. Garcia were recommended
Award-Winning Sci Fi Novels of 2024, recommended by Sylvia Bishop
Award-winning sci fi books this year have ranged from deep-sea dives to space operas to goats. Our fantasy and sci fi editor Sylvia Bishop talks us through the winning titles.
The Best Sci-Fi Short Stories, recommended by R.S.A. Garcia
Short stories are at the heart of a thriving science fiction community, where readers, writers and editors move between roles and raise each other up. R.S.A. Garcia, winner of the 2024 Nebula prize for Best Short Story, talks us through her five highlights: short takes on big themes, with community at their heart.