Bruce Boston
2023
“The Observer” • short fiction • Analog Mar/Apr 2023
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2024 — poem — 4th place
“Masters of the Future” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2024 — poem — 2nd place (tie)
2022
Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets • Mind's Eye
awards:
• Elgin Awards 2023 — chapbook — 2nd place
“In Perpetuity” • short fiction • Analog Jul/Aug 2022
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2023 — poem — 5th place
• Dwarf Stars Award 2023 — winner (tie)
2021
“In the Library Annex” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2022 — poem — 3rd place
2020
“Incomplete Adaptation” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep/Oct 2020
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2021 — poem — 3rd place
“Devilish Incarnations” • short fiction • Star*Line 43.1
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 2021 — long poem — 3rd place
2019
“The Ruined Library” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul/Aug 2019
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2020 — poem — 3rd place (tie)
“At the Natural History Museum” • short fiction • Analog May/Jun 2019
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2020 — poem — 3rd place
2018
Artifacts • collection • Independent Legions
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2019 — poetry collection — nomination
• Elgin Awards 2019 — full-length book — 2nd place
“Wife of a Particle Physicist” • short fiction • Analog Jan/Feb 2018
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2019 — poem — 3rd place
“Synesthesia” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan/Feb 2018
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2019 — poem — 2nd place
2017
Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (by Robert Frazier & BB) • collection • Crystal Lake Publishing
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2018 — poetry collection — nomination
“Space Junk” • short fiction • Analog Jul/Aug 2017
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2018 — poetry — 2nd place
2016
Sacrificial Nights (by BB & Alessandro Manzetti) • collection • Kipple Officina Libraria
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2017 — poetry collection — nomination
“Paint It Black” • short fiction
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2017 — poetry — 3rd place
2015
Resonance Dark and Light • collection • Eldritch
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2016 — poetry collection — nomination
“The Secret of Cold Fusion” • short fiction
awards:
• Analog Readers Poll 2016 — poetry — 3rd place (tie)
2014
“In the Quiet Hour” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2014
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2015 — poem — winner
2013
Dark Roads • collection • Dark Renaissace Books
awards:
• Elgin Awards 2014 — Book — 3rd place
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 • collection • Dark Renaissance
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2014 — poetry collection — nomination
• Elgin Awards 2015 — Book — 2nd place
“Music of the Stars” • short fiction • 2013 Balticon Program Book
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 2014 — short poem — 3rd place
“Marie Antoinette, 2125” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2013
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2014 — poem — 3rd place
2012
Notes from the Shadow City (by BB & Gary William Crawford) • collection • Dark Regions
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2013 — poetry collection — nomination
• Elgin Awards 2013 — Book — 2nd place
“The Music of Particle Physics” • short fiction • Asimov's
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — poem — 5th place (tie)
“Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” • short fiction • Daily Science Fiction
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2013 — short fiction — nomination
2011
Surrealities • collection • Dark Regions Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2012 — poetry collection — nomination
2010
Dark Matters • collection • Bad Moon Books
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2011 — poetry collection — winner
“Dark Rains Here and There” • short fiction
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 2011 — long poem — 2nd place
2009
North Left of Earth • collection • Sam's Dot Publishing
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2010 — poetry — nomination
Double Visions • collection • Dark Regions
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2010 — poetry — nomination
“The Last Alchemist” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 2009
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2010 — poem — 4th place
2008
The Nightmare Collection • collection • Dark Regions Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2009 — poetry — winner
“Gargoyle People” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2008
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2009 — poem — 5th place
2007
The Guardener's Tale • novel • Sam's Dot
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2008 — novel — nomination
“The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2007
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2008 — poem — winner
2006
Shades Fantastic • poetry collection • Gromagon Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2007 — poetry — winner
“It's Not Easy Being Dead” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 2006
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2007 — poem — 4th place
2005
“Our Robot President” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2005
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2006 — poem — 2nd place
“How to Keep an Aging Werewolf Happy” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2005
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2006 — poem — 5th place
2004
“Heavy Weather” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 2004
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2005 — poem — winner
“Advice on Dealing with Your New Alien Pet” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 2004
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2005 — poem — 3rd place (tie)
2003
Pitchblende • collection • Dark Regions Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2004 — poetry collection — winner
“The Man Who Lives in the Attic” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2003
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — poem — 10th place
“Old Robots Calculate Their Options” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2003
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — poem — 9th place (tie)
“Etiquette with Your Robot Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 2003
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — poem — 2nd place
“Eight Things Not To Do When the Alien Steps Out of Its Saucer” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 2003
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2004 — poem — 4th place (tie)
2002
Night Smoke (by BB & Marge Simon) • collection • Miniature Sun Press/Quixsilver Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2003 — poetry collection — nomination
“Eight Things Not to Say When You Meet the Devil in Hell” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 2002
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — poem — 6th place (tie)
“Eight Things Not to Do or Say When a Mad Scientist Moves into Your Neighborhood” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 2002
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — poem — winner
“Curse of the Immortal's Husband” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 2002
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — poem — 3rd place
“Arbitrary Night in the University Lab” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 2002
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2003 — poem — 5th place (tie)
2001
White Space • collection • Dark Regions Press
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2002 — poetry collection — nomination
“Ten Things Not to Say When You Meet a Famous SF Writer” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2002 — poem — 3rd place
“Pavane for a Cyber-Princess” • short fiction
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 2002 — long poem — 2nd place (tie)
2000
The Complete Accursed Wives • collection • Dark Regions/Talisman
awards:
• Bram Stoker Awards 2001 — poetry collection — nomination
“The Lesions of Genetic Sin” • short fiction • Perihelion Broadside Series
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 2001 — long poem — 3rd place (tie)
“My Wife Returns As She Would Have It” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2000
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2001 — poem — 3rd place
• Rhysling Awards 2001 — short poem — winner
anthologies:
1999
“Mathematical Limericks” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 7th place (tie)
“Curse of the Incubus' Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 8th place
“Curse of the Fantasy Writer's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 4th place
“Beware the Werecanary!” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 2nd place
“Another Short Horror Story” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 7th place (tie)
1998
“Down in Your Bones Only You Alone Know” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 2000 — poem — 6th place (tie)
“Curse of the Super-Hero's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1998
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — poem — 5th place (tie)
“Curse of the SF Editor's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Dec 1998
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — poem — 3rd place
“Confessions of a Body Thief” • short fiction • Talisman
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1999 — short poem — winner
anthologies:
Rhysling Awards 1999 — grand master poet — winner
1997
“Curse of Medusa's Husband” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1997
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1998 — poem — 6th place
1996
“Love Song of the Holo-Celebs” • short fiction • Asimov's Jun 1996
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1997 — poem — 5th place (tie)
“Human/Technological Dimensions on the Eve of the Bimillennium” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 1998
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — poem — 7th place (tie)
“Gravity Drives the Blood and Bends the Light” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1998
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1999 — poem — 5th place (tie)
“Curse of the Science Fiction Writer's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 1996
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1997 — poem — winner
As Judge — Philip K. Dick Award 1996
1995
“Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation” • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 1995
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1996 — poem — 7th place (tie)
• Rhysling Awards 1996 — short poem — winner
anthologies:
“Curse of the Time Traveler's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1995
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1996 — poem — 9th place
“Curse of the Cyborg's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Sep 1995
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1996 — poem — 8th place (tie)
1994
“Curse of the Clone's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Feb 1995
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1996 — poem — 7th place (tie)
1993
“Spacer's Compass” • short fiction • Specula
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1994 — short poem — winner (tie)
anthologies:
“Prisoners of the Royal Weather” • Weird Tales Spr 1993
anthologies:
“Curse of the Telepath's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1993
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1994 — poem — 2nd place
“Curse of the Shapeshifter's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Nov 1993
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1994 — poem — winner
“Curse of the Angel's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1993
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1994 — poem — 6th place
anthologies:
1992
“In Praise of Timeliness” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1992
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1993 — poem — 7th place
1990
“Curse of the Alien's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1990
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — poem — 5th place
“A Missionary of the Mutant Rain Forest” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct 1990
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1991 — poem — 4th place (tie)
1989
“Three Evocations of the Mutant Rain Forest” • short fiction • Asimov's mid-Dec 1989
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 3rd place (tie)
“The Curse of the Sasquatch's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1989
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 3rd place (tie)
“The Curse of the Ghost's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Jan 1989
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — 6th place
“Return to the Mutant Rain Forest” (by BB & Robert Frazier) • Masques
anthologies:
“Old Robots Are the Worst” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct 1989
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1990 — poem — winner
1988
“In the Darkened Hours” • short fiction • The Nightmare Collector
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1989 — long poem — winner (tie)
anthologies:
1987
“The Nightmare Collector” • short fiction • Night Cry Spring 1987
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1988 — short poem — winner (tie)
anthologies:
“One-Trick Dog” • IASFM May 1987
anthologies:
“Curse of the Demon's Wife” • short fiction • Asimov's Aug 1987
awards:
• Asimov's Reader Poll 1988 — poem — 5th place
Readercon Awards 1988 — poet — winner
1984
“For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr 1984
awards:
• Rhysling Awards 1985 — short poem — winner
anthologies:
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