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Failsafe

Karen Bovenmyer

First published August 2013
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

Kira hates cadavers. When she finds a lost colony ship, she wants to report the location and go home, but she receives a transmission from a little girl alone, alive, repeating "everyone's dead." Kira must face her fear of corpses and board the ship of 1400 people to find out what happened to the sole survivor.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2014 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (3)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2013 The Crimson Pact: Volume 5 Iron Dragon Books Anthology 359
October 2016 Onyx Neon Shorts: Horror Collection 2016 Onyx Neon Press Anthology 56
September 2017 Starward Tales II: Another Anthology of Speculative Legends Manawaker Studio Anthology 193