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The Past Is Red

Catherynne M. Valente

First published July 2021
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Garbagetown #2

Notes

Martin Cahill's review (linked) indicates that this is a separate story than Velente's earlier novelette, "The Future is Blue", which is included in the collection where this is the title story. The length of the two stories together is 38,937 words (counted via a conversion to Word) which means that this one is over 20K words on its own making it a novella.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2022 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
2022 The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (5)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2021 The Past Is Red Tor.com Collection |2
July 2021 The Past Is Red Tor.com Collection |2
July 2021 The Past Is Red Dreamscape Media Collection |2
September 2021 The Past Is Red Dreamscape Media Collection |2
September 2021 The Past Is Red Dreamscape Media Collection |2