List of Escape Artists award eligible stories for 2015

These stories were either *first published* by Escape Artists in 2015, or were first published elsewhere in 2015 and later re-published as Escape Artists episodes. These lists were compiled by David Steffen on the EA Forums with help from other forum members: Pseudopod, Escape Pod, PodCastle. Dani Daly compiled the list for Cast of Wonders.

Escape Artists encourages anyone who can to nominate their favorite authors for the most appropriate 2015 awards - they deserve them!

## Cast of Wonders stories

2015 first publications:

* Aisha Bets Her Life on Magic by Jarod K. Anderson
* There Are No Marshmallows in Camelot by Christian McKay Heidicker
* Lost Socks by Lisa Montoya
* Above Decks by Terry Ibele
* Fairy Bones by Guy Stewart
* A Troll’s Trade by Sandra M. Odell

2015 reprints:

* The Mothgate by J.R. Troughton - originally published by Shimmer
* The New Kid Is Not An Alien by Bert Lowe originally published in the July 2015 issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk
* She Sleeps  Beneath the Sea, by Shveta Thakrar, originally published in Faerie

## Pseudopod stories

2015 first publications:

* The Three Chimes by David Longshore
* The Godsmaid Clara and Her Many Smiles by Sharon Dodge
* The Lady and the Lantern by Charlotte Nash
* Making Paint as a Means of Permanance by Jeff Bowles
* Twitcher by David Tallerman
* The Influence of Thomas Glittio by Arthur Staaz
* The Discussion of Mimes by Michael Payne
* Lullabies for a Clockwork Child by Shane Halbach
* Used by Sandra Odell
* Fog by Kristin Luna
* Octavious Bound by Nathan Ehret
* The Only Child by Leslie J. Anderson
* Fan Letter to Joe Lansdale by Adrian Simmons
* Killing Puppies for Aunt Jenny by Robert Reed
* Coo Coo by Elan Hold
* Escape From Kroo Bay by Byron Barton
* Mother by Lynette Mejia
* The Last Unenlightened Man by M.K. Hobson (in EA Metacast, October 2015 Part 3)
* Great Oak by Jason Rush
* Absolution by Severity Chase
* My Daily Vampire by Richard Kellum
* The Ghost of Gold and Grey by Laura Lam
* Run Forever by Andrew Reid
* Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Taran Matharu
* Gravemaker by Edward Cox
* Habeas Corpus by Julia Watson
* Fear by Sandra Odell
* Bad Newes From New England by Moaner T. Lawrence
* Doc by V.N. Winnick
* The Angel in the Marble by B.T. Joy

2015 reprints:

* Favors From Hell by Zachary Owen, first published in Burn Down the House and Everyone In It

## Escape Pod stories

2015 first publications:

* In Loco Parentis by Andrea Phillips
* People of the Shell by Brian Trent
* To the Knife-Cold Stars by A. Merc Rustad
* Temporary Friends by Caroline M. Yoachim
* Chimeras by Julie Steinbacher
* Boris’s Bar by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
* Blight by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
* Beyond the Trenches We Lie by A.T. Greenblatt
* Sounding the Fall by Jei D. Marcade
* The Last Unenlightened Man by M.K. Hobson (in EA October 2015 Metacast Part 3)
* Broken by Jason Kimble
* The Lone and Level Sands by Marco Panessa
* Adaptation and Predation by Auston Habershaw

## PodCastle stories

2015 first publications:

* So You’ve Decided to Adopt a Zeptonian Baby! by David Steffen
* Prospero’s Last by Den Patrick
* This Sullied Earth, Our Home by Monidipa Mondal
* Who Binds and Looses the World With Her Hands by Rachael K. Jones
* Hoyvwerch by Heather Rose Jones
* The Creation and Destruction of the World by Ann Leckie
* Crow Gifts by Angela Lee
* The Sea of Wives by Nathaniel Lee
* Lord Darq, Regis, and the Orb of Power by John Nickerson
* The Machine that Made Clothes by Nathaniel Lee
* Tired Eyes and Clever Hands by Nathaniel Lee
* The Chimney-Borer and the Tanner by Thoraiya Dyer
* The Fairy Ring by Joe Pitkin
* Poet-Scholars of the Necropolis by M.K. Hutchins
* The Child Support of Cromdor the Condemned by Spencer Ellsworth
* Ink by Sandra M. Odell
* The Island Wakes by D.K. Thompson
* Surprises, Not Secrets by Anna Schwind
* The Summation of EvilCorp Subsidies HR Meeting Agenda Minutes, Compiled by Olivia Washington by LaShawn M. Wanak
* The Last Unenlightened Man by M.K. Hobson (in EA October 2015 Metacast Part 3)
* My Wife is a Bear in the Morning by David Steffen
* About the Bear by Spencer Ellsworth
* Harlequin Moon by Jennifer Hykes
* Winter Jinni by Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw

2015 reprints:

* Marking Time by Stephanie Burgis, first published in Daily Science Fiction
* Of Blood and Brine by Megan E. O’Keefe, first published in Shimmer
* The Fox Bride by Mari Ness, first published in Daily Science Fiction
* Sheep Among Easter Werewolves by Ann Leckie, first published on Kickstarter
* Where Monsters Dance by Merc Rustad, first published in Inscription Magazine
* The Half Dark Promise by Malon Edwards, first published in Shimmer
* In the Rustle of Pages by Cassandra Khaw, first published in Shimmer
* The Lady's Maid by Carlea Holl-Jensen, first published in Fantasy Magazine
* Spirits of the Wind by Brendan Detzner, first published in author collection Beasts
* Night at the Opera by Martha Wells, first published in "Between Worlds: the Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth Stories"