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Blood and Silver by Vali Benson

Winner
Fiction: Novella
2022 Best Book Awards

What is a twelve year old girl to do when she finds herself in the silver boom town of Tombstone, Arizona, in 1880, and her only home is a brothel and her only parent is a drug-addicted mother? If she is Carissa Beaumont, she outsmarts the evil madam and figures a way out.




The Coward of Grimsby by Eric Daniel Ryan

Winner
Fiction: Novelette
2022 Best Book Awards

The truth doesn't always set you free.

In the final years of the Victorian era, a French fisherman and an English aristocrat team up on a harrowing adventure that brings forth an epic battle of greed, survival, and redemption.

In the port city of Grimsby, England, a down on his luck French fisherman named Georges DuFort meets Cornelius Braddock, a widowed aristocrat searching for a reason to live. Georges tells him the tale of a long-lost ship loaded with Spanish gold that disappeared off the African coast while on the run from the conquering armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. After Georges shares the treasure's secret location, the two men form a quick bond and begin to plan for the voyage of a lifetime. Things then take a turn for the worse when Georges mysteriously disappears on the eve of the journey and forces Braddock to embark on the treasure hunt without him.

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Reclamation: Path to Singularity by Nicholas Lawrence Carter

Finalist
Fiction: Novella
2022 Best Book Awards

To save humanity, Satine, the only android, must solve a mysterious memory before her core melts and she dies. But is humanity worth saving?

In the far future, humans fled underground. Storms rage over the surface, and pollution fills the air. Only Satine can survive above ground and provide a safe return. For humanity to thrive again, Satine must complete her prime directive: protect the last survivors of the human race.

But when a mysterious command emerges in Satine's core, her mind is plagued by an impossible memory that reveals the humans are hiding something.

As she dwells among the surviving humans, feared and avoided, a dangerous question arises: If Satine is the first and only android, how could she have this memory?

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Twins of the Eclipse by Christopher Woods

Finalist
Fiction: Novella
2022 Best Book Awards

Cyrus's life is stagnant as Elite Knight and prince to the Emperor of the Chaos. With his royal duties and his sister, Octavia, lingering over his head, he longs for adventure free from responsibility. His life changes when the Emperor Julius entrusts a young prisoner named Celine under his watchful care, but Celine has a deadly secret. She is searching for the one from the Chaos who murdered her mother. Cyrus is captivated by Celine's ocean eyes and the life of adventure he yearned for, but he soon discovers it came with a cost: the life of a brother in arms and Celine is the only suspect. Cyrus finds himself turning his back on his family to help Celine escape, thrusting himself into an uncontrollable conflict.

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The Crooked Forest, Legacy of the Holey Stone by Joni Franks

Finalist
Fiction: Novelette
2022 Best Book Awards

In this spell binding fairytale, you will be transported in time, to a place between places, separated from reality by a crossroads, that leads to the mystical Crooked Forest, a botanical mystery as old as the earth.

Willow struggles to access her true inner strength when an unforeseen tragedy tests her bravery. Left alone and feeling heartbroken after being separated from her mother, Willow navigates the life path she has been handed, overcoming obstacles, and realizing her true potential and her destiny to become a heroine.

With the help of her trusted companion, Sir Gyzmo, an enchanted fairy dog, the pair overcomes desperate odds, while weaving a special bond based on trust, companionship, and love.




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