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Men Are Trouble

James Patrick Kelly

First published June 2004
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A generation after mysterious aliens land on Earth and eliminate all human males, a female private investigator is hired by one of the aliens to investigate the death of one of her clients.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2005 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2006 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (15)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 2004 Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2004 Dell Magazines MAGAZINE 104
June 2005 Best Short Novels: 2005 Science Fiction Book Club Anthology 1
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC Anthology 244
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 196
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 196
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2005 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology
March 2007 Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 Roc / New American Library Anthology 252
August 2008 The Wreck of the Godspeed and Other Stories Golden Gryphon Press Collection 72
March 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology |196
March 2016 Masters of Science Fiction: James Patrick Kelly Centipede Press Collection 267
March 2016 Masters of Science Fiction: James Patrick Kelly Centipede Press Collection 267
November 2016 Men Are Trouble Chapbook
November 2018 Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth Night Shade Books Anthology
November 2018 Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth Night Shade Books Anthology 175