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An Explorer's Cartography of Already Settled Lands

Fran Wilde

First published April 2020
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

One can't set a course without a map. A ship's navigator seeks to map a world already inhabited in order to find a space for their ship's passengers to settle. In doing so, they find their course altered as the world and their place in it changes.

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3,611 words

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (3)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 2020 An Explorer's Cartography of Already Settled Lands Tor Chapbook
April 2020 Tor.com, April 22 2020 Tor.com MAGAZINE |1
January 2021 Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition Tor.com Anthology |14