"A Series of Steaks" is a science fiction story by Singaporean writer

Vina Jie-Min Prasad Vina Jie-Min Prasad (维娜·杰敏·普拉萨德) is a Singaporean writer of science fiction and fantasy. She is a three-time finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and has also been a finalist for other speculative fiction awa ...

. It was first published in '' Clarkesworld'', in January 2017.

Plot summary

Helena uses bioprinting to

forge A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to th ...

expensive cuts of beef... until she is

blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...

ed by a client with a particularly difficult request.

Reception

''A Series of Steaks'' was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,A Series of Steaks
at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved April 21, 2018 the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,2018 Hugo Awards
at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved April 21, 2018 and the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award.2018 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists
by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published April 17, 2018; retrieved April 21, 2018 ''

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'' commended Prasad's portrayal of Helena, and the overall "flow" of the story, but felt that it "drag(ged) a little in the middle."Clarkesworld #124, January 2017
reviewed by Kevin P. Hallett, at ''

''; published January 17, 2017; retrieved April 21, 2018

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Text of the story
at '' Clarkesworld'' 2017 short stories Science fiction short stories Works originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine {{2010s-sf-story-stub