Vylar Kaftan is an American

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and

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writer. A Clarion West Workshop graduate, she lives on the U.S. West Coast. Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in

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's anthology '' Glorifying Terrorism'', and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have also been published. Her short story " I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You In Reno", published in the June 2010 issue of Lightspeed Magazine]'', was a nominee for the

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in 2010. Her novella " The Weight of the Sunrise", published in the February 2013 issue of ''

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'', won the 2013

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and the

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.; it also was a nominee for the 2014

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. Her novella
Her Silhouette, Drawn In Water"
published May 21, 2019 by Tor.com, was a nominee for the

Bibliography

See also the list o
stories
on her website, with links.

Short fiction

References

External links

Vylar Kaftan official website

Author's online archive of her short fiction
including her Nebula-winning "The Weight of the Sunrise" * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American short story writers American science fiction writers American short story writers American women short story writers Asimov's Science Fiction people Nebula Award winners Sidewise Award winners Women science fiction and fantasy writers 21st-century American women writers Grinnell College alumni {{sf-writer-stub