Graves (short story)

Short story by Joe Haldeman

"Graves"

Short story by Joe Haldeman
Genre(s)| military science fiction
Publication
Published in| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Publisher| Mercury Press
Media type| Print (Magazine)
Publication date| October 1992

"Graves" is a military science fiction short story by Joe Haldeman about haunted military morticians.[1] It was originally published in October 1992 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and appears in The Year's Best Science Fiction (1993), New Masterpieces of Horror (1996) and The Best of Joe Haldeman (2013).[2][3]

## Reception

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"Graves" won the 1994 Nebula Award for Best Short Story[4] and World Fantasy for Best Short Fiction.[5]

## References

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1. ^ The Best of Joe Haldeman, publishersweekly.com
2. ^ „Graves”, online text. Reprinted by permission of the author. nightmare-magazine.com
3. ^ Joe Haldeman at fantasticfiction.com
4. ^ "Nebula Awards 1994", Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
5. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2000-08-18. Retrieved 2011-02-04.

## External links

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* Graves title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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