2021 Hugo Awards for Best Short Story
The nominations for the 2021 Hugo Awards for Best Short Story

• “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse”, by Rae Carson (read on Uncanny Magazine)
  
• “A Guide for Working Breeds”, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (read here)
  
• Little Free Library, by Naomi Kritzer (read on Tor.com)
  
• “The Mermaid Astronaut”, by Yoon Ha Lee (read on Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
  
• “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, by T. Kingfisher (read on Uncanny Magazine)
  
• “Open House on Haunted Hill”, by John Wiswell (read on Diabolical Plots)
  

• What makes a short story award worthy?
  
• Ho each of the above stories stand out.