Vylar Kaftan


Vylar Kaftan is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. A Clarion West Workshop graduate, she lives on the U.S. West Coast.
Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in Farah Mendlesohn's anthology Glorifying Terrorism, and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have also been published. Her short story "", published in the June 2010 issue of , was a nominee for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story..
Her novella "", published in the February 2013 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the Sidewise Award.; it also was a nominee for the 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award. Her novella ", published May 21, 2019 by Tor.com, was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novella.

Short fiction