"Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time" is a 2017 horror fiction novelette by K.M. Szpara. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine.
Synopsis A trans man discovers that becoming a vampire has more consequences than he had expected.
Reception
"Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced!, at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018 and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018 Apex Magazine noted that it was "threaded with anger, hunger, and longing", and commended Szpara's "use of the vampire trope to explore isolation".Words for Thought—July 2017, by A. C. Wise, at Apex Magazine; published July 31, 2017; retrieved March 31, 2018
Sequel In 2020, Szpara announced that he was working on a "novel that expands (the) story."Working on the novel that expands this story, right nowwww!; on Twitter; published August 5, 2020
References
External links Text of the story