"The Year Without Sunshine" is a 2023 science fiction novelette by Naomi Kritzer. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine.
Synopsis In the wake of a natural disaster, the residents of a Minneapolis neighborhood undertake a collective effort to keep each other alive.
Reception
"The Year Without Sunshine" won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2023,The Year Without Sunshine, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved August 11, 2024 and the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.2024 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 11, 2024
Locus called it "hopeful" and "well-considered, well-researched, and well-written", but asked whether "such a kind and caring urban island would inevitably be confronted by less amiable folks who have an awful lot of arms and ammo".Paula Guran Reviews The Sunday Morning Transport, Uncanny, and The Dark; by Paula Guran; at Locus; published April 17, 2024; retrieved August 11, 2024
References
External links Text of the story at Uncanny Magazine