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A Death in Hyperspace

Winner of the 2024 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing! By Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, JingJing Xiao, Natalia Theodoridou, M. Darusha Wehm, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (cover art: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor) As an embodied ship Intelligence and fugitive former warship, you’ve faced many challenges. But when your captain dies suspiciously halfway through a hyperspace transit, you know you're in trouble. Not because you need a captain — you can pilot yourself just fine — but because, as an aficionado of mysteries and detective stories, you know there’s only one explanation: murder most foul. Investigate your rooms. Interrogate your crew and passengers. Solve the mystery. Will you find your way back to reality — or be stuck in hyperspace forever? First published for IFComp 2024, and released under a CC-BY-NC-ND license