Reviews & More

2025

January 15, 2025. Alex Brown reviews Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 2. HERE
January 6, 2025. A.P. Howell includes P.A. Cornell's "Bright Horizons" on her "Things I Enjoyed in 2024" list. HERE

2024

December 12, 2024. Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 for Locus Magazine, highlighting P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont." HERE
November 20, 2024. K.C. Mead-Brewer recommends some recent fiction, including P.A. Cornell's, "The Life You've Given Me, Rusty." HERE
November 3, 2024. Zachary Houle reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024, and mentions P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont," as one of the anthology's standouts. HERE
October 29, 2024. Victoria Silverwolf reviews Lightspeed magazine issue #173, including P.A. Cornell's " The Life You've Given Me, Rusty." HERE
September 21, 2024. P.A. Cornell's, "Side Effects May Vary," wins the 2024 Unicorn Mech Suit Short Story Contest. HERE
September 2, 2024. Stars and Sabers Publishing announces new book deal with P.A. Cornell for her novelette, "Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl," coming February 2026. HERE

August 8, 2024. Locus Magazine announces the finalists for the 2024 World Fantasy Award, including "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" by P.A. Cornell for Best Short Fiction, and Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1 (which includes P.A. Cornell's "Into the Frozen Wilds" and lists her novella Lost Cargo as one of the best of 2022) for Best Anthology. HERE
July 12, 2024. Book blogger Adria Bailton recommends P.A. Cornell's, "Chief Scavenger's Log in the Climate Apocalypse." HERE
June 26, 2024. Frivolous Comma reviews "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" by P.A. Cornell. HERE
June 14, 2024. File 770 covers the announcement of the table of contents for Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 (Edited by Hugh Howey), which includes P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont." HERE
June 1, 2024. Emry Jordal discusses fiction they read in May, including P.A. Cornell's, "8 Laws I Wound Up Breaking Wile Attempting to Restore the Timeline," "The Body Remembers," "Splits," and "Decorative." HERE
May 14, 2024. P.A. Cornell reads an excerpt from Lost Cargo on Strong Women, Strange Worlds. Other authors reading include: Caitlin Marceau, Shelly Jones, Jennifer Allis Provost, Tiffany Michelle Brown, and Sam Ledel. HERE
May 3, 2024. Meghan Smith includes one of P.A. Cornell's stories for the third time in her Fiction to Features film industry newsletter. This time, "Face the Music," gets the big (or small) screen treatment. HERE
May 1, 2024. Episode 40 of Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast has host Deborah Davitt and her guests, A.P. Howell, Sam W. Pisciotta, A.T. Sayre, and Risa Wolf, discussing the current crop of Nebula-nominated short stories, including P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont." HERE
May 1, 2024. Sue Burke discusses the short story finalists for the Nebula award, including "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont." HERE
April 26, 2024. R. Jean Mathieu reviews the Short Story Finalists for the Nebula Award, including, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont," by P.A. Cornell. HERE
April 26, 2024. CSFFA announces the finalists for the 2024 Aurora Award and P.A. Cornell's "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" is a finalist for Best Short Story! Additionally, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1, which includes Cornell's, "Into the Frozen Wilds," and lists her novella Lost Cargo as one of the best of 2022, is also a finalist in the Best Related Work category. HERE
April 1, 2024. Abyss & Apex reviews Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell. HERE
March 22, 2024. P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont," is mentioned in an essay by Mina for Sci Fi Journal. HERE
March 14, 2024. SFWA announces the finalists for the 2024 Nebula Awards and P.A. Cornell's "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" is among them! YouTube Text
March 8, 2024. Vanessa Fogg includes, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont," in her Short Fiction Recs! HERE
February 26, 2024. Great review of Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1, in Amazing Stories magazine. HERE
February 19, 2024. Arley Sorg shares his Year in Review 2023 essay in Locus Magazine with a shoutout to Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures, which first published P.A. Cornell's, "The Body Remembers." HERE
February 15, 2024. Ottawa Review of Books gives a glowing review to Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1. HERE
February 4, 2024. Tar Vol reviews several stories they've recently read, including P.A. Cornell's, "440 Broad Street, Apartment, 4C." HERE
February 2, 2024. Meghan Smith highlights P.A. Cornell's "The Body Remembers" for its cinematic potential in her Fiction to Features film industry newsletter, and "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" gets another mention. HERE
February 1, 2024. The Worlds of Possibility anthology, which includes P.A. Cornell's, "Things Most Meaningful," made the 2023 Locus Recommended Reading List under the Reprint Anthology category. HERE
January 29, 2024. Sam Tomaino reviews Abyss & Apex, Issue #89, including P.A. Cornell's, "The Procedure," for SFRevu. HERE
January 21, 2024. The Dread Machine's Darkness Blooms, which includes P.A. Cornell's "Hard Time," is included on the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. HERE
January 19, 2024. P.A. Cornell's, "Things Most Meaningful" is long-listed for the 2023 BSFA Awards by The British Science Fiction Association.
January 17, 2024. K.C. Mead-Brewer highlights several stories she enjoyed, including P.A. Cornell's "The Body Remembers. HERE
January 15, 2024. Haunted MTL's Daphne Fauber reviews The Dread Machine's Darkness Blooms anthology, including "Hard Time" by P.A. Cornell. HERE
January 14, 2024. Ephiny Gale includes P.A. Cornell's "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" on her list of 10 Favourite Short Fiction Recs From 2023. VIDEO. TEXT.
January 11, 2024. Eugenia Triantafyllou includes P.A. Cornell's "Things Most Meaningful" on her list of stories she enjoyed in 2023. HERE

2023

December 28, 2023. A.P. Howell shares her list of recommended stories from 2023, which includes P.A. Cornell's "440 Broad Street, Apartment 4C." HERE
December 21, 2023. Tar Vol's 2023 Recommended Reading List includes "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" as one of their favorite short stories of the year. HERE
December 19, 2023. Nebula and Locus award winner, John Wiswell, includes "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" in his Big Recommended Short Story Reading List for 2023. HERE
December 1, 2023. Meghan Smith highlights P.A. Cornell's "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" for its cinematic potential in her Fiction to Features film industry newsletter. HERE
November 28, 2023. "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" is included in the short fiction spotlight for Narrated podcast, episode 232. HERE
November 23, 2023. Nils Odlund of Team JamReads reviews Lost Cargo for #SFINCS. HERE
November 9, 2023. PseudoPod highlights their picks for the best horror anthologies of the year, including Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures, from which they selected P.A. Cornell's, "The Body Remembers," to feature on their website and podcast. HERE
November 5, 2023. A.C. Wise reviews Augur, Issue 6.1, including P.A. Cornell's "The Collective Memories of Dogs and Robots." HERE
October 31, 2023. Sam Tomaino reviews Fantasy Magazine, Issue 96 for SFRevu, including "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" by P.A. Cornell. HERE
October 26, 2023. Mina reviews issue #96 (the final issue) of Fantasy Magazine, including P.A. Cornell's, "Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont" for Tangent. HERE
October 20, 2023. Jamedi of Team JamReads reviews Lost Cargo for #SFINCS. HERE
October 3, 2023. Natalieinne reviews Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories, including "Decorative," by P.A. Cornell for Fill Your Bookshelf blog. HERE
September 4, 2023. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's "8 Laws I Wound Up Breaking While Attempting to Restore the Timeline," in her Short Fiction Round-Up #78. HERE
August 10, 2023. Filip Magnus reviews P.A. Cornell's "A World Unto Myself" for the Short Story Reader blog. HERE
August 7, 2023. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's stories, "A World Unto Myself" and "The Bullet in My Pocket Has Your Name on It," in her Short Fiction Round-Up #77. HERE
August 6, 2023. Maria Haskins reviews "A World Unto Myself" in her Sci-fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup for July. HERE
August 1, 2023. Gabino Iglesias reviews Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures for Locus magazine. HERE
July/August, 2023. Lyndsey Croal of Literally Lyndsey includes P.A. Cornell's "A World Unto Myself" among her short fiction recommendations. HERE
July 3, 2023. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's, "A World Unto Myself" in her Short Fiction Round-Up #76. HERE
June 27, 2023. Howard G. Cornett reviews Apex Magazine, Issue 138, at My Reading Life blog, including P.A. Cornell's, "A World Unto Myself." HERE
June 22, 2023. Arley Sorg reviews Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures for Lightspeed magazine, including P.A. Cornell's, "The Body Remembers." HERE
June 5, 2023. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's "Things Most Meaningful," in her Short Fiction Round-Up #75. HERE
May 3, 2023. Victoria Silverwolf reviews Apex Magazine, Issue 138 for Tangent, including P.A. Cornell's, "A World Unto Myself." HERE
April 3, 2023. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's, "The Smell of Sawdust" in her Short Fiction Round-Up #73. HERE
March 6, 2023. P.A. Cornell's "Things Most Meaningful" makes Reactor's Must Read Short Speculative Fiction list for February. Reviews by Alex Brown. HERE
January 5, 2023. Dark Dispatch reviews P.A. Cornell's science fiction novella, Lost Cargo. Watch on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram

2022

December 26, 2022. Review of "A Fall Backward Through the Hourglass" by Oh Just Books. HERE
December 20, 2022. P.A. Cornell wins the 2022 Short Works Prize Hamilton Public Library Freda Waldon Award for Fiction for her story, "Splits," (originally published in Cossmass Infinities, Issue 6). HERE
December 12, 2022. Mini review of "Nine Lives" by Oh Just Books. HERE
November 28, 2022. Sam Tomaino reviews Galaxy's Edge, Issue 59, including "Into the Frozen Wilds" for SFRevu. HERE
November 8, 2022. Geoff Houghton reviews Galaxy's Edge, Issue 59, including "Into the Frozen Wilds" for Tangent. HERE
November 7, 2022. Sara L. Uckelman reviews "A Fall Backward Through the Hourglass" for SFF Reviews. HERE
February 28, 2022. Adria Bailton includes P.A. Cornell's "Nine Lives" in her Short Fiction Round-Up #58. HERE
January 11, 2022. Rich Horton reviews "Splits" for Locus magazine. HERE

2021

December 23, 2021. Eamonn Murphy reviews Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, including "Shiny Things" by P.A. Cornell, for SFcrowsnest. HERE
December 15, 2021. "Lost beyond the Lights" chosen as Ariel Marken Jack's #sfstoryoftheday on Twitter. HERE
November 17, 2021. Victoria Silverwolf reviews Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, including "Shiny Things" by P.A. Cornell, for Tangent. HERE
September 15, 2021. P.A. Cornell reads her fantasy story "Kiss it Better" live on YouTube as part of Toronto's award-winning Ephemera reading series. This episode also features readings by Kat Howard and Carlos Hernandez, as well as a musical performance by Peter Adrian Behravesh. HERE
June 22, 2021. Karen Burnham reviews Departure Mirror #2, including "Tabula Rasa" by P.A. Cornell, for Locus magazine. HERE
February 11, 2021. "Tabula Rasa" makes Vanessa Jae's recommended reading list for January. HERE

2020

January 15, 2020. "One Last Payday" featured on Curious Fictions.
January 12, 2020. Victoria Silverwolf reviews Galaxy's Edge #42, including "Kiss it Better" by P.A. Cornell, for Tangent Online. HERE

2019

December 25, 2019. Sam Tomaino reviews Galaxy's Edge #42, for SFRevu. HERE
December 23, 2019. "Vinyl Wisdom" makes A.C. Wise's list of Favorite Short Fiction of 2019.
October 9, 2019. BoingBoing review of A Punk Rock Future. HERE
August 10, 2019. A.C. Wise reviews "Vinyl Wisdom" and six other stories from A Punk Rock Future.