The Tomato Thief

"The Tomato Thief" is a 2016 fantasy novelette by Ursula Vernon. It was first published in Apex Magazine and has been reprinted in the collection Jackalope Wives and Other Stories.

Synopsis

When Grandma Harken (protagonist of "Jackalope Wives") stays up late to catch whoever is stealing fresh tomatoes from her garden, she finds herself drawn into a complex magical plot involving shapechangers, space warps, and gods.

Reception

"The Tomato Thief" won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (for works of 7,500 to 17,500 words).[1] Tor.com called it "excellent", noting that the story is a rare example of "older women as the protagonists of their own stories", and comparing Grandma Harken to Granny Weatherwax.[2] Tangent Online considered it to be "hard to put back down".[3]

gollark: mmWave is not useful for phones since you could probably just use WiFi at such ranges and it's not useful for fixed devices since there needs to be a tower or something very close and you might as well just run a fibre line.
gollark: Governments see it as a bragging thing now so there's a scramble to be "more techy".
gollark: Selling useless overhyped 5G devices?
gollark: Who doesn't want really short range communications still billed as mobile data?
gollark: Yes, which seems especially pointless.

References
  1. 2017 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 14, 2017
  2. Sleeps with Monsters: Stolen Tomatoes and Undead Deer, by Liz Bourke, at Tor.com; published July 25, 2017; retrieved August 14, 2017
  3. Apex Magazine #80, January 2016, reviewed by Kevin Hallett, at Tangent Online; published January 31, 2016; retrieved August 14, 2017
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