1959 Best Short Story Hugo

The 1959 Best Short Story Hugo was presented September 7 at Detention. For the first time the modern nominations ballot followed by a final ballot process was followed so we have a list of nominees and a winner, but we do not have the order of finish after first place.

Winner: "That Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch [F&SF Sep 1958]

Runners-up:

• "They've Been Working On …" by Anton Lee Baker [AstoundingAug 1958]
• "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by Alfred Bester [F&SF Oct 1958]
• "Triggerman" by J. F. Bone [AstoundingDec 1958]
• "The Edge of the Sea" by Algis Budrys [Venture Mar 1958]
• "The Advent on Channel Twelve" by C. M. Kornbluth Science Fiction Stories #4// ed. by Frederik Pohl (Ballantine), 1958
• "Theory of Rocketry" by C. M. Kornbluth [F&SF Jul 1958]
• "Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee" by Fritz Leiber [F&SF May 1958]
• "Space to Swing a Cat" by Stanley Mullen [Astounding Jun 1958]
• "Nine Yards of Other Cloth" by Manly Wade Wellman [F&SF Nov 1958]

See also: Hugo Awards, 1959 Hugo Results, 1958 Best Short Story Hugo, 1960 Best Short Fiction Hugo.