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The Spy in the Shadows ed. Marvin Allen Karp (Popular Library, 1965, SP357, 50¢, 142pp, pb, an) 7 · Flight Into Disaster · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week May 11 1952 (+1) 24 · The Army of the Shadows · Eric Ambler · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 42 · High Tide [Scott Mattaye] · John Phillips Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 8 1932 64 · Enemy Agent · Thomas Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 23 1943 77 · The Academicians · Joseph Whitehill · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1955 94 · “Somewhere in France” · Richard Harding Davis · nv Metropolitan June 1915 115 · Death Is My Hostess · Sax Rohmer · ss Argosy April 1957 128 · The Case of the Purloined Philanderer · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) October 1955, as “Trust Little Al”

Suddenly: Great Stories of Suspense and the Unexpected ed. Marvin Allen Karp & Irving Settel (Popular Library, 1965, SP351, 50¢, 144pp, pb, an) 7 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury January 1951 19 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944 36 · Torch Song · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker October 4 1947 56 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 74 · Pillar of Salt · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle October 1948 91 · Final Performance · Robert Bloch · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales September 1960 106 · The White Quail · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review March 1935 120 · The Aftertaste · Peter Ustinov · ss 1958 138 · 23 Pat O’Brien Movies · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy December 1960

The Unhumans ed. Marvin Allen Karp (Popular Library, 1965, SP405, 50¢, 141pp, pb, an) 7 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 23 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 40 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 55 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 66 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933 78 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 88 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 103 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954 116 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937

Hamburg Noir ed. Jan Karsten (Akashic Books, August 5, 2025, 978-1-63614-115-2, $18.95, 296pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]     A hardcover edition (-306-4, $36.95) was announced but not seen. Details taken from Table of Contents. 13 · A Port for the Stranded · Jan Karsten; translated by Noah Harley · in translated from the German. · Part I: Water & Schnapps 23 · Ant Street · Nora Luttmer; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Rothenburgsort. translated from the German. 40 · I’ll Be Gone in a Minute · Till Raether; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Altenwerder. translated from the German. 51 · Way Down Below · Ingvar Ambjørnsen; translated by Geoffrey C. Howes · ss; set in Hoheluft. translated from the German. 58 · Under Blackthorn · Matthias Wittekindt; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Billwerder. translated from the German. · Part II: Dream & Reality 87 · Angel Fricassee · Timo Blunck; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Niendorf. translated from the German. 106 · Who’ll Look After Our Women if We Don’t? · Bela B. Felsenheimer; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in St. Pauli. translated from the German. 128 · Crazy Angels · Jasmin Ramadan; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Eimsbüttel. translated from the German. 145 · The Outer Facade · Frank Göhre; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Winterhude. translated from the German. 162 · The Assignment · Katrin Seddig; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Altona. translated from the German. 179 · Reeperbahn 29 Revisited · Tina Uebel; translated by Paul David Young · ss; set in Reeperbahn. translated from the German. · Part III: Power & Oblivion 191 · Abreast Schwarztonnensand · Zoë Beck; translated by Noah Harley · nv; set in Blankenese. translated from the German. 228 · Aikido Diaries · Brigitte Helbling; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Horn. translated from the German. 250 · The Girl at the Dom · Kai Hensel; translated by Noah Harley · ss; set in Heiligengeistfeld. translated from the German. 268 · Expropriation · Robert Brack; translated by Geoffrey C. Howes · ss; set in Ottensen. translated from the German. 293 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them ed. Laura Kasischke & Keith Taylor--- see under Keith Taylor.

Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists ed. Amy A. Kass (Indiana University Press, 2008, hc, an)     Fiction and poetry only indexed. 16 · The Grand Inquisitor · Feodor Dostoyevsky; translated by Constance Garnett · ex (r) from The Brothers Karamazov. 34 · Perfection · Mark Helprin · na Commentary October 2004 91 · Alms-Giving · George Moore · ss (r) from The Untilled Field. 98 · A Woman with a Mission · Arna Bontemps · ss (r) from The Old South. 108 · A Patron of the Arts · Bruce Holland Rogers · nv (r) from Lost Pages, 10/03. 136 · The Eleventh · Henri Barbusse; translated by Fitzwater Wray · ss (r) from We Others. 152 · Ozymandias · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Examiner January 11 1818 157 · Nathan the Wise · Gotthold E. Lessing; translated by George Alexander Kohut · ex (r) 165 · Howard’s End · E. M. Forster · ex (r) 169 · King Lear · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 177 · The Portrait of a Lady · Henry James · ex Houghton Mifflin, October 29 1881 210 · Christmas with the Children · Elizabeth Goudge · ex (r) from A Christmas Book. 239 · Three Questions · Leo Tolstoy; translated by L. Maude & A. Maude · ss (r) from What Men Live By, and Other Tales. 248 · The Joker · Maeve Brennan · nv The New Yorker December 27 1952 276 · The Beggar · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss (r) from The Horse Stealers. 281 · A Good Man’s Miracle · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Child’s Friend and Family Magazine February 1844 288 · Reb Yozifl and the Contractor · Sholom Aleichem; translated by Isidore Goldstick · ss (r) from Inside Kasrilevke. 294 · The Free Vacation House · Anzia Yezierska · nv The Forum December 1915 319 · Lines Indited with All the Depravity of Poverty · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker December 20 1930 320 · If You Give Me Your Attention · W. S. Gilbert · ex (r) from Princess Ida. 339 · The Old Cumberland Beggar · William Wordsworth · pm (r) 345 · Love and a Question · Robert Frost · pm (r) 349 · The Wife of His Youth · Charles W. Chesnutt · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1898 359 · The Applicant · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 17 1892 363 · Invisible Man · Ralph Ellison · ex (r) 370 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 376 · Younger Generation · Zona Gale · ss (r) from Old-Fashioned Tales. 388 · Haskell Hooked on the Northern Cheyenne · Gordon Weaver · nv (r) from The Entombed Man of Thule. 412 · Prometheus Bound · Aeschylus; translated by E. H. Plumptre · ex (r)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII ed. Elisa J. Kassin, Dean Wesley Smith, John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block--- see under Dean Wesley Smith.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 8 ed. Elisa J. Kassin, Dean Wesley Smith & Paula M. Block--- see under Dean Wesley Smith.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 9 ed. Elisa J. Kassin, Dean Wesley Smith & Paula M. Block--- see under Dean Wesley Smith.

It’s Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories ed. John Kastan & Janice Eidus--- see under Janice Eidus.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction on Earth ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 21, 2023, 978-1-884612-60-2, $19.99, 360pp, tp, an)     An anthology of the best science fiction stories set on planet Earth published in 2022 by leading authors of the genre. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Quandary Aminu vs the Butterfly Man · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com September 21 2022 45 · The Ferryman · Saad Z. Hossain · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 59 · The White Leopard · Michael Swanwick · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 69 · Solidity · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2022 109 · Pollen and Salt · Octavia Cade · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 117 · The Cottage in Omena · Charles Andrew Oberndorf · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2022 169 · Inheritance · Hannah Yang · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 179 · After the Storm · James Bradley · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 201 · The Empty · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2022 215 · Optimist Cleaver’s Last Transmission · J. C. Hsyu · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2022 241 · Coyoteland · Evan Marcroft · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 273 · When the Tide Rises · Sarah Gailey · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 291 · The Talosite · Rebecca Campbell · na Undertow Publications, October 2022

The Year’s Best Science Fiction on Earth 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 22, 2024, 978-1-884612-76-3, $19.99, x+275pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2021)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · A Soul in the World · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Uncanny Magazine #51, March/April 2023 23 · Deep Blue Jump · Dean Whitlock · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 53 · A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk · Cécile Cristofari · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023 67 · Contracting Iris · Peter Watts · nv Lightspeed #154, March 2023 expanded from a vignette of the same name published on Watts’ website “No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons” (June 17, 2021). previously available as an audiobook story on the Contracting Iris album by Stoneburner (March 2022). 95 · Cuttlefish · Anil Menon · nv Communications Breakdown ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2023 115 · Highway Requiem · T. R. Napper · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2023 133 · A Borrowing of Bones · Karin Lowachee · ss New Suns 2 ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2023 151 · Sigh No More · Ian McDonald · ss Communications Breakdown ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2023 169 · Devil in the Deep · Lucie Lukačovičová · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 185 · LOL, Said the Scorpion · Rich Larson · ss Clarkesworld #200, May 2023 193 · Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene · Paul McAuley · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2023

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 6, 2017, 978-1-976168-98-7, $15.99, 211pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Seven Birthdays · Ken Liu · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 17 · Sixteen Questions for Kamala Chatterjee · Alastair Reynolds · ss Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 29 · Number Nine Moon · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016 49 · Chasing Ivory · Ted Kosmatka · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2016 57 · Something Happened Here, but We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · ss Tor.com July 20 2016 71 · Of the Beast in the Belly · C. W. Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2016 105 · RedKing · Craig DeLancey · ss Lightspeed #70, March 2016 123 · Vortex [Julia & Viktor] · Gregory Benford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016 141 · The Visitor from Taured · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2016 163 · The Seventh Gamer · Gwyneth Jones · nv To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016 189 · Fieldwork · Shariann Lewitt · nv To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 11, 2018, 978-1-79074-443-5, $15.99, 248pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Shadows of Eternity · Gregory Benford · nv Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 33 · Holdfast · Alastair Reynolds · nv Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 49 · The Use of Things · Ramez Naam · ss Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 63 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 103 · ZeroS · Peter Watts · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 141 · Canoe · Nancy Kress · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 159 · The Chatter of Monkeys · Bond Elam · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2017 175 · Vanguard 2.0 · Carter Scholz · ss Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 191 · Acadie · Dave Hutchinson · na Tor.com, September 5 2017

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 4, 2019, 978-1-70107-305-0, $16.99, 299pp, tp, an, cover by Mark Evans from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Umbernight · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na Clarkesworld #137, February 2018 51 · Kindred · Peter Watts · ss Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 63 · The Woman Who Destroyed Us · S. L. Huang · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 89 · Entropy War · Yoon Ha Lee · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018 95 · Intervention [The Lucky Peach] · Kelly Robson · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 119 · Cosmic Spring · Ken Liu · ss Lightspeed #94, March 2018 127 · The Spires · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2018 153 · Providence · Alastair Reynolds · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018 159 · Nothing Ever Happens on Oberon · Paul McAuley · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 187 · 3-adica [Sagreda] · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2018 235 · Icefall · Stephanie Gunn · na Twelfth Planet Press, October 31 2018

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 1, 2020, 979-863604544-1, $19.99, 427pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · This Is Not the Way Home · Greg Egan · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 29 · At the Fall · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2019 55 · Winter Wheat · Gord Sellar · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2019 111 · On the Shores of Ligeia · Carolyn Ives Gilman · ss Lightspeed #106, March 2019 originally published in Chinese by the Future Affairs Administration. 129 · Sacrificial Iron · Ted Kosmatka · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2019 153 · Soft Edges · Elizabeth Bear · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 163 · Ring Wave · Tom Jolly · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2019 197 · A Mate Not a Meal · Sarina Dorie · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2019 229 · By the Warmth of Their Calculus · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 249 · The Little Shepherdess · Gwyneth Jones · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 259 · The Slipway · Greg Egan · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2019 291 · Cloud-Born [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv Clarkesworld #158, November 2019 315 · The Ocean Between the Leaves [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019 333 · Cyclopterus · Peter Watts · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 351 · The Menace from Farside [Luna] · Ian McDonald · ss Tor.com, November 12 2019

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 1, 2021, 979-872595707-5, $19.99, 368pp, tp, an, cover: Waterlines by Maurizio Manzieri from Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com January 15 2020 37 · Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2020 59 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 65 · Time’s Own Gravity · Alexander Glass · ss Interzone #288, September/October 2020 77 · Test 4 Echo · Peter Watts · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020 95 · Mediation · Cadwell Turnbull · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 107 · Brother Rifle · Daryl Gregory · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020 127 · You and Whose Army? · Greg Egan · nv Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 159 · A Mastery of German · Marian Denise Moore · nv Dominion ed. Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald & Zelda Knight, Aurelia Leo, 2020 181 · When God Sits in Your Lap · Ian Tregillis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 203 · Invisible People · Nancy Kress · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 227 · Eyes of the Forest · Ray Nayler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2020 243 · Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World [The Unraveling] · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 261 · Salvage · Andy Dudak · nv Interzone #285, January/February 2020 291 · Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County · Derek Künsken · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 17, 2022, $6.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Paley’s Watch · Anil Menon · ss The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2 ed. Tarun K. Saint, Hachette India, 2021 · Light Up the Clouds · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · Little Animals · Nancy Kress · nv Clarkesworld #177, June 2021 · The Metric · David Moles · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Vaccine Season · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 · Submergence · Arula Ratnakar · na Clarkesworld #174, March 2021 · The Egg Collectors · Lavie Tidhar · ss Interzone #290/291, 2021 · Aptitude · Cooper Shrivastava · nv Tor.com August 4 2021 · Striding the Blast · Gregory Feeley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 · Año Nuevo · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Flowers Like Needles [Needle] · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · The Planetbreaker’s Son · Nick Mamatas · na The Planetbreaker’s Son Plus… by Nick Mamatas, PM Press, 2021

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 6, 2023, 978-1-884612-65-7, $19.99, 343pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Difference Between Love and Time · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2022 39 · Maryon’s Gift [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 49 · Goldie · Sean Monaghan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 99 · The Wine-Dark Deep [Lena and the Octopus] · Sheila Finch · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 127 · The Lichens · Nina Allan · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2022 143 · Beneath the Surface, a Womb of Ice · Deborah L. Davitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 161 · The Ploughshare and the Storm · Gwyneth Jones · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 171 · Cloudchaser · Tom Jolly · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022 209 · Critical Mass · Peter Watts · ss Lightspeed #146, July 2022 227 · Nonstandard Candles · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport March 6 2022 235 · The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel · Vikram Ramakrishnan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 251 · Timekeepers’ Symphony · Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #192, September 2022 267 · I Give You the Moon · Justina Robson · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 287 · A Stone’s Throw [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 291 · Communion · Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 4, 2024, 978-1-884612-57-2, $24.95, 477pp, tp, oa, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Ghosts of Mars · Dominica Phetteplace · na Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2023 71 · The Enthnomusicology of the Last Dreadnaught · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 5 2023 77 · Even if Such Ways Are Bad · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com February 8 2023 99 · Lemuria 7 Is Missing [Lemuria 7] · Allen M. Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2023 149 · Cloudskimmer · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 161 · OCASTA · Daniel H. Wilson · ss New Suns 2 ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2023 173 · The Tinker and the Timestream · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2023 217 · Six Incidents of Evolution Using Time Travel · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 225 · Defective · Peter Watts · nv Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 249 · Clockwork Melting · James Maxey · ss Artifice & Craft ed. David B. Coe & Edmund R. Schubert, Zombies Need Brains, 2023 267 · The Elephant Maker · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2023 349 · The Unpastured Sea [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 375 · Exiled to Gravity · Marissa Lingen · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 12 2023 383 · The Last Cathedral of Earth, In Flight · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 399 · The Many Different Kinds of Love · Geoff Ryman & David Jeffrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2023

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 13, 2025, 978-1-884612-82-4, $19.99, 316pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea · Naomi Kritzer · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2024 45 · Western Approaches · Ian McDonald · ss ParSec #11, Summer 2024 57 · The Dark at the End of the Tunnel · Edward M. Lerner · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2024 75 · The Icy Wasteland at Her Feet · Deborah L. Davitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Winter 2024 89 · Barbarians · Rich Larson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2024 139 · Encore · Wole Talabi · ss Deep Dream ed. Indrapramit Das, The MIT Press, 2024 161 · Places You Have Never Been · David Cleden · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2024 193 · Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · ss Clarkesworld #218, November 2024 207 · There’s Nothing in the Attic · Faith Merino · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2024 223 · Mirrorstar · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2024 249 · Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa · Ashok K. Banker · na Lightspeed #174, November 2024

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, May 28, 2019, 978-1-09-698374-3, $16.99, 262pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Interzone #109, July 1996)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Hard Mary · Sofia Samatar · nv Lightspeed #100, September 2018 45 · Quality Time · Ken Liu · nv Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 67 · Different Seas · Alastair Reynolds · ss Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 81 · Meat and Salt and Sparks · Rich Larson · ss Tor.com June 6 2018 99 · The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto · Annalee Newitz · ss Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 111 · Cold Blue Sky · J. E. Bates · ss Apex Magazine #108, May 2018 125 · Grace’s Family · James Patrick Kelly · nv Tor.com May 16 2018 157 · S’elfie · Justina Robson · ss Mother of Invention ed. Rivqa Rafael & Tansy Rayner Roberts, Twelfth Planet Press, 2018 173 · The Buried Giant · Lavie Tidhar · nv Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 191 · Air Gap · Eric Cline · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2018 203 · Okay, Glory · Elizabeth Bear · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 233 · When We Were Starless · Simone Heller · nv Clarkesworld #145, October 2018

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 22, 2021, 979-849868011-8, $17.99, 310pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Interzone #99, September 1995)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship · Will McIntosh · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 55 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 61 · A Guide for Working Breeds · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020 81 · Father · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 99 · Metal Like Blood in the Dark · T. Kingfisher · ss Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020 117 · Your Boyfriend Experience · James Patrick Kelly · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 145 · The Beast Adjoins · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 171 · Go. Now. Fix. · Timons Esaias · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020 181 · The Ambient Intelligence · Todd McAulty · ss Lightspeed #125, October 2020 209 · Sparklybits · Nick Wolven · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 231 · Callme and Mink · Brenda Cooper · ss Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 243 · Rover · A. T. Sayre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020 257 · Come the Revolution [The Alchemy Wars] · Ian Tregillis · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Third Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 8, 2022, 979-8-3579-0763-9, $17.99, 283pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Room to Live · Marie Vibbert · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2021 19 · A Necessary Being · Indrapramit Das · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 35 · Philly Killed His Car · Will McIntosh · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2021 57 · My Heart Is at Capacity · T. J. Berry · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 73 · Uploading Angela · Lettie Prell · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2021 131 · Bread and Circuits · Misha Lenau · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 143 · Mixology for Humanity’s Sake · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 163 · An Hour to Ames · Dan Reade · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2021 175 · A Vast Silence · T. R. Napper · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2021 197 · Muallim · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 211 · Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma · R. S. A. Garcia · na Clarkesworld #172, January 2021

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, October 11, 2023, 978-1-884612-61-9, $18.99, 286pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Schlafstunde [Geshem and Mili] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Magazine #132, 2022 31 · The Secret Strength of Things [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · ss Clarkesworld #193, October 2022 39 · Dollbot Cicily · Will McIntosh · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 83 · Bumblebot · Marie Vibbert · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 91 · Once Upon a Future in the West · Daryl Gregory · nv Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 117 · Welcome Home · Jendayi Brooks-Flemister · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 129 · Nirvana or Bust · Michael Swanwick · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2022 137 · Hello from Tomorrow · E. C. Myers · ss The Sunday Morning Transport April 17 2022 149 · Mender of Sparrows [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 171 · The Still Small Voice · Louise Carey · ss Night, Rain, and Neon ed. Michael Cobley, NewCon Press, 2022 187 · Lily, the Immortal · Kylie Lee Baker · ss Uncanny Magazine #44, January/February 2022 203 · Maximum Efficiency · Holly Schofield · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 213 · The Secret of Silphium · Megha Spinel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 249 · Cold Revolution Blues [Lightspeed] · Ken MacLeod · nv New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 written in conjunction with a student project of Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape in 2016.

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fifth Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, October 11, 2024, 978-1-884612-59-6, $18.99, 234pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vi · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Zeta-Epsilon · Isabel J. Kim · ss Clarkesworld #198, March 2023 25 · Personal Satisfaction · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss ParSec #6, Winter 2023 33 · The Infinite Endings of Elsie Chen · Kylie Lee Baker · ss Uncanny Magazine #52, May/June 2023 51 · The Bends · Rajan Khanna · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2023 71 · Prospecting · Lavie Tidhar · ss Robotic Ambitions ed. Lesley Conner & Jason Sizemore, Apex Publications, 2023 79 · Games Without Frontiers · Andy Dudak · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2023 109 · Xhova · Adelehin Ijasan · ss Mothersound ed. Wole Talabi, Android Press, 2023 121 · Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 · R. S. A. Garcia · ss Uncanny Magazine #53, July/August 2023 137 · Everybody Needs a Conditions Box · David Ebenbach · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2023 153 · At Every Door a Ghost · Premee Mohamed · nv Communications Breakdown ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2023 173 · My Year as a Boy · David Ira Cleary · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2023

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 10, 2011, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Return to Titan [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010 · Jackie’s-Boy · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2010 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010 · Seven Cities of Gold · David Moles · nv PS Publishing, May 2010 · A History of Terraforming · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2010 · Several Items of Interest · Rick Wilber · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2010 · Troika · Alastair Reynolds · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 8, 2012, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · The Ice Owl [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011 · Angel of Europa · Allen Steele · na Subterranean Press, September 2011 · The Ants of Flanders · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2011 · The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary · Ken Liu · na Panverse Three ed. Dario Ciriello, Panverse Publishing, 2011 · Kiss Me Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2011 · The Man Who Bridged the Mist · Kij Johnson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2011

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, October 23, 2013, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · The Stars Do Not Lie · Jay Lake · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2012 · In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns [Sub-Inspector Ferron] · Elizabeth Bear · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2012 · The Boolean Gate · Walter Jon Williams · na Subterranean Press, November 2012 · The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future [Sunspin] · Jay Lake · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2012 · Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2012 · Eater-of-Bone [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas by Robert Reed, PS Publishing, 2012

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 28, 2014, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2013 · Success · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 · The Weight of the Sunrise · Vylar Kaftan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2013 · Feral Moon · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2013 · Murder on the Aldrin Express [Captain Nick Aames] · Martin L. Shoemaker · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2013 · Earth I [Flood] · Stephen Baxter · nv Universes by Stephen Baxter, PS Publishing, 2013 · One · Nancy Kress · na Tor.com July 17 2013

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 9, 2015, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Claudius Rex · John P. Murphy · na Alembical 3 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen & Arthur Dorrance, Paper Golem, 2014 · Each in His Prison, Thinking of the Key [Old Man] · William Preston · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2014 · The Last Log of the Lachrimosa [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Subterranean (online) Summer 2014 · Of All Possible Worlds · Jay O’Connell · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2014 · The Regular · Ken Liu · na Upgraded ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing, 2014 · The Man Who Sold the Moon · Cory Doctorow · na Hieroglyph ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Morrow, 2014

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 19, 2016, 978-1-5408-3789-9, $18.99, 366pp, tp, an, cover: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Maurizio Manzieri from Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Inhuman Garbage [Miles Flint (Retrieval Artist)] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2015 69 · What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear · Bao Shu; translated by Ken Liu · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2015 translated from the Chinese (“Dà shídài”). 135 · The New Mother · Eugene Fischer · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2015 189 · Gypsy · Carter Scholz · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015 263 · The Citadel of Weeping Pearls [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, January 17, 2018, 978-1-983653-26-1, $18.99, 374pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Vanishing Kind · Lavie Tidhar · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2016 59 · Lazy Dog Out · Suzanne Palmer · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2016 115 · Wyatt Earp 2.0 · Wil McCarthy · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2016 173 · The Charge and the Storm · An Owomoyela · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2016 215 · Einstein’s Shadow · Allen M. Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2016 261 · The Metal Demimonde · Nick Wolven · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2016 301 · The Iron Tactician [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · na NewCon Press, 2016

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, February 1, 2019, 978-1-79432-068-0, $18.99, 339pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry [Sere Glagolit] · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017 55 · The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse · Kathleen Ann Goonan · na Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 107 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 147 · Proof of Concept · Gwyneth Jones · na Tor.com, April 11 2017 213 · The Speed of Belief [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2017 265 · The Martian Job · Jaine Fenn · na NewCon Press, December 19 2017

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 24, 2021, 979-853270480-0, $17.99, 300pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Urania #1342 Supplement 1998)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Come the Revolution [The Alchemy Wars] · Ian Tregillis · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020 55 · “Knock, Knock” Said the Ship · Rati Mehrotra · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2020 73 · Midstrathe Exploding · Andy Dudak · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020 83 · Beyond the Dragon’s Gate · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com May 20 2020 95 · Pax Mongolica · Evan Marcroft · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2020 107 · Words We Say Instead · Brit E. B. Hvide · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 121 · Father · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 141 · Exile’s End · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv Tor.com August 12 2020 179 · Laws of Impermanence · Kenneth Schneyer · ss Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020 191 · Sinew and Steel and What They Told [Graff] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Tor.com February 26 2020 205 · Not This Tide · Sheila Finch · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 13, 2022, $17.99, 280pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · A Rocket for Dimitrios [Sylvia Aldstatt] · Ray Nayler · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2021 53 · Dream Atlas · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 59 · Mulberry and Owl [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Uncanny Magazine #42, September/October 2021 81 · Antonia and the Stranger Who Came to Rancho Los Feliz · Lisa Morton · ss Speculative Los Angeles ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2021 95 · The Station of the Twelfth · Chaz Brenchley · ss Tor.com September 8 2021 103 · The Burning Girl · Carrie Vaughn · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #340, October 7 2021 131 · Sleep and the Soul · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2021 183 · A Pall of Moondust · Nick Wood · ss Omenana #17, April 2021 191 · Re: Bubble 476 · A. T. Greenblatt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 209 · The Dark Ride · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2021

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 2023, 978-1-884612-64-0, $18.99, 309pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Bishop’s Opening · R. S. A. Garcia · na Clarkesworld #184, January 2022 67 · The Beast of Tara · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 77 · The Mercy of the Sandsea · T. L. Huchu · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2022 97 · The Lonely Time Traveler of Kentish Town · Nadia Afifi · ss Clarkesworld #194, November 2022 119 · Proof of Concept [Tohrroid] · Auston Habershaw · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2022 139 · The Sufficient Loss Protocol · Kemi Ashing-Giwa · ss Tor.com November 2 2022 157 · The Chronologist · Ian R. MacLeod · ss Tor.com February 9 2022 175 · An Expression of Silence · Beth Goder · ss Clarkesworld #187, April 2022 193 · A Letter to Merlin · Theodora Goss · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2022 207 · Boy in the Key of Forsaken [Locke] · Eric Del Carlo · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2022 223 · Of All the New Yorks in All the Worlds · Indrapramit Das · ss Tor.com October 19 2022 239 · Kingsbury 1944 · Michael Cassutt · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 23, 2024, 978-1-884612-58-9, $18.99, 276pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The House on Infinity Street · Allen M. Steele · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2023 43 · Forever the Forest · Simone Heller · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 57 · Symbiosis · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · ss Clarkesworld #196, January 2023 71 · Waystation City · A. T. Greenblatt · ss Uncanny Magazine #50, January/February 2023 85 · Counting Casualties · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com April 26 2023 99 · Blowout · Wole Talabi · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2023 117 · Embot’s Lament · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2023 133 · Ceres 7 · Lorraine Alden · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2023 145 · Heavy Lies · Rich Larson · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 155 · Bird-Girl Builds a Machine · Hannah Yang · ss Clarkesworld #206, November 2023 165 · The Blaumilch · Lavie Tidhar · ss Clarkesworld #205, October 2023 177 · The Mausoleum’s Children · Aliette de Bodard · ss Uncanny Magazine #52, May/June 2023 193 · To the Mean · Rick Wilber · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 26 2023 203 · Blade and Bone · Paul McAuley · na Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2023

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 21, 2009, 978-1-884612-85-5, $32.99, audio CD, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     This first volume in the series was only released as an audio CD or download, narrated by Tom Dheere. Details taken from online listing. · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 · Five Thrillers · Robert Reed · gp The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ill-Fated Mission · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · Natural Killer · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ticking Bomb · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Assassin · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · World’s End · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 · The Art of Alchemy · Ted Kosmatka · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008 · Shoggoths in Bloom [Cthulhu] · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 · The Dream of Reason · Jeffrey Ford · ss Extraordinary Engines ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 · City of the Dead [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · nv Postscripts #15, Summer 2008

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 17, 2010, 978-1-884612-93-0, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 · This Peaceable Land, or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009 · Before My Last Breath · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 · A Story, with Beans [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2009 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009 · As Women Fight · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009 · On the Human Plan · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #31, February 2009 · Crimes and Glory [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2009

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 29, 2011, $2.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · A Letter from the Emperor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2010 · The Things · Peter Watts · nv Clarkesworld #40, January 2010 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 · Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010 · Re-Crossing the Styx · Ian R. MacLeod · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010 · Eight Miles · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2010 · The Emperor of Mars [Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2010 · Elegy for a Young Elk · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 · The Shipmaker [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Interzone #231, November/December 2010 · Alone [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 29, 2012, $2.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · After the Apocalypse · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, 2011 · At Play in the Fields · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 · For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2011 · Martian Heart · John Barnes · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 · Bit Rot [Saturn’s Children] · Charles Stross · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 · Purple · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011 · Dying Young · Peter M. Ball · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 · Canterbury Hollow · Chris Lawson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 · The Choice [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · na Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2011

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 9, 2013, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 · Tyche and the Ants · Hannu Rajaniemi · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 · Scout · Bud Sparhawk · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 · The Contrary Gardener · Christopher Rowe · ss Eclipse Online October 8 2012 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2012 · The Man [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · ss Arc May 2012 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 · Invisible Men · Christopher Barzak · ss Eclipse Online December 10 2012 · Arbeitskraft · Nick Mamatas · nv The Mammoth Book of Steampunk ed. Sean Wallace, Robinson, 2012 · Katabasis [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2012

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 4, 2014, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Pathways · Nancy Kress · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013 · Martian Blood · Allen Steele · nv Old Mars ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2013 · The Best We Can · Carrie Vaughn · ss Tor.com July 17 2013 · The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin · Michael Swanwick · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013 · The Irish Astronaut · Val Nolan · nv Electric Velocipede #26, 2013 · Zero for Conduct · Greg Egan · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013 · Among Us · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2013 · Exit, Interrupted · C. W. Johnson · ss The Other Half of the Sky ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam, 2013 · A Map of Mercury · Alastair Reynolds · nv Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2013 · Entangled · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2013

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 14, 2015, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Marielena · Nina Allan · ss Interzone #254, September/October 2014 · The Magician and Laplace’s Demon · Tom Crosshill · nv Clarkesworld #99, December 2014 · The Sarcophagus [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss Upgraded ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing, 2014 · Covenant · Elizabeth Bear · ss Hieroglyph ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Morrow, 2014 · Sadness · Timons Esaias · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2014 · Red Lights, and Rain · Gareth L. Powell · ss Solaris Rising 3 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2014 · In Babelsberg · Alastair Reynolds · ss Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014 · Amicae Aeternum · Ellen Klages · ss Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014 · Passage of Earth · Michael Swanwick · ss Clarkesworld #91, April 2014 · The Colonel [Firefall] · Peter Watts · ss Tor.com July 29 2014

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 25, 2016, 978-1-5368-9840-8, $15.99, viii+268pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Today I Am Paul [Today I Am] · Martin L. Shoemaker · ss Clarkesworld #107, August 2015 15 · My Last Bringback · John Barnes · nv Meeting Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2015 39 · The Audience · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015 69 · Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015 91 · Two-Year Man · Kelly Robson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2015 105 · A Murmuration · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #257, March/April 2015 127 · The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss · David Brin · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015 169 · Damage · David D. Levine · ss Tor.com January 21 2015 191 · Empty · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2015 221 · Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan · Ian McDonald · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 9 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 20, 2017, 978-1-5481-8298-4, $15.99, 266pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Touring with the Alien · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv Clarkesworld #115, April 2016 37 · Patience Lake · Matthew Claxton · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2016 63 · Terminal · Lavie Tidhar · ss Tor.com April 13 2016 81 · Elves of Antarctica · Paul McAuley · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 101 · Red in Tooth and Cog · Cat Rambo · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2016 123 · Prodigal · Gord Sellar · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2016 153 · Parables of Infinity [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 171 · My Generations Shall Praise · Samantha Henderson · ss Interzone #267, November/December 2016 187 · They Have All One Breath · Karl Bunker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2016 221 · The Art of Space Travel · Nina Allan · nv Tor.com July 27 2016

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, May 17, 2018, 978-1-71929-929-9, $15.99, 211pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Martian Obelisk · Linda Nagata · ss Tor.com July 19 2017 25 · Dear Sarah · Nancy Kress · ss Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 37 · An Evening with Severyn Grimes · Rich Larson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017 57 · The Chameleon’s Gloves [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 77 · The Residue of Fire [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 95 · The Moon Is Not a Battlefield · Indrapramit Das · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 113 · My English Name · R. S. Benedict · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 139 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017 159 · Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 177 · Night Passage [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017

The Animal Bridegroom by Sandra Kasturi (Tightrope Books, July 2007, 978-0-9738645-6-4, $12.95, 91pp, tp, co, cover by Kristi-ly Green)     Collection of 37 fantastic poems with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. 9 · A Brief Introduction · Neil Gaiman · in · Into the Woods 13 · The Burning Woman · Sandra Kasturi · pm Contemporary Verse Winter 1995 14 · Chaos Theory · Sandra Kasturi · pm Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 18 · The Gretel Papers · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1995 20 · The Birch Tree · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 21 · Verses for the Lost · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 22 · Estonian Witches · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1996 24 · Cadmus Reminisces · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 25 · Sea Wrack · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Spring 1999 26 · Spring Has Slipped Behind a Chair, Forgotten · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) · Lying with Wolves 31 · Lying with Wolves · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Fall 1999 33 · Five Cantos from the Prayer Book of Aphrodite · Sandra Kasturi · pm TransVersions #2, 1995 34 · Carnaval Perpetuel · Sandra Kasturi · pm Strange Horizons March 18 2002 38 · Faustus Tigris · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 40 · The Stars as Seen from Alberta · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 44 · Skinchanger · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 45 · Berry Picking with Jane · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 47 · Love with a Mermaid · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 48 · The Left Love Department · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 53 · Things the Rose Tree Knows in Spring · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 55 · A Daughter’s a Daughter · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 57 · Taken Root · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 58 · The Fisherman’s Wife Revisited · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 59 · Joanne Ironing · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 62 · The Changeling · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Winter 1995 64 · Frankenstein’s Monster’s Wife’s Therapist · Sandra Kasturi · pm Star*Line March/April 2005 65 · The Swan Maiden’s Tale · Sandra Kasturi · pm Daughter of Dangerous Dames ed. Tina L. Jens, 11th Hour Productions, 2000 · The Unbinding of Spirits 71 · I Speak for the Serpent · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 73 · After Misreading Emerson · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 74 · Merlin to Nimue · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 76 · Seven Poems · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 77 · Gaslight Elegy · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 80 · The Flayed Woman · Sandra Kasturi · pp Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 81 · After the Flood · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 82 · Old Men, Smoking · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 84 · The Unbinding of Spirits · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 85 · On Writing an Elegy for You, Whom I Have Lost · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 87 · Falling · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 89 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r) 90 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms (r) 93 · Author Bio · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing ed. Sandra Kasturi & Halli Villegas (ChiZine Publications, July 2012, 978-1-926851-67-9, $15.95, iv+375pp, tp, an, cover by Corey Beep)     Anthology of 15 poems and 22 stories chosen as the best Canadian speculative writing of 2011. Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Gemma Files, Geoff Ryman, and Peter Watts. Introduction by Steven Erikson. A hardcover limited edition was available by preorder only. Details taken from online listing. i · Introduction · Steven Erikson · in 1 · Looker · David Nickle · ss Chilling Tales ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 16 · The List [Otherworld] · Kelley Armstrong · ss Evolve 2 ed. Nancy Kilpatrick, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 24 · Biting Tongues · Amal El-Mohtar · pm The WisCon Chronicles: Volume 5: Writing and Racial Identity ed. Nisi Shawl, Aqueduct Press, 2011 26 · Bleaker Collegiate Presents an All-Female Production of Waiting for Godot · Claire Humphrey · ss Strange Horizons July 18 2011 33 · Split Decision · Robert Runté · ss Tesseracts Fifteen ed. Susan MacGregor & Julie Czerneda, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 45 · The Cinder Girl · Peter Chiykowski · pm In the Garden of the Crow ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2011 48 · The Candle · Ian Rogers · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #2, Autumn 2011 54 · Through the Door · Susan Ioannu · pm 55 · Signal to Noise · Gemma Files · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 74 · The Ones Outside Your Door · Neile Graham · pm 75 · Down Where the Best Lilies Grow · Camille Alexa · ss 78 · Hide · Rebecca M. Senese · ss Tesseracts Fifteen ed. Susan MacGregor & Julie Czerneda, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 89 · What We Found · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2011 118 · Lie-Father · Gemma Files · pm Strange Horizons September 5 2011 120 · Centipede Girl · Ada Hoffmann · ss The Journal of Unlikely Entomology #2, November 2011 124 · Clockwork Fagin · Cory Doctorow · nv Steampunk! ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Walker, 2011 153 · Selected Haiku · George Swede · pm 154 · Pure · Rio Youers · nv Dark Dreams, Pale Horses by Rio Youers, PS Publishing, 2011 183 · 10 things to know about staplers · Carolyn Clink · pm Star*Line January/March 2011 184 · Laikas I · Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer · ss Granta #116, Summer 2011 201 · On the Many Uses of Cedar · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss On Spec Summer 2011 217 · Obscured · Rhonda Parrish · pm 218 · Hawkwood’s Folly · Timothy Reynolds · ss 230 · Razor Voices · Kelly Rose Pflug-Back · ss The Monster Book for Girls ed. Terry Grimwood, theExaggeratedPress, 2011 243 · The Bean-Sidhe Calls in Owl-Light · Neile Graham · pm 245 · Fur and Feathers · Lisa L. Hannett · nv Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett, Ticonderoga Publications, 2011 264 · Breathing Bones · Peter Chiykowski · pm 265 · The Education of Junior Number 12 [Machine Dynasties] · Madeline Ashby · nv Angry Robot Books Website December 13 2011 288 · One Quarter Gorgon · Helen Marshall · pm ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 290 · A Puddle of Blood · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Evolve 2 ed. Nancy Kilpatrick, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011 303 · Nothing but sky overhead · David Livingstone Clink · pm ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 304 · The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate · Kristin Janz · nv Aoife’s Kiss December 2011 329 · Charm · Anna Mioduchowska · pm 331 · Final Girl Theory · A. C. Wise · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 344 · To Live and Die in Gibbontown · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2011 358 · Beautiful Monster · Helen Marshall · pm 360 · Malak · Peter Watts · ss Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011