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Live Now, Pay Later by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, May 19, 1980, 0-86130-029-7, £1.25, 139pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]
Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume one in the series.

Man Pinches Bottom by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, August 9, 1979, 0-86130-026-2, £1.25, 168pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite)
Reprint (W.H. Allen 1962) humorous novel about a professional comic strip writer who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity via a murder hunt.

The Money Goes Round and Round (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-054-8, £1.50, 160pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Alvin Redman 1958) whacky English farce about a writer who is rich and celebrated in Spain, but poor and ignored in England.

One Last Mad Embrace (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-053-X, £1.50, 224pp, tp, n.) [Horace Spurgeon Fenton]
Reprint (Allison & Busby 1970) fast-paced comedy thriller set amidst the dying echoes of the 1960s. Volume three in the series.

The Screwrape Lettuce by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, December 15, 1980, 0-86130-038-6, £1.50, 136pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite)
Reprint (Duckworth 1979 as Up River) satirical SF novel Given as Screwrape Lettuce on the cover and spine.

Something for Nothing by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, May 19, 1980, 0-86130-031-9, £1.25, 174pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]
Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume two in the series.

The Trouble with Harry (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-035-1, £1.25, 112pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Boardman 1949) classic novel that was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for his film of the same name in 1955.

The Urban District Lover by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, June 16, 1980, 0-86130-033-5, £1.25, 195pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]
Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume three in the series.

The Wind in the Snottygobble Tree (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-055-6, £1.50, 172pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Allison & Busby 1971) socio-mystery comedy involving spies and travel agents.

Full Spectrum 2 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy & Patrick LoBrutto--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum 3 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum III ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum 4 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum IV ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

By His Own Hand by Rex Stout (Crippen & Landru, May 2001, 16pp, ph, ss) [Alphabet Hicks]
Short story published to recognize Rex Stout as Ghost of Honor, Malice Domestic XIII, May 2001.

The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout (Mysteriouspress.com, 2015, 978-1-5040-1134-1, $14.99, x+277pp, tp, co) [edited by Ira Brad Matetsky]

vii · Introduction · Ira Brad Matetsky · in

3 · The Last Drive · Rex Stout · na The Golfers Magazine July 1916 (+5)

85 · The Paisley · Rex Stout · ss Young’s Magazine November 1912

93 · Billy Du Mont, Reporter · Rex Stout · ss Young’s Magazine December 1912

105 · Barnacles · Rex Stout · ss Young’s Magazine January 1913

113 · The Pickled Picnic · Rex Stout · ss The Black Cat June 1913

129 · Two Kisses · Rex Stout · ss Breezy Stories January 1916

145 · Ask the Egyptians · Rex Stout · nv The Golfers Magazine March 1916

173 · This Is My Wife · Rex Stout · ss Snappy Stories 2nd March 1916

187 · Second Edition · Rex Stout · nv Young’s Magazine April 1916

209 · It Happened Last Night · Rex Stout · ss The Black Cat January 1917

219 · Old Fools and Young · Rex Stout · nv Young’s Magazine April 1918

275 · The Early Fiction of Rex Stout · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Rex Stout]

An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories by Rex Stout (Carroll & Graf, August 2000, 0-7867-0764-X, $5.95, 184pp, pb, co)
Collection of 16 stories.

1 · An Officer and a Lady · Rex Stout · ss All-Story Weekly January 13 1917

15 · Excess Baggage · Rex Stout · ss Short Stories October 1912

28 · Annuncio’s Violin · Rex B. Shaw · ss Short Stories October 1912; given as by Rex Stout.

33 · The Infernal Feminine · Rex Stout · ss Short Stories November 1912

40 · A Professional Recall · Rex Stout · ss The Black Cat December 1912

47 · Pamfret and Peace · Rex Stout · ss The Black Cat January 1913

58 · A Companion of Fortune · Rex Stout · ss Short Stories April 1913

71 · A White Precipitate · Rex Stout · ss Lippincott’s Magazine June 1913

78 · The Mother of Invention · Rex Stout · ss The Black Cat August 1913

89 · Méthode Américaine · Rex Stout · ss The Smart Set November 1913

101 · A Tyrant Abdicates · Rex Stout · ss Lippincott’s Magazine January 1914

110 · An Agacella Or · Rex Stout · ss Lippincott’s Magazine April 1914

123 · A Little Love Affair [Bob Chidden] · Rex Stout · ss Smith’s Magazine July 1915

141 · Art for Art’s Sake [Bob Chidden] · Rex Stout · ss Smith’s Magazine August 1915

153 · Another Little Love Affair [Bob Chidden] · Rex Stout · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1915

171 · The Strong Man · Rex Stout · ss Young’s Magazine November 1915

Triple Jeopardy by Rex Stout (Viking Press, March 21, 1952, 216pp, hc, co) [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Home to Roost [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine January 1952, as “Nero Wolfe and the Communist Killer”

57 · The Cop-Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine February 1951

121 · The Squirt and the Monkey [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine August 1951, as “See No Evil”

Under the Andes by Rex Stout (Penzler Books, August 1985, 0-89296-119-8, $15.95, 286pp, hc, n.)
First book publication of an early novel which originally appeared in All-Story Magazine in 1914—adventures with a lost race of Incas.

Under the Andes by Rex Stout (Altus Press, February 12, 2010, 978-1-4499-1457-8, $19.95, 242pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Penzler 1985) Lost Race novel.
Details taken from publisher website.

Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout (Viking, October 1956, LC:56-10479, 246pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Has endnotes by each story’s author. Also avaliable in the U.K. (Macdonald 1958 abridged as For Tomorrow We Die).

vii · Introduction · Rex Stout · in

1 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955

14 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956

30 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930

49 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951

68 · The Great Hunger · Joseph Commings · ss

77 · No Loose Ends · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty July 1948

92 · Piece of Cake [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss

98 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

117 · The Sequel to Murder · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 11 1950, as “What Would You Have Done?”

124 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago”

128 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952

149 · The Friends of Pietro · James A. Kirch · ss Weekend Magazine 1956

154 · The Case of the Voracious Victim · Henry Kuttner · ss Astounding Science-Fiction 1943

157 · Turmoil · Fred Levon · ss Maclean’s 1948

171 · The Impossible Murder · Dana Lyon · ss

181 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948

188 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951

203 · The Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946, as “The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle”

220 · By His Own Hand [Alphabet Hicks] · Rex Stout · ss Manhunt April 1955, as “His Own Hand”

234 · Proof of the Pudding · Lawrence Treat · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 16 1938

For Tomorrow We Die ed. Rex Stout (Macdonald, 1958, hc, an)
Has endnotes by each story’s author. Abridged from Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (Viking 1956).

v · Introduction · Rex Stout · in Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956

9 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955

24 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956

42 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930

63 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951

85 · The Great Hunger · Joseph Commings · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956

95 · No Loose Ends · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty July 1948

112 · Piece of Cake [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956

119 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

140 · The Sequel to Murder · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 11 1950, as “What Would You Have Done?”

148 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago”

153 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952

177 · The Friends of Pietro · James A. Kirch · ss Weekend Magazine 1956

183 · The Impossible Murder · Dana Lyon · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956

194 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948

202 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951

219 · The Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946, as “The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle”

239 · By His Own Hand [Alphabet Hicks] · Rex Stout · ss Manhunt April 1955, as “His Own Hand”

Rue Morgue No. 1 ed. Rex Stout & Louis Greenfield (Creative Age Press, 1946, LC:46-231144, $2.75, 403pp, hc, an)

ix · Introduction · Rex Stout · in

1 · The Listening House · Paul Hoffman · ss Woman’s Home Companion August 1945

13 · What More Can Fortune Do? [Quest, Inc.] · Henry Bedford-Jones · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1945, as by Gordon Keyne

35 · It Had to Be… · Dorothy Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1944

46 · Slay-Mates · Charles Larson · ss Popular Detective December 1944

67 · The Green God’s Ring [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales January 1945

101 · Gun from Gotham [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Speed Detective March 1944

122 · Second Childhood · Jack Snow · ss Weird Tales March 1945

130 · Cold Figures! · William Hellman · ss Detective Tales May 1945

134 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945

154 · Manhattan Manhunt · Matt Taylor · ss Cosmopolitan March 1945

169 · Dead as in Blonde [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask March 1945

202 · Death in the Tank [Dr. Gabriel] · Hugh Speer · ss Speed Detective May 1944

224 · Death Lies Waiting · Roland Phillips · nv Clues September 1931

265 · Need a Body Cry · H. Wolff Salz · nv The Shadow May 1944

287 · Suicide [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1945

298 · Midnight Rendezvous · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy June 1945

307 · I’ll Slay You in My Dreams · Bruno Fischer · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1944

346 · Murder Is Stupid [Detective Jerry Mooney] · Kerry O’Neil · nv The Blue Book Magazine December 1944

385 · The Cat’s-Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1945

Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology ed. Leon E. Stover & Willis E. McNelly--- see under Willis E. McNelly.

Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction ed. Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison (Doubleday, June 1968, LC:68-14170, $5.95, 355pp, hc, an, cover by Ann & Donald Crews)

11 · Foreword · Carleton S. Coon · fw

13 · Introduction · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · in

17 · Man…

19 · Fossils · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

20 · Neanderthal · Marijane Allen · pm The New York Times 1956

21 · Throwback · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949

41 · The Hairless Ape · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

42 · Apology for Man’s Physique · Earnest A. Hooton · ar (r)

45 · The Renegade · Lester del Rey (with James H. Beard) · ss Astounding Science-Fiction July 1943, as by Marion Henry

60 · Dominant Species · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

61 · Eltonian Pyramid · Ralph W. Dexter · ms The Scotsman October 1952

62 · Goldfish Bowl · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942, as by Anson MacDonald

94 · The Second-Class Citizen · Damon Knight · ss If November 1963

102 · Culture · Jerry Shelton · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1944

120 · Unfinished Evolution · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

121 · The Man of the Year Million · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette November 6 1893; subtitled “A Scientific Forecase”.

127 · 1,000,000 A.D. · [uncredited] · pm Punch 1893

128 · In the Beginning · Morton Klass · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1954

142 · The Future of the Races of Man · Carleton S. Coon · ar 1965

149 · …and His Works

151 · Prehistory · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

152 · The Evolution Man · Roy Lewis · ex from What We Did to Father, Hutchinson, 1960

157 · The Kon-Tiki Myth · Robert C. Suggs · ar 1960

165 · A Medal for Horatius · William C. Hall · ss Armada, 1955

170 · Archaeology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

171 · Omnilingual [Federation] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1957

212 · For Those Who Follow After · Dean McLaughlin · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1951

227 · A Preliminary Investigation of an Early Man Site in the Delaware River Valley · Charles W. Ward & Timothy J. O’Leary · fa (r)

236 · Local Customs · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

237 · Body Ritual Among the Nacirema · Horace M. Minor · fa American Anthropologist March 1966

243 · The Wait · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958

259 · Everybodyovskyism in Cat City · Lao Shaw; translated by Leon E. Stover · ex
translated from the Chinese (Mao Ch’Eng Chi, 1933).

261 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

268 · Peanuts · Charles M. Schulz · ct United Features Syndicate, January 21 1964

269 · Applied Anthropology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si

270 · The Captives · Julian Chain · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1953

292 · Men in Space · Harold D. Lasswell · ar (r)

298 · Of Course · Chad Oliver · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954

311 · Afterword · Leon E. Stover · aw

352 · References Cited · [uncredited] · bi

Nighttouch ed. Stephen Stovoschuk, Gerry Goldberg & Fred Corbett--- see under Gerry Goldberg.

Sam Lawson’s Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe (James R. Osgood and Company, 1872, 216pp, hc, co)

9 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1870, uncredited.

25 · The Sullivan Looking-Glass · Harriet Beecher Stowe · nv (r)

53 · The Minister’s Housekeeper · Harriet Beecher Stowe · nv (r)

79 · The Widow’s Bandbox · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1870

103 · Captain Kidd’s Money · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1870

122 · “Mis’ Elderkin’s Pitcher” · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1870

139 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870

160 · Colonel Eph’s Shoe-Buckles · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1870

177 · Bull-Fight · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

190 · How to Fight the Devil · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

200 · Laughin’ in Meetin’ · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

Sam Lawson’s Oldtown Fireside Stories (var. 1) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881, 216pp, hc, co)
Adds 4 stories to the 1872 (James R. Osgood) edition.

1 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1870, uncredited.

25 · The Sullivan Looking-Glass · Harriet Beecher Stowe · nv (r)

53 · The Minister’s Housekeeper · Harriet Beecher Stowe · nv (r)

79 · The Widow’s Bandbox · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1870

103 · Captain Kidd’s Money · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1870

122 · “Mis’ Elderkin’s Pitcher” · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1870

139 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870

160 · Colonel Eph’s Shoe-Buckles · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1870

177 · Bull-Fight · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

190 · How to Fight the Devil · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

200 · Laughin’ in Meetin’ · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

217 · Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss

232 · The Parson’s Horse Race · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1878

248 · Oldtown Fireside Tales of the Revolution · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss (r)

267 · A Student’s Sea Story · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1879

Tales from the New Twilight Zone by J. Michael Straczynski (Bantam Spectra, December 1989, 0-553-28286-7, $3.95, xiii+255pp, pb, oc)
Collection of 11 short novelizations based on episodes of the 1985-89 The Twilight Zone tv series. Eight were based on original scripts by Straczynski.

ix · Preface · J. Michael Straczynski · pr

1 · The Mind of Simon Foster · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

24 · The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon · J. Michael Straczynski & Haskell Barkin · sa

46 · Dream Me a Life · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

70 · The Call · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

90 · Acts of Terror · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

116 · Special Service · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

139 · The Wall · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

169 · The Trance · J. Michael Straczynski & Jeff Stuart · sa

191 · Rendezvous in a Dark Place · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

212 · Something in the Walls · J. Michael Straczynski · sa

232 · Our Selena Is Dying · J. Michael Straczynski & Rod Serling · sa

Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Last Dangerous Visions ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman ed. Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe--- see under Joe Haldeman.

The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson by Kim Stanley Robinson ed. Jonathan Strahan--- see under Kim Stanley Robinson.

The Best of R.A. Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty ed. Jonathan Strahan--- see under R. A. Lafferty.

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume One ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2007, 978-1-59780-068-6, $19.95, 479pp, tp, an, cover by Stephan Martiniere)
Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Connie Willis, and Gene Wolfe.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties · Neil Gaiman · ss Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2006

15 · El Regalo · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006

43 · I, Row-Boat · Cory Doctorow · nv Flurb #1, Fall 2006

73 · In the House of the Seven Librarians · Ellen Klages · nv Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006

93 · Another Word for Map Is Faith · Christopher Rowe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006

105 · Under Hell, Over Heaven · Margo Lanagan · nv Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2006

117 · Incarnation Day · Walter Jon Williams · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006

149 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

167 · A Siege of Cranes · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006

189 · Halfway House · Frances Hardinge · ss Alchemy #3, 2006

201 · The Bible Repairman · Tim Powers · nv Subterranean Press, January 31 2006

211 · Yellow Card Man [The Windup Universe] · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2006

239 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

267 · The American Dead · Jay Lake · ss Interzone #203, April 2006; illustrated by Rik Rawling

275 · The Cartesian Theater · Robert Charles Wilson · nv FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006

299 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006

321 · Eight Episodes · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006

331 · The Wizards of Perfil · Kelly Link · na Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006

361 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006

375 · D.A. · Connie Willis · nv Space Cadets ed. Mike Resnick, SCIFI, 2006

401 · Femaville 29 · Paul Di Filippo · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

419 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006

435 · The House Beyond Your Sky · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Strange Horizons September 4 2006; illustrated by Vladimir Vitkovsky

445 · The Djinn’s Wife [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2006

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2008, 978-1-59780-124-9, $19.95, 461pp, tp, an, cover by John Berkey)
Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Bruce Sterling, and Holly Black.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007

27 · The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007

41 · Trunk and Disorderly · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007

73 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

95 · Dead Horse Point · Daryl Gregory · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007

109 · The Dreaming Wind · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007

121 · The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007

135 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007

159 · Wizard’s Six [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007

181 · The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics · Daniel Abraham · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

199 · By Fools Like Me · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007

211 · Kiosk · Bruce Sterling · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2007

247 · Singing of Mount Abora · Theodora Goss · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007

261 · The Witch’s Headstone · Neil Gaiman · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007

281 · Last Contact · Stephen Baxter · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007

291 · Jesus Christ, Reanimator · Ken MacLeod · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007

301 · Sorrel’s Heart · Susan Palwick · ss The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick, Tachyon, 2007

311 · Urdumheim [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007

337 · Holiday · M. Rickert · ss Subterranean #7, 2007

347 · The Valley of the Gardens · Tony Daniel · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007

375 · Winter’s Wife · Elizabeth Hand · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007

403 · The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007

425 · Orm the Beautiful · Elizabeth Bear · ss Clarkesworld #4, January 2007

433 · The Constable of Abal · Kelly Link · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2010, 978-1-59780-171-3, $19.95, 516pp, tp, an, cover by John Berkey)
Year’s best anthology with 29 stories, plus a summation of the year and list of recommended reading by Strahan. Authors include Andy Duncan, Holly Black, Peter S. Beagle, and Diana Wynne Jones.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

7 · It Takes Two · Nicola Griffith · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009

33 · Three Twilight Tales · Jo Walton · ss Firebirds Soaring ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2009

45 · The Night Cache · Andy Duncan · nv PS Publishing, 2009

69 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

99 · Ferryman · Margo Lanagan · ss Firebirds Soaring ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2009

105 · “A Wild and a Wicked Youth” [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April/May 2009

125 · The Pelican Bar · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009

139 · Spar · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #37, October 2009

145 · Going Deep [Mariska Volochkova] · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2009

159 · The Coldest Girl in Coldtown · Holly Black · nv The Eternal Kiss ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press Teens, 2009

175 · Zeppelin City · Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com October 6 2009

205 · Dragon’s Teeth [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009

225 · This Wind Blowing, and This Tide · Damien Broderick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2009

243 · By Moonlight · Peter S. Beagle · nv We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2009

265 · Black Swan · Bruce Sterling · nv Interzone #221, April 2009
first appeared in Italian (“Cigno Nero”, Robot: Rivista di Fantascienza Spring 2009).

285 · As Women Fight · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009

299 · The Cinderella Game · Kelly Link · ss Troll’s Eye View ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2009

307 · Formidable Caress [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2009

327 · Blocked · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009

343 · Truth and Bone · Pat Cadigan · na Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009

373 · Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009

397 · The Motorman’s Coat · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June/July 2009

407 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009

425 · Echoes of Aurora · Ellen Klages · ss What Remains: Stories and Interviews, Aqueduct Press, 2009

435 · Before My Last Breath · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009

451 · JoBoy · Diana Wynne Jones · ss The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009

459 · Utriusque Cosmi · Robert Charles Wilson · ss The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009

477 · A Delicate Architecture · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Troll’s Eye View ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2009

485 · The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles · Kij Johnson · nv Tor.com July 14 2009

513 · Recommended Reading · Jonathan Strahan · ms

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2011, 978-1-59780-172-0, $19.99, 536pp, tp, an, cover by Sparth)
Year’s best anthology of 29 stories from 2010, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Robert Reed, and Margo Lanagan.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

7 · Elegy for a Young Elk · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2010

21 · The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains · Neil Gaiman · nv Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, Morrow, 2010

41 · Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots [Sexy Robots] · Sandra McDonald · ss Strange Horizons October 4 2010

53 · The Spy Who Never Grew Up · Sarah Rees Brennan · nv Kiss Me Deadly ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press Teens, 2010

73 · The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue · Holly Black · ss Full Moon City ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Darrell Schweitzer, Pocket, 2010

81 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010

97 · The Fool Jobs [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Swords & Dark Magic ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press, 2010

115 · Alone [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010

159 · Names for Water · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2010

163 · Fair Ladies · Theodora Goss · ss Apex Magazine #15, August 2010

179 · Plus or Minus [Mariska Volochkova] · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2010

203 · The Man with the Knives [Swordspoint] · Ellen Kushner · ss Temporary Culture, 2010

215 · The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening · Cory Doctorow · ss Shareable May 25 2010

225 · The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon · Elizabeth Hand · nv Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, Morrow, 2010

265 · The Miracle Aquilina · Margo Lanagan · ss Wings of Fire ed. Jonathan Strahan & Marianne S. Jablon, Night Shade Books, 2010

279 · The Taste of Night · Pat Cadigan · ss Is Anybody Out There? ed. Nick Gevers & Marty Halpern, DAW, 2010

289 · The Exterminator’s Want-Ad · Bruce Sterling · ss Shareable June 22 2010

299 · Map of Seventeen · Christopher Barzak · nv The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010

317 · The Naturalist · Maureen McHugh · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010

337 · Sins of the Father · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2010

347 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010

387 · Iteration · John Kessel · ss Strange Horizons September 13 2010

393 · The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn [Killer Unicorns] · Diana Peterfreund · nv Zombies vs. Unicorns ed. Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010

423 · The Night Train [Earth] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Strange Horizons June 14 2010

435 · Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale) · Ian Tregillis · ss Apex Magazine #17, October 2010

451 · Amor Vincit Omnia · K. J. Parker · nv Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #45, 2010

471 · The Things · Peter Watts · nv Clarkesworld #40, January 2010

487 · The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball · Genevieve Valentine · ss Lightspeed #2, July 2010

495 · The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven ed. Jonathan Strahan (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, March 2013, 978-1-59780-459-2, $19.99, 629pp, tp, an, cover by Sparth)
Year’s best anthology of 32 stories from 2012, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, and Kelly Link.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · The Contrary Gardener · Christopher Rowe · ss Eclipse Online October 8 2012

23 · The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times [Hwarhath] · Eleanor Arnason · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012

33 · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012

61 · Great-Grandmother in the Cellar [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv Under My Hat ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House, 2012

77 · The Easthound · Nalo Hopkinson · ss After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012

91 · Goggles (c.1910) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Steampunk Revolution ed. Ann VanderMeer, Tachyon, 2012

103 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012

123 · A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones · Genevieve Valentine · ss Clarkesworld #73, October 2012

139 · The Grinnell Method · Molly Gloss · nv Strange Horizons September 3 2012 (+1)

161 · Beautiful Boys · Theodora Goss · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2012

169 · The Education of a Witch · Ellen Klages · nv Under My Hat ed. Jonathan Strahan, Random House, 2012

185 · Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden [Quiet War] · Paul McAuley · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012

203 · What Did Tessimond Tell You? · Adam Roberts · nv Solaris Rising 1.5 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2012

227 · Adventure Story · Neil Gaiman · ss McSweeney’s #40, 2012

231 · Katabasis [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2012

281 · Troll Blood · Peter Dickinson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012

309 · The Color Least Used by Nature · Ted Kosmatka · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2012

339 · Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls [Jack Shade] · Rachel Pollack · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012

371 · Two Houses · Kelly Link · nv Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012

389 · Blood Drive · Jeffrey Ford · ss After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012

399 · Mantis Wives · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #71, August 2012

403 · Immersion [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #69, June 2012

417 · About Fairies · Pat Murphy · ss Tor.com May 9 2012

433 · Let Maps to Others · K. J. Parker · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2012

489 · Joke in Four Panels · Robert Shearman · ss One Hundred Stories January 29 2012

497 · Reindeer Mountain · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012

513 · Domestic Magic · Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem · ss Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2012

525 · Swift, Brutal Retaliation · Meghan McCarron · ss Tor.com January 4 2012

543 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2012

565 · Fade to White · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Clarkesworld #71, August 2012

589 · Significant Dust · Margo Lanagan · nv Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan, Twelfth Planet Press, 2012

609 · Mono No Aware · Ken Liu · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, April 2014, 978-1-78108-216-4, $19.99, 614pp, tp, an, cover by Dominic Harman)
Year’s best anthology of 28 stories from 2013, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Greg Egan, Neil Gaiman,Ted Chiang, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. E-book also available.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

15 · Some Desperado [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Dangerous Women ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2013

35 · Zero for Conduct · Greg Egan · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013

65 · Effigy Nights · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #76, January 2013

79 · Rosary and Goldenstar · Geoff Ryman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2013

97 · The Sleeper and the Spindle · Neil Gaiman · nv Rags & Bones ed. Melissa Marr & Tim Pratt, Headline, 2013

121 · Cave and Julia · M. John Harrison · ss Kindle Direct Publishing (e-Book), 2013

135 · The Herons of Mer de l’Ouest · M. Bennardo · ss Lightspeed #33, February 2013

151 · Water · Ramez Naam · ss Networked Matter (online) July 11 2013

169 · The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2013

207 · The Ink Readers of Doi Saket · Thomas Olde Heuvelt · ss Tor.com April 24 2013
translated from the Dutch (“De Inktlezers van Doi Saket”, Grenzeloze Fantasie ed. Alex de Jong, Books of Fantasy, 2012).

225 · Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls · Richard Parks · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #131, October 3 2013

243 · Rag and Bone · Priya Sharma · nv Tor.com April 10 2013

265 · The Book Seller [Central Station] · Lavie Tidhar · nv Interzone #244, January/February 2013

295 · The Sun and I · K. J. Parker · nv Subterranean (online) Summer 2013

337 · The Promise of Space · James Patrick Kelly · ss Clarkesworld #84, September 2013

349 · The Master Conjurer · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Lightspeed #41, October 2013

367 · The Pilgrim and the Angel · E. Lily Yu · ss McSweeney’s #45, 2013

379 · Entangled · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2013

409 · Fade to Gold · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2013

423 · Selkie Stories Are for Losers · Sofia Samatar · ss Strange Horizons January 7 2013

433 · In Metal, In Bone · An Owomoyela · ss Eclipse Online March 22 2013

449 · Kormak the Lucky · Eleanor Arnason · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2013

493 · Sing · Karin Tidbeck · ss Tor.com April 17 2013

509 · Social Services · Madeline Ashby · ss An Aura of Familiarity, Institute for the Future, 2013

525 · The Road of Needles · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Once Upon a Time ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2013

543 · Mystic Falls · Robert Reed · ss Clarkesworld #86, November 2013

559 · The Queen of Night’s Aria · Ian McDonald · nv Old Mars ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2013

591 · The Irish Astronaut · Val Nolan · nv Electric Velocipede #26, 2013

Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 9 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, May 21, 2015, 978-1-78108-309-3, $19.99, 609pp, tp, an)
Collection of 28 stories; authors include Bacigalupi, Beukes, Link, Egan, Valentine, Kiernan, K J Parker (Tom Holt), Nix, Bear, Swanwick.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · Slipping · Lauren Beukes · ss Twelve Tomorrows ed. Bruce Sterling, Technology Review, Inc., 2014

37 · Moriabe’s Children · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Monstrous Affections ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Candlewick, 2014

55 · The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family · Usman T. Malik · ss Qualia Nous ed. Michael Bailey, Written Backwards, 2014

71 · The Lady and the Fox · Kelly Link · nv My True Love Gave To Me ed. Stephanie Perkins, Macmillan Children's Books, 2014

97 · Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (The Successful Kind) · Holly Black · nv Lightspeed #52, September 2014

117 · The Long Haul from the Annals of Transportation, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 · Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #98, November 2014

137 · Tough Times All Over [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Rogues ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2014

171 · The Insects of Love · Genevieve Valentine · nv Tor.com May 28 2014

195 · Cold Wind · Nicola Griffith · ss Tor.com April 16 2014

205 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlin R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014

227 · Shadow Flock · Greg Egan · nv Coming Soon Enough ed. Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 2014

255 · I Met a Man Who Wasn’t There · K. J. Parker · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2014

275 · Grand Jeté (The Great Leap) · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2014

329 · Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying · Alice Sola Kim · nv Tin House Fall 2014

347 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014

361 · Kheldyu [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014

393 · Caligo Lane · Ellen Klages · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2014

401 · The Devil in America · Kai Ashante Wilson · nv Tor.com April 2 2014

439 · Tawny Petticoats [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Rogues ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2014

469 · The Fifth Dragon [Luna] · Ian McDonald · nv Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014

489 · The Truth About Owls · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Kaleidoscope ed. Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, Twelfth Planet Press, 2014

503 · Four Days of Christmas · Tim Maughan · ss Terraform December 2014

509 · Covenant · Elizabeth Bear · ss Hieroglyph ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Morrow, 2014

525 · Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology · Theodora Goss · ss Lightspeed #50, July 2014

543 · Collateral · Peter Watts · nv Upgraded ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing, 2014

571 · The Scrivener · Eleanor Arnason · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2014

587 · Someday · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2014

601 · Amicae Aeternum · Ellen Klages · ss Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, May 17, 2016, 978-1-78108-437-3, $19.99, 608pp, tp, an, cover by Dominic Harman)
Year’s best anthology of 27 stories from 2015, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Paolo Bacigalupi, Gwyneth Jones, and Elizabeth Bear.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · Black Dog [American Gods] · Neil Gaiman · nv Trigger Warning—Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2015

53 · City of Ash · Paolo Bacigalupi · ss Matter June 27 2015

59 · Jamaica Ginger · Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl · nv Stories for Chip ed. Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, Rosarium Publishing, 2015

81 · A Murmuration · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #257, March/April 2015

101 · Kaiju Maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New” · Kai Ashante Wilson · ss Fantasy Magazine #59, December 2015

119 · Waters of Versailles · Kelly Robson · na Tor.com June 10 2015

171 · Capitalism in the 22nd Century, or A.I.R. · Geoff Ryman · ss Stories for Chip ed. Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, Rosarium Publishing, 2015

187 · Emergence · Gwyneth Jones · nv Meeting Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2015

207 · The Deepwater Bride · Tamsyn Muir · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2015

231 · Dancy vs. the Pterosaur [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest #111, 2015

249 · Calved · Sam J. Miller · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2015

263 · The Heart’s Filthy Lesson · Elizabeth Bear · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015

289 · The Machine Starts · Greg Bear · nv Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft ed. Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Linn, Microsoft, 2015

315 · Blood, Ash, Braids · Genevieve Valentine · ss Operation Arcana ed. John Joseph Adams, Baen, 2015

327 · Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers · Alyssa Wong · ss Nightmare #37, October 2015

345 · The Lily and the Horn · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Fantasy Magazine #59, December 2015

357 · The Empress in Her Glory · Robert Reed · nv Clarkesworld #103, April 2015

379 · The Winter Wraith · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015

389 · Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan · Ian McDonald · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015

423 · Little Sisters · Vonda N. McIntyre · ss Book View Café, 2015

439 · Ghosts of Home · Sam J. Miller · ss Lightspeed #63, August 2015

459 · The Karen Joy Fowler Book Club · Nike Sulway · ss Lightspeed #65, October 2015 [Ref. Karen Joy Fowler]

477 · Oral Argument · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Tor.com December 7 2015

485 · Drones · Simon Ings · ss Meeting Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2015

499 · The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn · Usman T. Malik · na Tor.com April 22 2015

559 · The Game of Smash and Recovery · Kelly Link · ss Strange Horizons October 19 2015

575 · Another Word for World · Ann Leckie · nv Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft ed. Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Linn, Microsoft, 2015

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, April 18, 2017, 978-1-78108-562-2, $19.99, 599pp, tp, an, cover by Dominic Harman)
Anthology of 28 reprinted stories. Authors include Abercrombie, Bacigalupi, de Bodard, Jemisin, Kiernan, MacLeod, McAuley, Novik, Ryman, Sherman, Valente, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, and Lavie Tidhar.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · The Future Is Blue [Garbagetown] · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016

39 · Mika Model · Paolo Bacigalupi · ss Slate April 26 2016

53 · Spinning Silver · Naomi Novik · nv The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2016

81 · Two’s Company [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Tor.com January 12 2016

101 · You Make Pattaya · Rich Larson · ss Interzone #267, November/December 2016

117 · You’ll Surely Drown Here if You Stay · Alyssa Wong · nv Uncanny Magazine #10, May/June 2016

143 · A Salvaging of Ghosts [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #195, March 17 2016

155 · Even the Crumbs Were Delicious · Daryl Gregory · nv The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2016

173 · Number Nine Moon · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016

195 · Things with Beards · Sam J. Miller · ss Clarkesworld #117, June 2016

209 · Successor, Usurper, Replacement · Alice Sola Kim · ss BuzzFeed October 26 2016

227 · Laws of Night and Silk · Seth Dickinson · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #200, May 26 2016

247 · Touring with the Alien · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv Clarkesworld #115, April 2016

281 · The Great Detective · Delia Sherman · nv Tor.com February 17 2016

317 · Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home · Genevieve Valentine · nv Clarkesworld #121, October 2016

343 · Those Shadows Laugh · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2016

369 · Seasons of Glass and Iron · Amal El-Mohtar · ss The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2016

385 · The Art of Space Travel · Nina Allan · nv Tor.com July 27 2016

417 · Whisper Road (Murder Ballad No. 9) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2016

429 · Red Dirt Witch · N. K. Jemisin · nv Fantasy Magazine #60, December 2016

449 · Red as Blood and White as Bone · Theodora Goss · nv Tor.com May 4 2016

471 · Terminal · Lavie Tidhar · ss Tor.com April 13 2016

487 · Foxfire, Foxfire · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #194, March 3 2016

509 · Elves of Antarctica · Paul McAuley · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016

527 · The Witch of Orion Waste and the Boy Knight · E. Lily Yu · ss Uncanny Magazine #12, September/October 2016

543 · Seven Birthdays · Ken Liu · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016

561 · The Visitor from Taured · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2016

585 · Fable · Charles Yu · ss The New Yorker May 30 2016

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, March 23, 2018, 978-1-78108-573-8, $19.99, 657pp, tp, an, cover by Adam Tredowski)
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017

35 · Probably Still the Chosen One · Kelly Barnhill · ss Lightspeed #81, February 2017

55 · The Martian Obelisk · Linda Nagata · ss Tor.com July 19 2017

73 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017

95 · Carnival Nine · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #225, May 11 2017

113 · Eminence · Karl Schroeder · ss Chasing Shadows ed. David Brin & Stephen W. Potts, Tor, 2017

131 · The Chameleon’s Gloves [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017

153 · The Faerie Tree · Kathleen Kayembe · ss Lightspeed #90, November 2017

169 · The Mocking Tower · Daniel Abraham · nv The Book of Swords ed. Gardner Dozois, Harper Voyager, 2017

193 · Sidewalks · Maureen McHugh · ss Omni Winter 2017

209 · My English Name · R. S. Benedict · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017

237 · Crispin’s Model · Max Gladstone · ss Tor.com October 4 2017

259 · The Secret Life of Bots [Bots] · Suzanne Palmer · nv Clarkesworld #132, September 2017

285 · Concessions · Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali · nv Strange Horizons March 6 2017 (+1)

309 · Confessions of a Con Girl · Nick Wolven · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2017

329 · The Smoke of Gold Is Glory · Scott Lynch · nv The Book of Swords ed. Gardner Dozois, Harper Voyager, 2017

373 · The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2017

407 · The Lamentation of Their Women · Kai Ashante Wilson · nv Tor.com August 24 2017

433 · An Evening with Severyn Grimes · Rich Larson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017

455 · Though She Be but Little · C. S. E. Cooney · ss Uncanny Magazine #18, September/October 2017

471 · The Moon Is Not a Battlefield · Indrapramit Das · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017

491 · The Worshipful Society of Glovers · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv Uncanny Magazine #17, July/August 2017

519 · Come See the Living Dryad · Theodora Goss · ss Tor.com March 9 2017

543 · Fairy Tale of Wood Street · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest June 2017

561 · Babylon · Dave Hutchinson · nv 2084 ed. George Sandison, Unsung Stories, 2017

577 · Bring Your Own Spoon · Saad Z. Hossain · ss The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad, Solaris, 2017

591 · The Hermit of Houston · Samuel R. Delany · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2017

621 · Belladonna Nights [House of Suns] · Alastair Reynolds · nv The Weight of Words ed. Dave McKean & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2017

639 · Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Boston Review Fall 2017

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US, April 16, 2019, 978-1-78108-576-9, $19.99, 672pp, tp, an, cover by Jim Burns)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · Mother Tongues · S. Qiouyi Lu · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2018

27 · Olivia’s Table · Alyssa Wong · nv A Thousand Beginnings and Endings ed. Elsie Chapman & Ellen Oh, Greenwillow Books, 2018

45 · The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington · P. Djèlí Clark · ss Fireside Magazine #52, February 2018

55 · Yard Dog · Tade Thompson · ss Fiyah #7, Summer 2018

63 · The Woman Who Destroyed Us · S. L. Huang · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018

91 · The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto · Annalee Newitz · ss Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018

105 · The Starship and the Temple Cat · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #244, February 1 2018

115 · A Brief and Fearful Star · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Slate June 27 2018

127 · Field Biology of the Wee Fairies · Naomi Kritzer · ss Apex Magazine #112, September 2018

141 · Intervention [The Lucky Peach] · Kelly Robson · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018

167 · The Bookcase Expedition · Jeffrey Ford · ss Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018

177 · A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies · Alix E. Harrow · ss Apex Magazine #105, February 2018

191 · The Staff in the Stone · Garth Nix · nv The Book of Magic ed. Gardner Dozois, Harper Voyager, 2018

221 · Okay, Glory · Elizabeth Bear · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018

255 · Widdam · Vandana Singh · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2018

287 · Dreadful Young Ladies · Kelly Barnhill · ss Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Books, 2018

295 · The Only Harmless Great Thing · Brooke Bolander · nv Tor.com, January 23 2018

341 · The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society · T. Kingfisher · ss Uncanny Magazine #25, November/December 2018

349 · When We Were Starless · Simone Heller · nv Clarkesworld #145, October 2018

381 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again · Zen Cho · nv Barnes & Noble, 2018

407 · Blessings · Naomi Novik · ss Uncanny Magazine #22, May/June 2018

413 · Meat and Salt and Sparks · Rich Larson · ss Tor.com June 6 2018

433 · Nine Last Days on Planet Earth · Daryl Gregory · nv Tor.com September 19 2018

467 · Golgotha · Dave Hutchinson · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018

473 · Flint and Mirror [Ægypt] · John Crowley · nv The Book of Magic ed. Gardner Dozois, Harper Voyager, 2018

503 · An Agent of Utopia · Andy Duncan · nv An Agent of Utopia by Andy Duncan, Small Beer Press, 2018

531 · You Pretend Like You Never Met Me, and I’ll Pretend Like I Never Met You · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss Lightspeed #100, September 2018

549 · Quality Time · Ken Liu · nv Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018

573 · The Storyteller’s Replacement · N. K. Jemisin · ss How Long ’Til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin, Orbit, 2018

583 · Firelight [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Paris Review #225, Summer 2018

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