Lawrence Block, “Catch and Release,” Stories.
_____, “Clean Slate,” Warriors.
Gregory Norman Bossert, “Freia in the Sunlight,” Asimov’s, December.
_____, “Slow Boat,” Asimov’s, August.
_____, “The Union of Soil and Sky,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Daniel Braum, “Mile Zero,” Electric Velocipede 20.
Damien Broderick, “Dead Air,” Asimov’s, February.
Keith Brooke, “Sussed,” Conflicts.
Eric Brown, “Dissimulation Procedure,” Conflicts.
_____, “Guardians of the Phoenix,” The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF.
_____, “Laying the Ghost,” Clarkesworld, October.
Tobias S. Buckell, “A Jar of Goodwill,” Clarkesworld, May.
Jim Butcher, “Love Hurts,” Songs of Love & Death.
Chris Butler, “Have Guitar, Will Travel,” The Immersion Book of SF.
James L. Cambias, “How Seosiris Lost the Favor of the King,” F&SF, September/October.
Tracy Canfield, “The Seal of Sulaymaan,” Fantasy, July.
_____, “Zookrollers Winkelden Ook,” Strange Horizons, December.
Orson Scott Card, “Expendables,” OSCIMS, October.
Jacqueline Carey, “You, and You Alone,” Songs of Love & Death.
Isobelle Carmody, “The Dark Road: An Obernewtyn Story,” Legends of Australian Fantasy.
Elizabeth Carroll, “The Duke of Vertumn’s Fingerling,” Strange Horizons, April 5.
Scott William Carter, “The Android Who Became a Human Who Became an Android,” Analog, July/August.
Jason Chapman, “The Long Fall,” Grantville Gazette Universe Annex.
Fred Chappell, “Uncle Moon in Raintree Hills,” F&SF, September/October.
J. Kathleen Cheney, “Afterimage,” JBU, April.
_____, “Snow Comes to Hawk’s Folly, Panverse Two.
C. J. Cherryh, “A Wizard of Wiscezan,” Swords & Dark Magic.
Ted Chiang, “The Lifecycle of Software Objects,” Subterranean, Fall.
Eric Choi, “The Son of Heaven,” The Dragon and the Stars.
David L. Clements, “In the Long Run,” Conflicts.
Brenda W. Clough, “The Water Weapon,” The Dragon and the Stars.
Glen Cook, “Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company,” Swords & Dark Magic.
Matthew Cook, “The Shoe Factory,” Interzone 231.
Rick Cook, “Fishing Hole,” Analog, May.
C.S.E. Cooney, “Braiding the Ghosts,” Clockwork Phoenix 3.
Brenda Cooper, “The Robots’ Girl,” Analog, April.
Douglas Coupland, “Survivor,” Darwin’s Bastards.
Albert E. Cowdrey, “Death Must Die,” F&SF, November/December.
_____, “Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History,” F&SF, March/April.
_____, “Mister Sweetpants and the Living Dead,” F&SF, July/August.
Ian Creasey, “Crimes, Follies, Misfortunes, and Love,” Asimov’s, August.
_____, “The Prize Beyond Gold,” Asimov’s, December.
Benjamin Crowell, “Centaurs,” Asimov’s, March.
_____, “Petopia,” Asimov’s, June.
_____, “Wheat Rust,” Asimov’s, September.
Don D’Ammassa, “No Distance Too Great,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Scott Dalrymple, “Queen of the Kanguellas,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
Eljay Daly, “Bitterdark,” Fantasy, October.
Dennis Danvers, “The Fairy Princess,” F&SF, March/April.
Aliette de Bodard, “Desaparecidos,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
_____, “Father’s Last Ride,” The Immersion Book of SF.
_____, “The Jaguar House, In Shadow,” Asimov’s, July.
_____, “The Wind-Blown Man,” Asimov’s, February.
Jeffrey Deaver, “The Therapist,” Stories.
A. M. Dellamonica, “The Cage,” Tor.com.
Paul Di Filippo, “Life in the Anthropocene,” The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF.
Cory Doctorow, “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow/Now is the Best Time of Your Life,” Godlike Machines.
Aidan Doyle, “Stone Flowers,” Fantasy, September.
Gardner Dozois, “Recidivist,” Warriors.
Alexandra Duncan, “Amor Fugit,” F&SF, March/April.
_____, “The Door in the Earth,” F&SF, September/October.
Kelly Dwyer, “Sunlight,” Abyss & Apex 36.
Marianne J. Dyson, “Fly Me to the Moon,” Analog, July/August.
Phyllis Eisenstein and Alex Eisenstein, “Von Neumann’s Bug,” Gateways.
Harlan Ellison, “How Interesting: A Tiny Man,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Amal El-Mohtar, “The Green Book,” Apex Magazine 18.
James Enge, “Destroyer,” Black Gate, Winter.
_____, “The Singing Spear,” Swords & Dark Magic.
Steve Erikson, “Goats of Glory,” Swords & Dark Magic.
Gregory Feeley, “Kentauros,” NHR Books.
Gemma Files, “Hell Friend,” Clockwork Phoenix 3.
Charles Coleman Finlay, “Life So Dear or Place So Sweet,” The Way of the Wizard.
Eugene Fischer, “Adrift,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Michael F. Flynn, “Cargo,” Analog, June.
_____, “On Rickety Thistlewaite,” Analog, January/February.
Jeffrey Ford, “86 Deathdick Road,” The Book of Dreams.
Richard Foss, “At Last the Sun,” Analog, June.
Ben Francisco, “Crepuscular,” Shimmer 12.
Peter Friend, “Voyage to the Moon,” Asimov’s, June.
Gregory Frost, “The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin,” The Beastly Bride.
_____, “Lucyna’s Gaze,” Clockwork Phoenix 3.
Nancy Fulda, “Backlash,” Asimov’s, September.
Diana Gabaldon, “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows,” Songs of Love & Death.
_____, “The Custom of the Army,” Warriors.
Neil Gaiman, “The Thing About Cassandra,” Songs of Love & Death.
_____, “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains,” Stories.
Yasmine Galenorn, “Man in the Mirror,” Songs of Love & Death.
Stephen Gaskell, “Paper Cradle,” Clarkesworld, September.
Sara Genge, “No Jubjub Birds Tonight,” Destination: Future.
_____, “Sins of the Fathers,” Asimov’s, December.
William Gibson, “Dougal Discarnate,” Darwin’s Bastards.
Molly Gloss, “Unforeseen,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Theodora Goss, “Fair Ladies,” Apex, August.
_____, “The Mad Scientist’s Daughter,” Strange Horizons, January 18-January 25.
John Grant, “Where Shadows Go at Low Midnight,” Clockwork Phoenix 3.
Marlaina Gray, “Worlds Apart,” Strange Horizons, May 17.
Simon R. Green, “Street Wizard,” The Way of the Wizard.
Daryl Gregory, “What We Take When We Take What We Need,” Subterranean, Spring.
Eric Gregory, “The Earth of Yunhe,” Shine.
Lev Grossman, “End Game,” The Way of the Wizard.
Eileen Gunn, “A Difference Engine,” Tor.com.
_____, “Day After the Cooters,” Tor.com.
_____, “Internal Devices,” Tor.com.
_____, “The Perdito Street Project,” Tor.com.
Caren Gussoff, “Anything Chocolate,” Abyss & Apex 33.
_____, “Games,” Destination: Future.
Joe Haldeman, “Forever Bound,” Warriors.
Elizabeth Hand, “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon,” Stories.
M.L.N. Hanover, “Hurt Me,” Songs of Love & Death.
Jim Hawkins, “Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Matter,” Interzone 229.
Jeff Hecht, “An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade,” Daily Science Fiction, September 1.
Samantha Henderson, “The Red Bride,” Strange Horizons
, May 7.
Robin Hobb, “Blue Boots,” Songs of Love & Death.
_____, “The Triumph,” Warriors.
M. K. Hobson, “The Hag Queen’s Curse,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
Cecelia Holland, “Demon Lover,” Songs of Love & Death.
_____, “The King of Norway,” Warriors.
Tom Holt, “Brownian Emotion,” Subterranean, Spring.
Robert J. Howe, “The Natural History of Calamity,” Black Gate, Winter.
Matthew Hughes, “Quartet and Triptych,” PS Publishing.
_____, “Timmy Come Home,” Is Anybody Out There?
Jon Ingold, “The History of Poly-V,” Interzone 227.
_____, “Over Water,” Interzone 228.
Alex Irvine, “The Word He Was Looking for Was Hello,” Is Anybody Out There?
Alexander Jablokov, .”Plinth Without Figure,” F&SF, November/December.
_____, “Warning Label,” Asimov’s, August.
Michael Jasper & Jay Lake, “Devil on the Wind,” Black Gate, Winter.
N. K. Jemisin, “Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, In the City Beneath the Still Waters,” Postscripts 22/23.
Kij Johnson, “Names for Water,” Asimov’s, October/November.
_____, “Ponies,” Tor.com.
Matthew Johnson, “Holdfast,” Fantasy, December.
Vylar Kaftan, “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno,” Lightspeed, June.
Tyler Keevil, “Hibakusha,” Interzone 226.
James Patrick Kelly, “Plus or Minus,” Asimov’s, December.
Kay Kenyon, “Castoff World,” Shine.
John Kessel, “The Closet,” F&SF, November/December.
_____, “Iteration,” Strange Horizons.
Rajan Khanna, “Card Sharp,” The Way of the Wizard.
Caitlín R. Kiernan, “The Sea Troll’s Daughter,” Swords & Dark Magic.
Alice Sola Kim, “Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters,” Lightspeed, November.
_____, “The Other Graces,” Asimov’s, July.
Swapna Kishore, “Where It Ends,” Strange Horizons, August.
Walter L. Kleine, “Farallon Woman,” Analog, May.
Leonid Korogodski, “Pink Noise”, Silverberry Press.
Mary Robinette Kowal, “For Want of a Nail,” Asimov’s, September.
Bill Kte’pi, “Merrythoughts,” Strange Horizons, March 3.
Ellen Kushner, “The Children of Cadmus,” The Beastly Bride.
_____, “The Man with the Knives,” Tor.com.
Jay Lake, “The Baby Killers,” PS Publishing.
_____, “Dream of the Arrow,” Subterranean, Summer.
_____, “The Fall of the Moon,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
_____, “Human Error,” Interzone 226.
_____, “Permanent Fatal Errors,” Is Anybody Out There?
_____, “The Speed of Time,” Tor.com.
_____, “Testaments,” The Book of Dreams.
_____, “To This Their Late Escape,” The Sky That Wraps.
_____, “Torquing Vacuum,” Clarkesworld, February.
_____, and Shannon Page, “From the Countries of Her Dreams,” Fantasy, November 22.
_____, and Shannon Page, “In the Emperor’s Garden,” Fantasy, March 13.
Margo Lanagan, “The Miracle Aquilina,” Wings of Fire.
Geoffrey A. Landis, “Marya and the Pirate,” Asimov’s, January.
John Langan, “City of the Dog,” F&SF, January/February
David Langford, “Graffiti in the Library of Babel,” Is Anybody Out There?
Joe R. Lansdale, “Soldierin’,” Warriors.
Krista Hoeppner Leahy, “Too Fatal a Poison,” The Way of the Wizard.
Ann Leckie, “Beloved of the Sun,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.
Tanith Lee, “Torhec the Sculptor,” Asimov’s, October/November.
_____, “The Puma’s Daughter,” The Beastly Bride.
_____, “Under/Above the Water,” Songs of Love & Death.
Yoon Ha Lee, “Between Two Dragons,” Clarkesworld, April.
_____, “The Territorialist,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July.
_____, “The Winged City,” GigaNotoSaurus, December.
Tim Lees, “Love and War,” Interzone 230.
David D. Levine, “Pupa.” Analog, September.
_____, “Teaching the Pig to Sing,” Analog, May.
Michael Libling, “Why That Crazy Old Lady Goes Up the Mountain,” F&SF, May/June.
Marissa Lingen, “The Six Skills of Madame Lumiere,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July.
Ken Liu, “The Literomancer,” F&SF, September/October.
Marjorie M. Liu, “After the Blood,” Songs of Love & Death.
Barry B. Longyear, “Alten Kameraden,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Richard A. Lovett, “Spludge,” Analog, September.
_____, and Mark Niemann-Ross, “Phantom Sense,” Analog, November.
Ian R. MacLeod, “Second Journey of the Magus,” Subterranean, Winter.
Bruce McAllister, “Blue Fire,” F&SF, March/April.
_____, “The Courtship of the Queen,” Tor.com.
_____, “Heart of Hearts,” Albedo One, 38.
_____, “The Woman Who Waited Forever,” Asimov’s, February.
Meghan McCarron, “We Heart Vampires!!!!!!,” Strange Horizons, May 3, May 10.
Una McCormack, “War Without End,” Conflicts.
Jack McDevitt, “The Cassandra Project,” Lightspeed, June.
Ian McDonald, “Tonight We Fly,” Masked.
Sandra McDonald, “Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots,” Strange Horizons, October.
_____, “Witness,” Destination: Future.
Martin McGrath, “Proper Little Soldier,” Conflicts.
Maureen McHugh, “The Naturalist,” Subterranean, Spring.
Will McIntosh, “Frankenstein, Frankenstein,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Sean McMullen, “Eight Miles,” Analog, September.
Emily Mah, “Across the Sea,” The Dragon and the Stars.
Joeph Mallozzi, “Downfall,” Masked.
George R. R. Martin, “The Mystery Knight,” Warriors.
Richard Matheson, “The Window of Time,” F&SF, September/October.
D. T. Mitenko, “Eddie’s Ants,” Asimov’s, July.
Mary Anne Mohanraj, “Talking to Elephants,” Abyss & Apex 34.
Sarah Monette, “After the Dragon,” Fantasy, January 25.
T. L. Morganfield, “The Hearts of Man,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
David Morrell, “My Name Is Legion,” Warriors.
Ruth Nestvold, “The Bleeding and the Bloodless,” GigaNotoSaurus, November.
R. Neube, “Dummy Tricks,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Kim Newman, “Kentish Glory: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School,” Mysteries of the Diogenes Club.
Garth Nix, “A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet,” Swords & Dark Magic.
_____, “To Hold the Bridge: An Old Kingdom Story,” Legends of Australian Fantasy.
Charles Oberndorf, “Writers of the Future,” F&SF, January/February.
Nnedi Okorafor, “The Go-Slow,” The Way of the Wizard.
Jerry Oltion, “Never Saw It Coming,” Analog, October.
Eilis O’Neal, “Ice Moon Tale,” Abyss & Apex 35.
_____, “The Wizard’s Calico Daughter,” Fantasy, August.
Abbey Mei Otis, “Blood, Blood,” Strange Horizons, 15/11.
_____, “Sweetheart,” Tor.com.
An Owomoyela, “Abandonware,” Fantasy, June 28.
_____, “Portage,” Apex Magazine 16.
Paul Park, “Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance (The Parke Family Scrapbook Number IV),” F&SF, January/February.
K. J. Parker, “A Rich Full Week,” Swords & Dark Magic.
_____, “Amor Vincit Omnia,” Subterranean, Summer.
_____, “Blue and Gold,” Subterranean Press.
Richard Parks, “Four Hor
semen, At Their Leisure,” Tor.com.
_____, “The Queen’s Reason,” LCRW 25.
_____, “Lady of the Ghost Willow,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.
Simon Petrie, “Dark Rendezvous,” Destination: Future.
Holly Phillips, “The Rescue,” Postscripts 22/23.
Tony Pi, “The Character of the Hound,” The Dragon and the Stars.
_____, “The Curse of Chimère,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.
_____, “The Gold Silkworm,” Fantasy, December 13.
_____, “Night of the Manticore,” Abyss & Apex 33.
Rachel Pollack, “Forever,” F&SF, May/June.
Steven Popkes, “The Crocodiles,” F&SF, May/June.
_____, “The Secret Lives of Fairy Tales,” F&SF, January/February.
Gareth L. Powell, “Fallout,” Conflicts.
T. A. Pratt, “Mommy Issues of the Dead,” The Way of the Wizard.
Tim Pratt, “Fiddle,” Daily Science Fiction, September 6.
William Preston, “Helping Them Take the Old Man Down,” Asimov’s, March.
Tom Purdom, “Haggle Chips,” Asimov’s, July.
_____, “Warfriends,” Asimov’s, December.
Mary Jo Putney, “The Demon Dancer,” Songs of Love & Death.
Cat Rambo, “Amid the Words of War,” Lightspeed, September.
_____, “Clockwork Fairies,” Tor.com.
_____, “Surrogates,” Clockwork Phoenix 3.
Robert Reed, “Alone,” Godlike Machines.
_____, “The Cull,” Clarkesworld, September.
_____, “Excellence,” Asimov’s, December.
_____, “The Good Hand,” Asimov’s, January.
_____, “The Long Retreat,” F&SF, January/February.
_____, “Pallbearer,” The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF.
_____, “Pretty to Think So,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Mike Resnick, “The Incarceration of Captain Nebula,” Asimov’s, October/November.
_____, “Six Blind Men and an Alien,” Subterranean, Summer.
Alastair Reynolds, “At Budokan,” Shine.
_____, “Troika,” Godlike Machines.
Mecurio D. Rivera, “Dance of the Kawkawroons,” Interzone 227.
_____, “In the Harsh Glow of Its Incandescent Beauty,” Interzone 226.
Frank M. Robinson, “The Errand Boy,” Gateways.
James Rollins, “The Pit,” Warriors.
Benjamin Rosenbaum, “The Frog Comrade,” F&SF, March/April.
_____, “The Guy Who Worked for Money,” Shareable, July 12.
Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling, “Good Night, Moon,” Tor.com.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Amelia Pillar’s Etiquette for the Space Traveler,” Asimov’s, July.
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