The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 26 (Mammoth Books)

by Gardner Dozois

  ——, “Greed,” F&SF, March/April.

  ——, “Hartmut’s World,” F&SF, July/August.

  ——, “The Ladies in Waiting,” F&SF, November/December.

  ——, “Mindbender,” F&SF, January/February.

  Nan Craig, “Scrapmetal,” Arc 1.3.

  Ian Creasey, “Joining the High Flyers,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “Souvenirs,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Tom Crosshill, “Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes,” Clarkesworld, April.

  Benjamin Crowell, “Kill Switch,” Asimov’s, July.

  Tony Daniel, “Checksum Checkmate,” Baen.com, January 16.

  Indrapramit Das, “Muo-Ka’s Child,” Clarkesworld, September.

  ——, “Sita’s Descent,” Breaking the Bow.

  Colin P. Davies, “Land of Fire and Ashes,” Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter.

  Grania Davis, “Father Juniper’s Journey to the North,” F&SF, September/October.

  Aliette de Bodard, “A Dance of Life and Death,” Pandemonium.

  ——, “Heaven Under Earth,” Electric Velocipede 24.

  ——, “Immersion,” Clarkesworld, June.

  ——, “On a Red Station, Drifting,” Immersion Press.

  ——, “Scattered Along the River of Heaven,” Clarkesworld, January.

  ——, “Starsong,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “Two Sisters in Exile,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

  Craig Delancey, “The Ediacarian Machine,” Analog, March.

  A. M. Dellamonica, “The Sweet Spot,” Lightspeed, July.

  Charles De Lint, “Barrio Girls,” Under My Hat.

  Alan DeNiro, “The Flowering Ape,” Asimov’s, June.

  Junot Diaz, “Monstro,” The New Yorker, June 4 & 11.

  Peter Dickinson, “Troll Blood,” F&SF, September/October.

  Paul di Filippo, “Karin Coxswain, or, Death As She Is Truly Lived,” Rip-Off!

  ——, “A Palazzo in the Stars,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

  Ian Douglas, “The Johnson Maneuver,” Armored.

  Aidan Doyle, “Ghost River Red,” Lightspeed, July.

  Andy Duncan, “On 20268 Petercook,” Tor.com, April 11.

  Thoraiya Dyer, “The Wisdom of the Ants,” Clarkesworld, December.

  T. D. Edge, “Big Dave’s in Love,” Arc 1.2.

  Jennifer Egan, “Black Box,” The New Yorker, June 4 & 11.

  K. M. Ferebee, “The Keats Variation,” Strange Horizons, June 4–11.

  Peter M. Ferencz, “The Womb Factory,” Clarkesworld, April.

  C. C. Finlay, “The Cross-Time Accountants Fail to Kill Hitler Because Chuck Berry Does the Twist,” Lightspeed, May.

  Michael F. Flynn, “Buried Hopes,” Captive Dreams.

  ——, “Hopeful Monsters,” Captive Dreams.

  ——, “The Journeyman: On the Short-Grass Prairie,” Analog, October.

  ——, “Places Where the Roads Don’t Go,” Captive Dreams.

  Jeffrey Ford, “A Natural History of Autumn,” F&SF, July/August.

  Susan Forest, “7:54,” On Spec, Summer.

  Peter Freund, “Stray Magic,” Under My Hat.

  Emily Gilman, “The Castle That Jack Built,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January.

  Molly Gloss, “The Grinnell Method,” Strange Horizons, September 3–10.

  Kathleen Ann Goonan, “A Love Supreme,” Discover, October.

  Theodora Goss, “Beautiful Boys,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “England Under the White Witch,” Clarkesworld, October.

  ——, “Woola’s Song,” Under the Moons of Mars.

  Steven Gould, “Rust with Wings,” After.

  Simon R. Green, “Find Heaven and Hell in the Smallest Things,” Armored.

  Daryl Gregory, “Begone,” Rip-Off!.

  Eric Gregory, “The Sympathy,” Lightspeed, April.

  Dave Gullen, “All Your Futures,” Arc 1.3.

  Guy Haley, “iRobot,” Interzone 243.

  Nick Harkaway, “Attenuation,” Arc 1.2.

  M. John Harrison, “In Autotelia,” Arc 1.1.

  Maria Dahvana Headley, “Game,” Subterranean, Fall.

  ——, “Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream,” Lightspeed, June.

  Samantha Henderson, “Beside Calais,” Strange Horizons, May 14.

  Howard V. Hendrix, “Red Rover, Red Rover,” Analog, July/August.

  Nalo Hopkinson, “The Easthound,” After.

  Kat Howard, “The Least of the Deadly Arts,” Subterranean, Winter.

  Sarah A. Hoyt, “The Big Ship and the Wise Old Owl,” Going Interstellar.

  Louise Hughes, “Over the Waves,” Strange Horizons, August 13.

  Matthew Hughes, “The Immersion,” Postscripts 26/27.

  ——, “Wearaway and Flambeau,” F&SF, July/August.

  Dave Hutchison, “Sugar Engines,”

  Alexander Jablokov, “The Comfort of Strangers,” F&SF, January/February.

  N. K. Jemisin, “Valedictorian,” After.

  Xia Jia, “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight,” Clarkesworld, February.

  C. W. Johnson, “The Burst,” Asimov’s, January.

  Kij Johnson, “Mantis Wives,” Clarkesworld, August.

  ——, “Wolf Trapping,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

  Matthew Johnson, “The Afflicted,” F&SF, July/August.

  ——, “The Last Islander,” Asimov’s, September.

  Gwyneth Jones, “Bricks, Sticks, Straw,” Edge of Infinity.

  Michaele Jordan, “Wizard,” F&SF, July/August.

  Vylar Kaftan, “Lion Dance,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ——, “Seeking Captain Random,” Interzone 240.

  James Patrick Kelly, “Declaration,” Rip-Off!.

  ——, “The Last Judgment,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Caitliln R. Kiernan, “Fake Plastic Trees,” After.

  ——, “Random Thoughts Before a Fatal Crash,” Subterranean, Spring.

  Hideyuki Kikuchi, “Mountain People, Ocean People,” The Future Is Japanese.

  Swapna Kishore, “Regressions,” Breaking the Bow.

  Ellen Klages, “The Education of a Witch,” Under My Hat.

  ——, “Household Management,” Strange Horizons, November 2.

  David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, “Jungle Walkers,” Armored.

  Ted Kosmatka, “The Color Least Used By Nature,” F&SF, January/February.

  Mary Robinette Kowal, “The Lady Astronaut of Mars,” Rip-Off!.

  ——, “Weaving Dreams,” Apex Magazine, October 2.

  Nancy Kress, “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall,” Tachyon.

  ——, “We Can Do This,” Arc 1.3

  ——, “Writer’s Block,” Rip-Off!.

  Naomi Kritzer, “High Stakes,” F&SF, November/December.

  ——, “Liberty’s Daughter,” F&SF, May/June.

  ——, “Scrap Dragon,” F&SF, January/February.

  Ellen Kushner, “The Three-fold World,” Under My Hat.

  Marc Laidlaw, “Forget You,” Lightspeed, April.

  Jay Lake, “Lehr, Rex,” Apex Magazine, March 6.

  ——, “The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future,” Subterranean, Spring.

  Margo Lanagan, “Crow and Caper, Caper and Crow,” Under My Hat.

  Geoffrey A. Landis, “Demiurge,” F&SF, March/April.

  Joe R. Lansdale, “The Metal Men of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

  Ann Leckie, “Night’s Slow Poison,” Electric Velocipede 24.

  Karalynn Lee, “Unsilenced,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.

  Rand B. Lee, “Theobroma Valentine,” F&SF, September/October.

  Yoon Ha Lee, “The Battle of Candle Arc,” Clarkesworld, October.

  Ursula K. Le Guin, “Elementals,” Tin House 53.

  David D. Levine, “The Last Days of the Kelly Gang,” Armored.

  Marissa Lingen, “On the Acquisition of Phoenix Eggs (Variant),” Lightspeed
, January.

  ——, “Uncle Flower’s Homecoming Waltz,” Tor.com, February 1.

  Jennifer Linnaea, “He Reminds Us,” Strange Horizons, November 12.

  Ken Liu,

  ——“Arc,” F&SF, September/October.

  ——, “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” Lightspeed, August.

  ——, “The Five Elements of the Heart Mind,” Lightspeed, January.

  ——, “Good Hunting,” Strange Horizons, October 9–October 29.

  ——, “Memories of My Mother,” Daily SF, March 19.

  ——, “The Message,” Interzone 242.

  ——, “Mono no Aware,” The Future Is Japanese.

  ——, “The People of Pele,” Asimov’s, January.

  ——, “Real Faces,” F&SF, July/August.

  ——, “The Silk Merchant,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

  ——, “A Tale of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War, in America,” Daily SF, Feb. 1.

  ——, “To the Moon,” Fireside, Spring.

  ——, “The Waves,” Asimov’s, December.

  Sarah Lotz, “Charlotte,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

  ——, “Home Affairs,” AfroSF.

  ——, “If I Die, Kill My Cat,” Magic.

  ——, “Inspector Bucket Investigates,” Pandemonium.

  Karin Lowachee, “Nomad,” Armored.

  Will Ludwigsen, “The Ghost Factory,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Bruce McAllister, “Free Range,” Asimov’s, June.

  ——, “Stamps,” Asimov’s, August.

  —— and Barry N. Malzberg, “Going Home,” Asimov’s, January.

  Paul McAuley, “Antarctica Starts Here,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ——, “Bruce Springsteen,” Asimov’s, January.

  Simon McCaffery, “The Cristobal Effect,” Lightspeed, June.

  Meghan McCarron, “Swift, Brutal Retaliation,” Tor.com, January 12.

  John G. McDaid, “Umbrella Men,” F&SF, January/February.

  Edward McDermott, “Nothing But Vacuum,” Analog, October.

  Jack McDevitt, “Lucy,” Going Interstellar.

  ——, “Maiden Voyage,” Asimov’s, January.

  ——, “Waiting at the Altar,” Asimov’s, June.

  Sandra McDonald, “Mehra and Jiun,” War and Space.

  ——, “Searching for Slave Leia,” Lightspeed, November.

  ——, “Sexy Robot Mom,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, ‘Tour Final Apocalypse,” Clarkesworld, December.

  —— and Stephen D. Covey, “The Road to NPS,” Edge of Infinity.

  Sophia McDougall, “Mailer Daemon,” Magic.

  Ian R. MacLeod, “Tumbling Nancy,” Subterranean, Summer.

  Sean McMullen, “Electrica,” F&SF, March/April.

  Nick Mamatas, “Arbeitskraft,” Mammoth Book of Steampunk.

  Arkady Martine, “Laco Downstairs,” Abyss & Apex, 4th Quarter.

  Eugene Mirabelli, “This Hologram World,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Mary Anne Mohanraj, “The Princess in the Forest,” Breaking the Bow.

  Sarah Monette, “Blue Lace Agate,” Lightspeed, January.

  ——, “Coyote Gets His Own Back,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

  Pat Murphy, “About Fairies,” Tor.com, May 9.

  Linda Nagata, “A Moment Before It Struck,” Lightspeed, August.

  ——, “Nahiku West,” Analog, October.

  Shweta Narayan, “Falling into the Earth,” Breaking the Bow.

  Mari Ness, “And the Hollow Space Inside,” Clarkesworld, February.

  Alec Nevala-Lee, “Ernesto,” Analog, March.

  ——, “The Voices,” Analog, September.

  Garth Nix, “A Handful of Ashes,” Under My Hat.

  ——, “Sidekick of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

  ——, ‘You Won’t Feel a Thing” After.

  Efe Okogu, “Proposition 23,” AfroSF.

  Nnedi Okorafor, “African Sunrise,” Subterranean, Fall.

  Issui Ogawa, “Golden Bread,” The Future Is Japanese.

  An Owomoyele, “If the Mountain Comes,” Clarkesworld, June.

  ——, “Water Rights,” Edge of Infinity.

  K. J. Parker, “Let Maps to Others,” Subterranean, Summer. .

  ——, “One Little Room an Everywhere,” Eclipse Online, October

  Richard Parks, “In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July.

  ——, “Three Little Foxes,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.

  Benjamin Parzybok, “Bear and Shifty,” Lightspeed, October.

  Joe Pitkin, “A Murmuration of Starlings,” Analog, June.

  Rachel Pollack, “Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls,” F&SF, July/August.

  Steven Popkes, “Breathe,” F&SF, October/November.

  Gareth L. Powell, “Another Apocalypse,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

  ——, “Railroad Angel,” Interzone 241.

  William Preston, “Unearthed,” Asimov’s, September.

  Tom Purdom, “Bonding with Morry,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, “Golva’s Ascent,” Asimov’s, March.

  Chen Qiufan, “The Flower of Sahazui,” Interzone 243.

  Hannu Rajaniemi, “Topsight,” Arc 1.1.

  Cat Rambo, “So Glad We Had This Time Together,” Apex Magazine, January 3.

  Melanie Rawn, “Mother of All Russiya,” Lightspeed, May.

  Kit Reed, “Results Guaranteed,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Robert Reed, “Bright Lights,” Strange Horizons, May 14.

  ——, “Emergence,” Postscripts 26/27.

  ——, “Exchange,” Arc.

  ——, “Flowing Unimpeded to the Enlightenment,” Lightspeed, October.

  ——, “The Girl in the Park,” Asimov’s, July.

  ——, “Katabasis,” F&SF, November/December.

  ——, “Murder Born,” Asimov’s, January.

  ——, “Noumenon,” Asimov’s, September.

  ——, “One Year of Fame,” F&SF, March/April.

  ——, “The Pipes of Pan,” Asimov’s, December.

  ——, “Prayer,” Clarkesworld, May.

  Jessica Reisman, “The Bottom Garden,” Postscripts 26/27.

  Alter S. Reiss, “If the Stars Reverse Their Courses, If the Rivers Run Back from the Sea,” F&SF, November/December.

  Mike Resnick, “The Evening Line,” Rip-Off!.

  ——, “The Second Civil War,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

  ——, “A Weighty Affair,” Postscripts 26/27.

  ——, “The Wizard of West 34th Street,” Asimov’s, December.

  Alastair Reynolds, “Trauma Pod,” Armored.

  ——, “Vainglory,” Edge of Infinity.

  Ted Reynolds, “View Through the Window,” Asimov’s, August.

  Joel Richards, “Patagonia,” Asimov’s, March.

  Leonard Richardson, “Four Kinds of Cargo,” Strange Horizons, November 5.

  M. Rickert, “Burning Castles,” Under My Hat.

  Gray Rinehart, “Sensitive, Compartmented,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Mecurio D. Rivera, “Missionaries,” Asimov’s, June.

  Adam Roberts, “An Account of a Voyage from World to World,” Pornokitch.

  ——, “Martin Citywit,” Pandemonium.

  Margaret Ronald, “The Governess and the Lobster,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May.

  Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Elsewhere,” Strange Horizons, June 18.

  Christopher Rowe, “The Contrary Gardener,” Eclipse Online, October.

  Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling, “Loco,” Tor.com, June 20.

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Safety Tests,” Edge of Infinity.

  ——, “The Voodoo Project,” Asimov’s, January.

  Pervin Saket, “Test of Fire,” Breaking the Bow.

  Sofia Samatar, “Honey Bear,” Clarkesworld, August.

  Jason Sanford, “Heaven’s Touch,” Asimov’s, August.


  ——, “Mirrorlink,” Interzone 243.

  Felicity Savage, “The Sound of Breaking Up,” The Future Is Japanese.

  John Scalzi, “Muse of Fire,” Rip-Off!.

  David J. Schwartz, “Bear in Contradicting Landscape,” Apex Magazine, February 7.

  Ekaterina Sedia, “A Handsome Fellow,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ——, “Whale Meat,” The Future Is Japanese.

  Gord Sellar, “The Bernoulli War,” Asimov’s, August.

  Catherine Shaffer, “The North Revena Ladies Literary Society,” Analog, July/August.

  Priya Sharma, “Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver,” Interzone 243.

  Delia Sherman, “The Witch in the Wood,” Under My Hat.

  Lewis Shiner, “Application,” F&SF, November/December.

  ——, “Canto MCML,” F&SF, January/February.

  Felicity Shoulders, “Long Night on Redrock,” Asimov’s, July.

  ——, “Small Towns,” F&SF, January/February.

  Cory Skerry, “Sinking Among Lilies,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, April.

  Alan Smale, “The Mongolian Book of the Dead,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Bud Sparhawk, “Scout,” Asimov’s, June.

  Allen M. Steele, “Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere,” Asimov’s, July.

  ——, “The Big Whale,” Rip-Off!.

  Bruce Sterling, “Goddess of Mercy,” The Future Is Japanese.

  ——, “My Pretty Alluvian Bride,” Arc 1.3

  ——, “The Peak of Eternal Light,” Edge of Infinity.

  Andy Stewart, “Typhoid Jack,” F&SF, May/June.

  S.M. Stirling, “The Jarsoom Project,” Under the Moons of Mars.

  Charles Stross, “A Tall Tail,” Tor.com, July 20.

  Tim Sullivan, “Repairmen,” F&SF, March/April.

  Ken Sursi, “The Seven Samovars,” Lightspeed, September.

  Michael Swanwick, “Day of the Kraken,” Tor.com, September 26.

  ——, “The Fire Gown,” Tor.com, August 18.

  ——, “The Mongolian Wizard,” Tor.com, July 4.

  ——, “Pushkin the American,” Postscripts 26/27.

  ——, “The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree,” Tor.com, March 21.

  Rachel Swirsky, “The Sea of Trees,” The Future Is Japanese.

  John Alfred Taylor, “Chromatophores,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Karin Tidbeck, “Rebecka,” Jagganath.

  Lavie Tidhar, “A Brief History of the Great Pubs of London,” Pandemonium.

  ——, “Black God’s Kiss,” Postscripts 26/27.

  ——, “The Ballad of the Last Human,” The Mammoth Book of Steampunk.