The Years Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009

by Kij Johnson; Elizabeth Bear; Daryl Gregory; Christopher Golden; Naomi Novik; Alice Sola Kim; Ted Kosmatka; Eugene Mirabelli; Margo Lanagan; Peter S. Beagle; Robert Reed; Delia Sherman; Rivka Galchen; Jeffrey Ford; James Alan Gardner; Ann Leckie; Will

  “Catherine Drewe” by Paul Cornell. © by Paul Cornell. Originally published in Fast Forward 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Silent as Dust” by James Maxey. © by James Maxey. Originally published in Intergalactic Medicine Show #7, January. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal. © by Mary Robinette Kowal. Originally published in The Solaris Book of New SF, Volume 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “If Angels Fight” by Richard Bowes. © by Richard Bowes. Originally published in F&SF, February. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Spiderhorse” by Liz Williams. © by Liz Williams. Originally published in Realms of Fantasy, August. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Tear” by Ian McDonald. © by Ian McDonald. Originally published in Galactic Empires. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  ABOUT THE EDITOR

  Rich Horton is a software engineer in St. Louis. He is a contributing editor to Locus, for which he does short fiction reviews and occasional book reviews; and to Black Gate, for which he does a continuing series of essays about SF history. He also contributes book reviews to Fantasy Magazine, and to many other publications.