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Honorable Mentions: 2007
Daniel Abraham, “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics,” Logorrhea.
Brian W. Aldiss, “Life, Learning, Leipzig and a Librarian,” Postscripts 12.
Erik Amundssen, “Bufo Rex,” Weird Tales, December.
Kim Antieau, “The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn,” Coyote Road.
Lou Antonelli, “Avatar,” Darker Matter, April.
Madeline Ashby, “In Which Joe and Laurie Save Rock and Roll,” Tesseracts Eleven.
Neal Asher, “Bioship,” The Solaris Book of New SF.
A.A. Attanasio, “Telefunken Remix,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, May.
Kate Bachus, “Ferryman’s Reprieve,” Strange Horizons, 28 April.
Paolo Bacigalupi, “Small Offerings,” Fast Forward 1.
____, “Softer,” Logorrhea.
Kage Baker, “Maelstrom,” The New Space Opera.
____, “Plotters and Shooters,” Fast Forward 1.
____, “The Ruby Incomparable,” Wizards.
____, “Rude Mechanicals,” Rude Mechanicals.
____, “To the Land Beyond the Sunset,” Gods and Pawns.
Tony Ballantyne, “Aristotle OS,” Fast Forward 1.
____, “Third Person,” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction.
John Barnes, “Ron Rapid and His Electric Chair,” Helix 3.
Jamie Barras, “Pale Saints and Dark Madonnas,” Black Static.
____, “Winter,” Interzone, April.
Neal Barrett, Jr., “Eating Crow,” Subterranean Online, Spring.
____, “Getting Dark,” Subterranean 5.
Laird Barron, “The Forest,” Inferno.
William Barton, “The Rocket into Planetary Space,” Asimov’s, April–May.
Christopher Barzak, “Realer Than You,” Coyote Road.
Stephen Baxter, “No More Stories,” Fast Forward 1.
____, “Remembrance,” The New Space Opera.
Peter S. Beagle, “Barrens Dance,” Wizards.
____, “The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French,” Eclipse.
____, “We Never Talk About My Brother,” OSC’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, July.
Elizabeth Bear, “Black Is the Color,” Subterranean Online, Summer.
____, “Cryptic Coloration,” JBU. June.
____, “The Ladies,” Coyote Wild, December.
____, “Limerent,” Subterranean 6.
____, “Lucifugous,” Subterranean 5.
____, “Orm the Beautiful,” Clarkesworld, January.
____, “The Rest of Your Life in a Day,” JBU, October.
____, “The Something-Dreaming Game,” Fast Forward 1.
____, “War Stories,” Jim Baen Universe, February.
Gregory Benford, “Reasons Not to Publish,” Nature Physics, November.
____, “The Worm Turns,” The New Space Opera.
Judith Berman, “Awakenings,” Black Gate, Spring.
Beth Bernobich, “A Handful of Pearls,” Interzone, October.
____, “Marsdog,” Coyote Wild, December.
Terry Bisson, “Billy and the Wizard,” Wizards.
Holly Black, “Paper Cuts Scissors,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
Jenny Blackford, “Python,” Ruins Terra.
Sue Blalock, “Charybdis,” Ruins Extraterrestrial.
Jayme Lynn Blaschke, “The Final Voyage of La Riaza,” Interzone, June.
Leah Bobet, “The Sorceress’s Assistant,” On Spec, Fall.
Keith Brooke & Eric Brown, “In Transit,” The Parallax View.
Eric Brown, “The Farewell Party,” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction.
____, “Starship Summer,” PS Publishing.
____, “Three’s a Crowd,” Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer.
Leslie Brown, “Wake-Up Call,” Strange Horizons, 30 July.
Simon Brown, “Reiteration,” Man Vs Machine.
Tobias S. Buckell, “Io, Robot,” Visual Journeys.
Stephanie Burgis, “It’s All About the Shoes,” Flytrap 8.
Stephen L. Burns, “The Face of Hate,” Analog, January–February.
Pat Cadigan, “Among Strangers,” disLOCATIONS.
____, “Stilled Life,” Inferno.
Orson Scott Card, “A Young Man with Prospects,” OSC’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, February.
____, “The Gold Bug,” OSC’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, July.
____, “Stonefather,” Wizards.
Lisa Carreiro, “The Azure Sky,” Tesseracts Eleven.
James L. Cambias, “The Barbary Shore,” Shimmer, The Pirate Issue.
Bruce Carlson, “Dogs of War,” Cosmos, June–July.
____, “The Frozen Sky,” Writers of the Future, XXIII.
Tim Casson, “Lady of the Crows,” Black Static.
Michael Cassutt, “Skull Valley,” Asimov’s, October–November.
Jay Caselberg, “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” Electric Velocipede 12.
Sarah K. Castle, “Kukulkan,” Analog, December.
____, “The Mechanical Mechanic, His Apprentice, and the Judge,” Helix 6.
Fred Chappell, “Dance of Shadows,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, March.
____, “The Diamond Shadow,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, October–November.
Robert R. Chase, “‘Domo Arigato,’ Says Mr. Roboto,” Analog, December.
Richard Chwedyk, “Where We Go,” Visual Journeys.
Brenda Clough, “A Mighty Fortress,” Helix, Summer.
James H. Cobb, “The First Cup of Coffee War,” Future Weapons of War.
Eoin Colfer, “A Fowl Tale,” Wizards.
Albert E. Cowdrey, “Envoy Extraordinary,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, September.
____, “Murder in the Flying Vatican,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, August.
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