The Year's Best SF 25 # 2007

by Gardner Dozois (ed)

  ____, “The Recreation Room,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, October–November.

  Ian Creasey, “Strawberry Thief,” Weird Tales, June–July.

  ____, “Memories of the Knacker’s Yard,” Apex 10.

  Tony Daniel, “The Valley of the Gardens,” The New Space Opera.

  Jack Dann, “Café Culture,” Asimov’s, January.

  Aliette de Bodard, “The Lost Xuyan Bride,” Interzone, October–November.

  ____, “Obsidian Shards,” Writers of the Future, XXIII.

  Stephen Dedman, “Centenary,” Cosmos, April–May.

  A.M. Dellamonica, “Time of the Snake,” Fast Forward 1.

  Paul Di Filippo, “The End of the Great Continuity,” Postscripts 13.

  ____, “Personal Jesus,” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction.

  ____, “Wikiworld,” Fast Forward 1.

  Jetse de Vries, “Qubit Conflicts,” Clarkesworld, May.

  Cory Doctorow, “After the Siege,” The Infinite Matrix, 1/8.

  Candas Jane Dorsey, “Seven in a Boat, No Dog,” Tesseracts Eleven.

  Terry Dowling, “The Magikkers,” Wizards.

  ____, “The Suits at Auderlene,” Inferno.

  Noreen Doyle, “The Rope,” Realms of Fantasy, April.

  Brendan DuBois, “The Unplug War,” Man Vs Machine.

  Grace Dugan, “Somewhere in Central Queensland,” Strange Horizons, 22 January.

  Andy Duncan, “A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil’s Ninth Question,” Wizards.

  ____, “Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse,” Eclipse.

  Hal Duncan, “The Drifter’s Tale,” disLOCATIONS.

  ____, “The Island of the Pirate Gods,” Postscripts 13.

  Frederic S. Durbin, “The Bone Man,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, December.

  Greg Egan, “Dark Integers,” Asimov’s, October–November.

  ____, “Induction,” Foundation 100.

  M.P. Ericson, “Lost Soul,” Clarkesworld, September.

  Melanie Fazi, “In the Shape of a Dragon,” Black Static 2.

  Sheila Finch, “First Was the Word,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, June.

  Charles Coleman Finlay, “An Eye For An Eye,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, June.

  Eliot Fintushel, “How the Little Rabbi Grew,” Strange Horizons, 17 September.

  Michael F. Flynn, “Quaestiones Super Caelo et Mundo,” Analog, July–August.

  Jeffrey Ford, “The Bedroom Light,” Inferno.

  ____, “The Dreaming Wind,” Coyote Road.

  ____, “The Manticore Spell,” Wizards.

  Eugie Foster, “The Center of the Universe,” Helix, Summer.

  Karen Joy Fowler, “Always,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ____, “The Last Worders,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, June.

  Carl Frederick, “Double Helix, Downward Gyre,” Analog, January/February.

  Dave Freer, “Thin Ice,” JBU, June.

  Peter Friend, “Miniature,” OSC’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, February.

  Esther M. Friesner, “At These Prices,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, August.

  Neil Gaiman, “The Witch’s Headstone,” Wizards.

  Stephen Gallagher, “The Blackwood Oak,” Subterranean Online, Fall.

  R. Garcia y Robertson, “The Good Ship Lollypop,” Asimov’s, September.

  Sara Genge, “Family Values,” Cosmos 16.

  Lisa Goldstein, “Dark Rooms,” Asimov’s, October–November.

  ____, “Lilyanna,” Asimov’s, April–May.

  Kathleen Ann Goonan, “The Bridge,” Asimov’s, August.

  ____, “Electric Rains,” Eclipse.

  ____, “What Science Fiction Is All About, or, The Dancing Chairs,” Flurb, Fall–Winter.

  B. Gordon, “The King of Elfland’s Stepdaughter,” Coyote Wild, Spring.

  Theodora Goss, “Catherine and the Satyr,” Strange Horizons, 1 October.

  ____, “Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

  ____, “Singing of Mount Abora,” Logorrhea.

  Gavin J. Grant, “‘Janet, Meet Bob,’” Lone Star Stories, February.

  John Grant, “Lives,” Inferno.

  Andrew Gray, “Tofino,” Tesseracts Eleven.

  Daryl Gregory, “Dead Horse Point,” Asimov’s, August.

  ____, “Unpossible,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, October–November.

  Jim Grimsley, “The Sanguine,” Asimov’s, March.

  ____, “Wendy,” Subterranean 5.

  Jon Courtenay Grimwood, “Angel of the Waters,” Foundation 100.

  Eileen Gunn, “Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005,” Foundation 101.

  ____, “Up the Fire Road,” Eclipse.

  Joseph Paul Haines, “The Man Behind the Curtain,” Abyss & Apex, First Quarter.

  Peter F. Hamilton, “Blessed By An Angel,” The New Space Opera.

  ____, “If at First … ,” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction.

  Elizabeth Hand, “Illyria,” PS Publishing.

  ____, “Winter’s Wife,” Wizards.

  M. John Harrison, “The Good Detective,” Interzone, April.

  John G. Hemry, “These Are the Times,” Analog, November.

  Samantha Henderson, “Starry Night,” Helix 3.

  Howard V. Hendrix, “Palimpset,” Analog, September.

  Glen Hirshberg, “The Janus Tree,” Inferno.

  M.K. Hobson, “The Hotel Astarte,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

  Nina Kiriki Hoffman, “A Soul Cake,” Lone Star Stories, 1 December.

  ____, “The Listeners,” Coyote Road.

  Andrew Hook, “The Glass Football,” disLOCATIONS.

  Dave Hoing, “Servant of the Stone,” Postscripts 11.

  Nalo Hopkinson, “Soul Case,” Foundation 100.

  Paul Hosek, “Made,” On Spec, Spring.

  Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett, “From the Badlands,” Jim Baen Universe, October.

  Matthew Hughes, “The Helper and His Hero,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, February–March.

  ____, “Sweet Trap,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, June.

  Alex Irvine, “Semaphore,” Logorrhea.

  ____, “Wizard’s Six,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, June.

  Alexander Jablokov, “Brain Raid,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, February.

  ____, “Wrong Number,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, September.

  Michael J. Jasper, “A Miracle in Shreveport,” Electric Velocipede 12.

  C.W. Johnson, “Icarus Beach,” Analog, December.

  Kij Johnson, “The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change,” Coyote Road.

  Gwyneth Jones, “Big Cat,” Interzone, April.

  ____, “In the Forest of the Queen,” Eclipse.

  ____, “The Tomb Wife,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, August.

  Andrea Kail, “Soft, Like a Rabbit,” Fantasy Magazine Online, 28 October.

  ____, “The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom,” Writers of the Future, XXIII. William H. Keith, “The Weapon,” Future Weapons of War.

  James Patrick Kelly, “Dividing the Sustain,” The New Space Opera.

  ____, “Don’t Stop,” Asimov’s, May.

  Lucy Kemnitzer, “The Boulder,” Fantasy Magazine, 6.

  ____, “John Brown’s Body,” Glorifying Terrorism.

  John Kessel, “Downtown,” Flurb, Fall–Winter.

  ____, “The Last American,” Foundation 100.

  Caitlín R. Kiernan, “A Season of Broken Dolls,” Subterranean Online, Spring.

  ____, “In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection,” Subterranean Online, Fall.

  ____, “The Ape’s Wife,” Clarkesworld 12.

  ____, “Zero Summer,” Subterranean 6.

  James Killus, “Vamp in the Middle,” Helix, Spring.

  Stephen King, “Graduation Day,” Postscripts 10.

  Ellen Klages, “Mrs. Zeno’s Paradox,” Ec
lipse.

  Ted Kosmatka, “Deadnauts,” Ideomancer, August.

  Mary Robinette Kowal, “For Solo Cello, p. 12,” Cosmos, February–March.

  Nancy Kress, “Art of War,” The New Space Opera.

  ____, “By Fools Like Me,” Asimov’s, September.

  ____, “End Game,” Asimov’s, April–May.

  ____, “Fountain of Age,” Asimov’s, July.

  ____, “The Rules,” Asimov’s, December.

  ____, “Safeguard,” Asimov’s, January.

  ____, “Stone Man,” Wizards.

  Ellen Kushner, “Honored Guest,” Coyote Road.

  Marc Laidlaw, “The Vicar of R’lyeh,” Flurb, Fall–Winter.

  Jay Lake, “A Very Old Man with No Wings At All,” Aeon Eleven.

  ____, “After Bonestell,” Visual Journeys.

  ____, “Eating Their Sins and Ours,” Lone Star Stories, 1 June.

  ____, “Chewing Up the Innocent,” Clarkesworld, February.

  ____, “Crossing the Seven,” Logorrhea.

  ____, “The Fly and Die Ticket,” Subterranean Online, Fall.

  ____, “The Golden Whip,” Helix 6.

  ____, “The Leopard’s Paw,” Subterranean, Spring.

  ____, “Tom Edison and His Telegraphic Harpoon,” Weird Tales, June.

  ____, “Where the Water Meets the Sky,” Interzone, February.

  ____ and Greg van Eekhout, “C-Rock City,” Solaris Book of New Science Fiction. Claude Lalumière, “Hochelaga and Sons,” Electric Velocipede 13.

  ____, “The Object of Worship,” Tesseracts Eleven.

  Margo Lanagan, “Reflecting Glory,” Foundation 100.

  ____, “She Creatures,” Eclipse.

  Geoffrey A. Landis, “David in the Lion’s Den,” Future Weapons of War.

  ____, “Vectoring,” Analog, June.

  Joe R. Lansdale, “Deadman’s Road,” Subterranean, Spring.

  Chris Lawson, “Screening Test,” Agog! Ripping Reads.

  Tanith Lee, “Cold Fire,” Asimov’s, February.

  ____, “Zinder,” Wizards.

  Yoon Ha Lee, “Screamers,” Ideomancer, Vol. 6, Issue 2.

  ____, “The Shadow Postulates,” Helix, Summer.

  G.D., Leeming, “Empty Clouds,” Interzone, February.

  Tim Lees, “Preachers,” Interzone, June.

  Edward M. Lerner, “A Stranger in Paradise,” Jim Baen Universe, February.

  David D. Levine, “Babel Probe,” Darker Matter, March.

  ____, “Moonlight on the Carpet,” Aeon Twelve.

  ____, “Titanium Mike Saves the Day,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, April.

  Marissa Lingen, “Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8,” Shimmer, The Pirate Issue.

  Kelly Link, “The Constable of Abal,” Coyote Road.

  Richard A. Lovett, “The Last of the Weathermen,” Analog, July–August.

  ____, “The Sands of Titan,” Analog, June.

  ____, “The Unrung Bells of the Marie Celeste,” Analog, January–February. Ian R. MacLeod, “The Master Miller’s Tale,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, May. Ken MacLeod, “Jesus Christ, Reanimator,” Fast Forward 1.

  ____, “Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?,” The New Space Opera.

  Bruce McAllister, “His Wife,” Fantasy Magazine, 6.

  ____, “The Lion,” Asimov’s, March.

  ____, “Poison,” Asimov’s, January.

  Paul McAuley, “Rocket Boy,” Future Weapons of War.

  ____, “Winning Peace,” The New Space Opera.

  Wil McCarthy, “The Necromancer in Love,” Jim Baen Universe, October.

  Una McCormack, “Torch Song,” Glorifying Terrorism.

  Tim McDaniel, “The Lonesome Planet Travelers’ Advisory,” Asimov’s, December.

  ____, “Teacher’s Lounge,” Asimov’s, August.

  Jack McDevitt, “Fifth Day,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ____, “Tweak,” Jim Baen Universe, October.

  Maureen McHugh, “The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large,” Eclipse.

  Will McIntosh, “Perfect Violet,” On Spec, Summer.

  Christopher McKitterick, “The Empty Utopia,” Ruins Extraterrestrial.

  ____, “Jupiter Whispers,” Visual Journeys.

  Elizabeth Malartre, “Darwin’s Suitcase,” Jim Baen Universe, December.

  Darja Malcolm-Clarke, “The Beacon,” Clarkesworld, August.

  Geoffrey Maloney, “Blonde on Blonde: An American Fable,” Albedo 33.

  ____, “When the World Was Flat,” Agog! Ripping Reads.

  Barry N. Malzberg & Jack Dann, “The Art of Memory,” Jim Baen Universe, December. Lisa Mantchev, “A Dance Across Embers,” Clarkesworld, October.

  Louise Marley, “p dolce,” Fast Forward 1.

  ____, “The Spiral Road,” Jim Baen Universe, February.

  David Marusek, “HealthGuard,” Foundation 100.

  ____, “Osama Phone Home,” MIT Technology Review, March–April.

  Donald Mead, “A Thing Forbidden,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, April.

  John Meaney, “Sideways From Now,” Fast Forward 1.

  Charles Midwinter, “A Portrait of the Artist,” Asimov’s, February.

  Jeremy Minton, “The Darkness Between,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, January.

  Manek Mistry, “Stories of the Alien Invasion,” Abyss & Apex, First Quarter.

  Judith Moffett, “The Bird Shaman’s Girl,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, October–November.

  Sarah Monette, “Under the Beansidhe’s Pillow,” Lone Star Stories 22.

  John Morressy, “Fool,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, February.

  January Mortimer, “Brighton Bay,” Aeon Eleven.

  Richard Mueller, “I Read the News Today, Oh Boy,” Paradox, Autumn.

  Pat Murphy, “One Odd Shoe,” Coyote Road.

  Steven Francis Murphy, “Tearing Down Tuesday,” Interzone, June.

  Pati Nagle, “Draw,” Asimov’s, September.

  Ruth Nestvold, “Far Side of the Moon,” Ideomancer, Vol. 6, Issue 2.

  ____, “The Leaving Sweater,” Strange Horizons, 25 June.

  _____& Jay Lake, “Roger Lambelin,” Realms of Fantasy, October.

  R. Neube, “Battlefield Games,” Asimov’s, January.

  ____, “Studies in the Field,” Asimov’s, May.

  Garth Nix, “Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex,” Eclipse.

  ____, “Holly and Iron,” Wizards.

  ____, “Sir Hereward and Master Fitz Go to War Again,” Jim Baen Universe, April.

  Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper, “The Terror Bard,” Fast Forward 1.

  G. David Nordley, “Hell Orbit,” Visual Journeys.

  Patrick O’Leary, “The Cane,” Postscripts 12.

  John Philip Olson, “The Men in the Attic,” Interzone, October–November.

  Jerry Oltion, “Salvation,” Analog, December.

  Rebecca Ore, “Acid and Stoned Reindeer,” Clarkesworld, November.

  Paul Park, “Fragrant Goddess,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, October–November.

  Richard Parks, “A Garden in Hell,” Fantasy Magazine, 5.

  ____, “Directional Drift,” Postscripts 13.

  ____, “Hot Water,” Realms of Fantasy, December.

  ____, “The Man Who Carved Skulls,” Weird Tales, April–May.

  Michael Payne, “They Call Me Mr. Goddamn Happy,” Helix 3.

  Jennifer Pelland, “The Last Stand of the Elephant Man,” Helix 6.

  ____, “Mercytanks,” Helix 4.

  Holly Phillips, “The Oracle Spoke,” Clarkesworld, June.

  ____, “Three Days of Rain,” Asimov’s, May.

  Tony Pi, “Metamorphoses in Amber,” Abyss & Apex, Fourth Quarter.

  Cherie Priest, “Finding Piper,” Subterranean 6.

  Brian Plante, “The Astronaut,” Analog, May.

  Tim Pratt, “Artifice and Intelligence,” Strange Horizons, 6 August.

  ____, “From Around Here,” Logorrhea.

  ____, “Restless in
My Hand,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Cat Rambo, “Foam on the Water,” Strange Horizons, 19 February.

  ____, “I’ll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said,” Clarkesworld, July.

  Marta Randall, “The Dark Boy,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, January.

  ____, “Lázaro y Antonio,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, June.

  Kit Reed, “What Wolves Know,” Asimov’s, September.

  Marguerite Reed, “Angels of a Desert Heaven,” Lone Star Stories, December 1.

  Robert Reed, “The Caldera of Good Fortune,” Asimov’s, September.

  ____, “Hatch,” The New Space Opera.

  ____, “The Hoplite,” Helix 4.

  ____, “If We Can Save Just One Child … ,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, September.

  ____, “Magic with Thirteen-Year-Old Boys,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, March.

  ____, “Night Calls,” Asimov’s, October–November.

  ____, “X-Country,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, January.

  Mike Resnick, “A Locked-Planet Mystery,” Alien Crimes.

  ____, “The Big Guy,” Jim Baen Universe, June.

  ____, “Distant Replay,” Asimov’s, April–May.

  ____& Nancy Kress, “Solomon’s Choice,” Fast Forward 1.

  Alastair Reynolds, “Minla’s Flowers,” The New Space Opera.

  M. Rickert, “Don’t Ask,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, December.

  ____, “Holiday,” Subterranean 7.

  ____, “Memoir of a Deer Woman,” Fantasy & Science Fiction, March.

  Uncle River, “Ginger Ear and Elephant Hair,” Analog, September.

  Chris Roberson, “Fire in the Lake,” Subterranean Online, Fall.

  ____, “Metal Dragon Year,” Interzone, October–November.

  Adam Roberts, “A Distillation of Grace,” Solaris Book of New SF.

  ____, “Here Comes the Flood,” Glorifying Terrorism.

  ____, “Remorse,” disLOCATIONS.

  Margaret Ronald, “Goat Eschatologies,” Strange Horizons, 19 November.

  Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Molly and the Red Hat,” Interzone, October–November.

  Mary Rosenblum, “Breeze from the Stars,” Asimov’s, March.

  ____, “Color Vision,” Wizards.

  ____, “Splinters of Glass,” The New Space Opera.

  Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling, “Hormiga Canyon,” Asimov’s, August.

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Dark Corners,” Jim Baen Universe, August.

  ____, “The End of the World,” Alien Crimes.

  ____, “Recovering Apollo 8,” Asimov’s, February.

  ____, “The Taste of Miracles,” Analog, January–February.