The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection
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Kim Antieau, “Listening for the General,” Twilight Zone, Feb.
Isaac Asimov, “Christmas Without Rodney,” IAsfm, Mid-Dec.
Scott Baker, “The Sins of the Fathers,” Ripper!
Clive Barker, “How Spoiler’s Bleed,” F & SF, Oct.
John Barnes, “Delicate Stuff,” Amazing, Jul.
———, “The Limit of Vision,” IAsfm, Jul.
———, “Under the Covenant Stars,” IAsfm, Apr.
Neal Barrett, Jr., “Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus,” IAsfm, Feb.
———, “Stairs,” IAsfm, Sept.
Amy Bechtel, “The Circus Horse,” Analog, Jun.
M. Shayne Bell, “Nicoji,” IAsfm, Mar.
Gregory Benford and Paul A. Carter, “Proserpina’s Daughter,” Synergy 3.
Michael Bishop, “The Calling of Paisley Coldpony,” IAsfm, Jan.
Terry Boren, “Sliding Rock,” A Very Large Array.
Ben Bova, “Diamond Sam,” F & SF, Nov.
Steven R. Boyett, “Emerald City Blues,” Midnight Graffiti, Fall.
Scott Bradfield, “Dazzle,” Other Edens II.
R. V. Branham, “Lady with Teddy Bear,” IAsfm, Dec.
John Brunner, “An Entry That Did Not Appear in Domesday Book,” Amazing, Mar.
Edward Bryant, “Chrysalis,” Tropical Chills.
———, “While She Was Out,” Pulphouse, Fall.
Christopher Burns, “Babel,” Interzone 25.
Pat Cadigan, “Addicted to Love,” Wild Cards V.
———, “The Edge,” Ripper!
———, “My Brother’s Keeper,” IAsfm, Jun.
———, “Two,” F & SF, Jan.
Jack Cady, “By Reason of Darkness,” Prime Evil.
Orson Scott Card, “Dowser,” IAsfm, Dec.
Leonard Carpenter, “Recrudescence,” Amazing, Jan.
Susan Casper, “The Cleaning Lady,” Twilight Zone, Apr.
Sarah Clemens, “A Good Night’s Work,” Ripper!
B. W. Clough, “Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog,” Twilight Zone, Jun.
David E. Cortesi, “Lost Child,” Amazing, Jul.
Ronald Anthony Cross, “The Country Store,” F & SF, Oct.
Jack Dann, “Tea,” IAsfm, Apr.
——— and Jack C. Haldeman II, “Sentry,” F & SF, Feb.
Avram Davidson, “El Vilvoy de las Islas,” IAsfm, Aug.
———, “One Morning With Samuel, Dorothy, and William,” IAsfm, Mid-Dec.
Bradley Denton, “The Hero of the Night,” F & SF, Jan.
Thomas M. Disch, “Voices of the Kill,” Full Spectrum.
George Alec Effinger, “Posterity,” F & SF, Nov.
———, “Slow, Slow Burn,” Playboy, May.
Greg Egan, “Scatter My Ashes,” Interzone 23.
M. J. Engh, “The Lovesick Simurgh,” Arabesques.
Elizabeth Engstrom, “Fogarty and Fogarty,” F & SF, Apr.
Harlan Ellison, “The Function of Dream Sleep,” Midnight Graffiti, #1.
Sharon N. Farber, “The Last Thunder Horse West of the Mississippi,” IAsfm, Nov.
———, “On the Edge,” Omni, Dec.
Michael Flynn, “Remember’d Kisses,” Analog, Dec.
———, “The Steel Driver,” Analog, Jun.
John M. Ford, “Camelot Station,” Invitation to Camelot.
———, “Preflash,” Silver Scream.
Karen Joy Fowler, “Lily Red,” IAsfm, Jul.
Robert Frazier, “Retrovision,” IAsfm, Aug.
———, “Tags,” IAsfm, Apr.
———, “Things He Cannot Name Are Lost,” Twilight Zone, Apr.
Esther M. Friesner, “Wake-Up Call,” IAsfm, Dec.
Gregory Frost, “Lizaveta,” IAsfm, Mid-Dec.
Michael Galloglach, “All in a Day’s Work,” Twilight Zone, Aug.
Peter T. Garratt, “Our Lady of Springtime,” Interzone 25.
Annie Gerard, “The Boys From Stormville,” Analog, Feb.
Lisa Goldstein, “After the Master,” IAsfm, Apr.
———, “Death Is Different,” IAsfm, Sept.
Felix C. Gotschalk, “Nakajima Cyberspace,” F & SF, Jun.
Terrence M. Green & Andrew Weiner, “Twenty-Two Steps to the Apocalypse,” IAsfm, Jan.
Russell Griffin, “Planesong,” F & SF, Sept.
Karen Haber, “Madre de Dios,” F & SF, May.
M. John Harrison, “The Great God Pan,” Prime Evil.
Howard V. Hendrix, “The Last Impression of Linda Vista,” Aboriginal SF, May-Jun.
Alexander Jablokov, “Deathbinder,” IAsfm, Feb.
———, “Many Mansions,” IAsfm, Apr.
Philip C. Jennings, “The Bishop’s Decision,” IAsfm, Mar.
———, “Doctor Quick,” Aboriginal SF, Sept.
———, “Messiah,” IAsfm, Jun.
———, “The Spokesthing,” Amazing, Jul.
James B. Johnson, “The ‘Ciders,” F & SF, Mar.
Gwyneth Jones, “The Eastern Succession,” IAsfm, Feb.
James Killus, “Heart’s Desire,” Twilight Zone, Oct.
Garry Kilworth, “On The Watchtower at Plataea,” Other Edens II.
Stephen King, “Dedication,” Night Visions 5.
Stephen Kraus, “Frame Of Reference,” Analog, May.
Nancy Kress, “Craps,” IAsfm, Mar.
———, “Philippa’s Hands,” Full Spectrum.
———, “Spillage,” F & SF, Apr.
Marc Laidlaw, “Bruno’s Shadow,” Omni, Aug.
———, “Shalamari,” IAsfm, Dec.
Geoffrey A. Landis, “Ripples in the Dirac Sea,” IAsfm, Oct.
———, “Vacuum States,” IAsfm, Jul.
David Langford, “Blit,” Interzone 25.
Joe R. Lansdale, “Night They Missed the Horror Show,” Silver Scream.
———, “Not From Detroit,” Midnight Graffiti, Fall.
Tanith Lee, “Foolish, Wicked, Clever and Kind,” Arabesques.
———, “The Kingdoms of the Air,” Weird Tales, Summer.
Stephen Leigh, “Evening Shadow,” IAsfm, Aug.
Bob Leman, “The Time of the Worm,” F & SF, Mar.
Bruce McAllister, “Songs From a Far Country,” IAsfm, Feb.
Paul J. McAuley, “Inheritance,” F & SF, Nov.
———, “Karl and the Ogre,” Interzone 23.
Robert R. McCammon, “Night Calls the Green Falcon,” Silver Scream.
Jack McDevitt, “The Fourth Moxie Branch,” Full Spectrum.
———, “Last Contact,” IAsfm, Jun.
———, “Sunrise,” IAsfm, Mar.
Ian McDonald, “King Of Morning, Queen of Day,” IAsfm, Apr.
Tom Maddox, “The Robot and the One You Love,” Omni, Mar.
Elissa Malcohn, “Moments of Clarity,” Full Spectrum.
Barry N. Malzberg and Jack Dann, “Blues and the Abstract Truth,” F & SF, Jan.
Phillip Mann, “Lux in Tenebris,” Interzone 24.
Diane Mapes, “The Huntress,” Argos, Winter.
George R. R. Martin, “The Skin Trade,” Night Visions 5.
Lisa Mason, “Deus Ex Machina,” IAsfm, Dec.
———, “Guardian,” IAsfm, Oct.
Victor Milan, “Brass,” IAsfm, Nov.
John J. Miller, “Ouroboros,” A Very Large Array.
Elizabeth Mitchell, “Animals,” Twilight Zone, Oct.
Elizabeth Moon, “Too Wet to Plow,” Analog, Mar.
Richard Mueller, “Meditations on the Death of Cortes,” IAsfm, Sept.
Pat Murphy, “Good-Bye, Cynthia,” IAsfm, Apr.
Jamil Nasir, “The Darkness Beyond,” Aboriginal SF, May–Jun.
O. Niemand, “Put Your Hands Together,” IAsfm, Feb.
Charles Oberndorf, “Mannequins,” Full Spectrum.
Rebecca Ore, “Ice-Gouged Lakes, Glacier-Bound Times,” Amazing, Jul.
Frederik Pohl, “Waiting for the
Olympians,” IAsfm, Aug.
Steven Popkes, “The Color Winter,” IAsfm, Aug.
W. T. Quick, “Goin’ Down Daze,” Analog, Aug.
———, “The Healing,” Analog, Nov.
Elaine Radford, “To Be an Auk,” Aboriginal SF, Mar–Apr.
Hillary Rettig, “Through Alien Eyes,” IAsfm, Jul.
Kim Stanley Robinson, “The Lunatics,” Terry’s Universe.
Rudy Rucker and Paul D. Filippo, “Instability,” F & SF, Sept.
Richard Paul Russo, “Listen to My Heartbeat,” IAsfm, Jan.
Robert Sampson, “A Gift of the People,” Full Spectrum.
Robert J. Sawyer, “Golden Fleece,” Amazing, Sept.
Josephine Saxon, “Getting Together,” Other Edens II.
Stanley Schmidt, “Floodgate,” Twilight Zone, Oct.
Carter Scholz, “Transients,” Terry’s Universe.
Ronnie Seagren, “Listening,” Full Spectrum.
Bob Shaw, “Dark Night in Toyland,” Interzone 26.
Charles Sheffield, “The Courts of Xanadu,” IAsfm, Apr.
———, “Dead Meat,” Tropical Chills.
Lucius Shepard, “A Wooden Tiger,” F & SF, Oct.
———, “Jack’s Decline,” Ripper!
———, “Life of Buddha,” Omni, May.
———, “Nomans Land,” IAsfm, Oct.
Robert Silverberg, “At Winter’s End,” IAsfm, Jan.
———, “Hannibal’s Elephants,” Omni, Oct.
———, “We Are for the Dark,” IAsfm, Oct.
Dan Simmons, “Iverson’s Pits,” Night Visions 5.
———, “Metastasis,” Night Visions 5.
———, “Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds,” Omni, Apr.
Melinda Snodgrass, “Requiem,” A Very Large Array.
Martha Soukup, “Having Keith,” IAsfm, Jun.
Norman Spinrad, “Journals Of The Plague Years,” Full Spectrum.
———, “La Vie Continue,” Other Americas.
Allen M. Steele, “Live From the Mars Hotel,” IAsfm, Mid-Dec.
Bruce Sterling, “The Gulf Wars,” Omni, Feb.
Peter Straub, “The Juniper Tree,” Prime Evil.
Somtow Sucharitkul, “The Madonna of the Wolves” IAsfm, Nov.
———, (as S. P. Somtow) “Anna and the Ripper of Siam,” Ripper!
Tim Sullivan, “Father to the Man,” IAsfm, Oct.
Michael Swanwick, “A Midwinter’s Tale,” IAsfm, Dec.
Keith Taylor, “Men From the Plane of Lir,” Weird Tales, Fall.
———, “The Unlawful Hunter,” Weird Tales, Spring.
Melanie Tern, “Chameleon,” IAsfm, Mar.
Steve Rasnic Tern, “Grim Monkeys,” Tropical Chills.
Jessie Thompson, “Snowfall,” F & SF, Sept.
James Tiptree, Jr., “The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew,” IAsfm, Apr.
Harry Turtledove, “Freedom,” IAsfm, Jun.
———, “Trapping Run,” IAsfm, Feb.
———, “Gentlemen of the Shade,” Ripper!
Vernor Vinge, “The Blabber,” New Destinies VI.
Eric Vinicoff, “The Great Martian Railroad Race,” IAsfm, Aug.
Howard Waldrop, “Wild, Wild Horses,” Omni, Jun.
Ian Watson, “The Flies of Memory,” IAsfm, Sept.
———, “Joan’s World,” IAsfm, Mid-Dec.
Lawrence Watt-Evans, “An Infinity of Karen,” Amazing, Sept.
Don Webb, “Common Superstitions,” IAsfm, Oct.
———, “Second Honeymoon,” New Pathways, Jul.
———, “Souvenirs From a Damnation,” Pulphouse, Fall.
Andrew Weiner, “The Egg,” Amazing, Sept.
———, “The Grandfather Problem,” IAsfm, Aug.
James White, “Sanctuary,” Analog, Dec.
Dean Whitlock, “Miriam, Messiah,” F & SF, Jan.
———, “Winter Solstice,” IAsfm, Dec.
Rick Wilber, “Suffer the Children,” IAsfm, Apr.
Cherry Wilder, “The House on Cemetery Street,” IAsfm, Dec.
Kate Wilhelm, “Isosceles,” Terry’s Universe.
Walter Jon Williams, “Flatline,” IAsfm, Aug.
———, “Mortality,” Wild Cards V.
Chet Williamson, “The Music of the Dark Time,” Twilight Zone, Jun.
Connie Willis, “Ado,” IAsfm, Jan.
F. Paul Wilson, “Wires,” New Destinies, Summer.
Gene Wolfe, “Houston, 1943,” Tropical Chills.
———, “The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale,” Arabesques.
Dave Wolverton, “The Sky Is an Open Highway,” IAsfm, Jul.
William F. Wu, “On a Phantom Tide,” Pulphouse, Fall.
Thomas Wylde, “The Cage of Pain,” IAsfm, Mar.
Jane Yolen, “Memories of A Bottle Djinni,” Arabesques.
———, “The Quiet Monk,” IAsfm, Mar.
Roger Zelazny, “Deadboy Donner and the Firestone Cup,” Terry’s Universe.
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Acknowledgment is made for permission to print the following material:
“Surfacing,” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Home Front,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady,” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Peaches for Mad Molly,” by Steven Gould. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Analog, February 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Last Article,” by Harry Turtledove. Copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Stable Strategies for Middle Management,” by Eileen Gunn. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“In Memoriam,” by Nancy Kress.
Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Kirinyaga,” by Mike Resnick. Copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Girl Who Loved Animals,” by Bruce McAllister. Copyright © 1988 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, May 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Last of the Winnebagoes,” by Connie Willis. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Love in Vain,” by Lewis Shiner. Copyright © 1988 by Lewis Shiner. First published in Ripper! (Tor). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Hob,” by Judith Moffett. Copyright © 1988 by Judith Moffett. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Our Neural Chernobyl,” by Bruce Sterling. Copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“House of Bones,” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1988 by Agberg, Ltd. First published in Terry’s Universe (Tor). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Schrödinger’s Kitten,” by George Alec Effinger. Copyright © 1988 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, September 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?,” by Howard Waldrop. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Growth of the House of Usher,” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1988 by Interzone. First published in Interzone 24, Summer 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Glacier,” by Kim Stanley Robinson. Copyright © 1988 by Kim Stanley Robinson. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, September 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sanctuary,” by James Lawson. Copyright © 1988 by Thranx, Inc. First published in Amazing Stories, November 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“The Dragon Line,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1988 by Michael Swanwick. First published in Terry’s Universe (Tor). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.