The Year's Best SF 12 # 1994
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Robert Onopa, “Blue Flyers,” Tomorrow, Dec.
Richard Parks, “Laying the Stones,” Asimov’s, Nov.
Paul Park, “The Tourist,” Interzone, Feb.
Michael H. Payne, “A Bag of Custard,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____, “One Thin Dime,” Tomorrow, Oct.
Frederik Pohl, “Redemption in the Quantum Realm,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “What Dreams Remain,” Future Quartet.
Steven Popkes, “Doctor Couney’s Island,” Asimov’s, Dec.
_____, “The Test,” Future Boston.
_____, “Whistle in the Dark,” Asimov’s, June.
Tom Purdom, “Dragon Drill,” Asimov’s, Oct.
_____, “Legacies,” Asimov’s, Jan.
Robert Reed, “The Dimensions of the Deed,” Tomorrow, Dec.
_____, “The Shape of Everything,” F&SF, Oct./Nov.
_____, “Stride,” Asimov’s, Nov.
_____, “Treasure Buried,” F&SF, Feb.
Laura Resnick, “Confessional,” Deals with the Devil.
Mike Resnick, “A Little Knowledge,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “Barnaby in Exile,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____, “The Summer of My Discontent,” Weird Tales from Shakespeare.
Caroline Rhodes, “Snake Medicine,” Tales from the Great Turtle.
Mark Rich, “The Asking Place,” SF Age, July.
Carrie Richerson, “Artistic License,” F&SF, Dec.
_____, “The Emerald City,” Pulphouse 17.
Uncle River, “The Nature of Prosperity,” Interzone, Oct.
Keith Roberts, “Unlikely Meeting,” Interzone, Oct.
Frank M. Robinson, “Dealer’s Choice,” Deals with the Devil.
_____, “One Month in 1907,” Alternate Outlaws.
Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Martian Childhood,” Asimov’s, Feb.
Madeleine E. Robins, “Somewhere in Dreamland Tonight,” F&SF, July.
Michaela Roessner, “Welcome to the Dog Show,” Strange Plasma 8.
Mary Rosenblum, “The Mermaid’s Comb,” Asimov’s, June.
_____, “Rat,” Asimov’s, Oct.
_____, “Selkies,” Asimov’s, March.
——and Greg Abraham, “Mr. Sartorius,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling, “Big Jelly,” Asimov’s, Nov.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Elvis at the White House,” Alien Pregnant by Elvis.
_____, “Monuments to the Dead,” Tales from the Great Turtle.
Geoff Ryman, “A Fall of Angels,” Unconquered Countries.
_____, “Fan,” Interzone, March/Unconquered Countries.
Pamela Sargent, “All Rights,” Amazing, Fall.
_____, “Climb the Wind,” Asimov’s, March.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, “The Hell Gamblers, Xanadu 2.
Felicity Savage, “Brixtow White Lady,” F&SF, March.
Charles Sheffield, “The Bee’s Kiss,” Asimov’s, Nov.
Rick Shelley, “We Three,” Analog, March.
Lucius Shepard, “The Last Time,” Little Deaths.
Delia Sherman, “Young Woman in a Garden,” Xanadu 2.
Josepha Sherman, “Ancient Magics, Ancient Hope,” Weird Tales from Shakespeare.
W. M. Shockley, “Water,” Louis L’Amour Western Magazine, July.
D. William Shunn, “Rise Up, Ye Women That Are At Ease,” Washed by a Wave of Wind.
Robert Silverberg, “Via Roma,” Asimov’s, April.
Chris Simmons, “Moonwatcher Breaks the Bones,” Alien Shores.
Dave Smeds, “A Marathon Runner in the Human Race,” F&SF, March.
David Alexander Smith, “Sail Away,” Future Boston.
Dean Wesley Smith, “Jukebox Gifts,” F&SF, Jan.
Martha Soukup, “Good Girl, Bad Dog,” Alternate Outlaws.
Bud Sparhawk, “Hurricane!,” Analog, Sept.
_____, “Iridium Dreams,” Analog, April.
William Browning Spencer, “The Lights of Armagedden,” Argonaut 19.
Norman Spinrad, “Where the Heart Is,” Tomorrow, Oct.
Brian Stableford, “The Bad Seed,” Interzone, April.
_____, “Busy Dying,” F&SF, Feb.
_____, “Changlings,” Interzone, July.
_____, “The Scream,” Asimov’s, July.
_____, “The Tree of Life,” Asimov’s, Sept.
_____, “The Unkindness of Ravens,” Interzone, Dec.
_____, “What Can Chloe Want?,” Asimov’s, March.
Allen Steele, “Riders in the Sky,” Alternate Outlaws.
_____, “See Rock City,” Omni, Aug.
_____, “2,437 UFOs Over New Hampshire,” Alien Pregnant by Elvis.
_____, “Whinin’ Boy Blues,” Asimov’s, Feb.
Neal Stephenson, “Spew,” Wired, Oct.
Sue Storm, “Home,” Xizquil 12.
Michael Swanwick, “The Changeling’s Tale,” Asimov’s, Jan.
_____, “The Mask,” Asimov’s, April.
Lucy Sussex, “Kay & Phil,” Alien Shores.
Judith Tarr, “Cowards Die: A Tragicomedy in Several Fits,” Alternate Outlaws.
_____, “Mending Souls,” Deals with the Devil.
Braulio Tavares, “Stuntmind,” On Spec, Fall.
John Alfred Taylor, “Full Circle,” Asimov’s, March.
_____, “The Man in the Dinosaur Coat,” Asimov’s, July.
Michael Teasdale, “Half the World Away,” On Spec, Fall.
Steve Rasnic Tem, “Lost Cherokee,” Tales from the Great Turtle.
Mark W. Tiedemann, “Drink,” Asimov’s, July.
Lisa Tuttle, “And the Poor Get Children,” New Worlds 4.
Steven Utley, “Edge of the Wind,” Asimov’s, Jan.
_____, “Living It,” Asimov’s, Aug.
_____, “Michael Bates,” Pulphouse 17.
_____, “One Kansas Night,” Asimov’s, June.
_____, “Two Women of the Prairie,” Louis L’Amour’s Western Magazine, May.
Jeff VanderMeer, “London Burning,” Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, 1.
Ray Vukcevich, “No Comet,” F&SF, July.
Holly Wade, “La Pucelle,” Asimov’s, Sept.
Susan Wade, “The Black Swan,” Black Thorn, White Rose.
_____, “The Convertible Coven,” F&SF, March.
Howard Waldrop, “Why Did?,” Omni, April.
Lawrence Watt-Evans, “The Bride of Bigfoot,” Alien Pregnant by Elvis.
Don Webb, “Sabbath of the Zeppelins,” Asimov’s, April.
Andrew Weiner, “Messenger,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “On Becoming an Alien,” Prairie Fire.
K. D. Wentworth, “Shore Leave,” Aboriginal SF, Spring.
Leslie What, “Clinging to a Thread,” F&SF, April.
Rick Wilber, “American Jokes,” SF Age, July.
Cherry Wilder, “Willow Cottage,” Interzone, March.
Kate Wilhelm, “Bloodletting,” Omni, June.
_____, “I Know What You’re Thinking,” Asimov’s, Nov.
Connie Willis, “Adaptation,” Asimov’s, Dec.
_____, “Why the World Didn’t End Last Tuesday,” Asimov’s, Jan.
Chris Willrich, “Little Death,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
Robin Wilson, “Something of Consequence,” SF Age, Sept.
_____, “To the Vector Belong…,” F&SF, Sept.
Amy Wolfe, “The Lazarus Chronicle,” Realms of Fantasy, Dec.
Dave Wolverton, “Wheatfields Beyond,” Washed by a Wave of Wind.
Patricia C. Wrede, “Stronger Than Time,” Black Thorn, White Rose.
Jane Yolen, “Granny Rumple,” Black Thorn, White Rose.
_____, “The Lady’s Garden,” F&SF, May.
_____, “The Woman Who Loved a Bear,” Tales from the Great Turtle.
Roger Zelazny, “Godson,” Black Thorn, White Rose.
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“Forgiveness Day,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“The Remoras” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Nekropolis” by Maureen F. McHugh. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Margin of Error” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1994 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Cilia-of-Gold” by Stephen Baxter. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Going After Old Man Alabama” by William Sanders. Copyright © 1994 by William Sanders. First published in Tales from the Great Turtle edited by Piers Anthony and Richard Gilliam (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Melodies of the Heart” by Michael F. Flynn, Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Hole in the Hole” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Paris in June” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1994 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, June 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Flowering Mandrake” by George Turner. Copyright © 1994 by George Turner. First published in Alien Shores, ed. Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch (Aphelion). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Cherry Weiner.
“None So Blind” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Cocoon” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Dead Space for the Unexpected” by Geoff Ryman. Copyright © 1994 by Interzone/Nexus. First published in Interzone 88, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Cri de Coeur” by Michael Bishop. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Sawing Boys” by Howard Waldrop. Copyright © 1994 by Howard Waldrop. First published in Black Thorn, White Rose, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (AvoNova/William Morrow). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Matter of Seggri” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Crank!, Spring 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Ylem” by Eliot Fintushel. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Asylum” by Katharine Kerr. Copyright © 1994 by Katharine Kerr. First published in Interzone 90, December 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Red Elvis” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1994 by Walter Jon Williams. First published in Alternate Outlaws, edited by Mike Resnick (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“California Dreamer” by Mary Rosenblum. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Split Light” by Lisa Goldstein. Copyright © 1994 by Lisa Goldstein. First published in Travellers in Magic (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Les Fleurs du Mal” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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