The Year's Best Science Fiction--Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

by Gardner Dozois

  Albert E. Cowdrey, “The Farmboy,” F&SF, November/December.

  Steven Cox, “1957,” Apex, May.

  Ian Creasey, “A Melancholy Apparition,” F&SF, September/October.

  ______, “The Language of Flowers,” Analog, May.

  ______, “No Strangers Any More,” Analog, July/August.

  Dave Creek, “Silhouettes,” Analog, September.

  Leah Cypess, “Filtered,” Asimov’s, July.

  Indrapramit Das, “Breaking Water,” Tor.com, February 10.

  Aliette de Bodard, “Crossing the Midday Gate,” To Shape the Dark.

  ______, “Pearl,” The Starlit Wood.

  ______, “What Hungers in the Dark,” Barcelona Tales.

  A.M. Dellamonica, “The Boy Who Would Not Be Enchanted,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 7.

  ______, “The Glass Galago,” Tor.com, January 6.

  ______, “Tribes,” Strangers Among Us.

  Emily Devenport, “Now Is the Hour,” Clarkesworld, August.

  Paul Di Filippo, “Backup Man,” Terraform, April 7.

  Seth Dickinson, “Laws of Night and Silk,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 26.

  Gardner Dozois, “The Place of Bones,” F&SF, November/December.

  Jilly Dreadful, “5X5,” Lightspeed, July.

  Brendan Dubois, “Jewels from the Sky,” Analog, December.

  ______, “The Treaty Breaker,” Analog, May.

  Thoraiya Dryer, “Induction,” Bridging Infinity.

  S.N. Dyer, “When Grandfather Returns,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Scott Edelman, “The Man Without the Blue Balloon and the Woman Who Had Smiles Only for Him,” Dragons of the Night.

  Amal El-Mohtar, “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” The Starlit Wood.

  Sieren Damsgaard Ernst, “Kairos,” Asimov’s, August

  Gregory Feeley, “The Bridge of Dreams,” Clarkesworld, April.

  Gemma Files, “What You See (When the Lights Are Out)?” Strangers Among Us.

  Eliot Fintushel, “In Boonker’s Room,” Analog, December.

  Michael F. Flynn, “The Journeyman: In the Great North Wood,” Analog, June.

  Jeffrey Ford, “The Thousand Eyes,” The Starlit Woods.

  ______, “What Is—”, Drowned Worlds.

  Esther M. Freisner, “The Cat Bell,” F&SF, November/December.

  ______, “Woman in the Reeds,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Nancy Fulda, “Angels of Incidence,” Analog, October.

  James Alan Gardner, “The Dog and the Sleepwalker,” Strangers Among Us.

  ______, “The Mutants Men Don’t See,” Asimov’s, August.

  Bev Geddes, “Living in Oz,” Strangers Among Us.

  David Gerrold, “The Dunsmuir Horror,” F&SF, September/October.

  ______, “The White Piano,” F&SF, January/February.

  Kathleen Ann Goonan, “Who Do You Love?” Drowned Worlds.

  Theodora Goss, “Red as Blood and White as Bone,” Tor.com, May 16.

  John Grant, “The Second Runner,” Dragons of the Night.

  A.T. Greenblat, “A Non-Hero’s Guide to the Realm of Monsters,” Mothership Zeta 3.

  Daryl Gregory, “Even the Crumbs Were Delicious,” The Starlit Woods.

  John Gribbin, “Untanglement: The Leaving of the Quantum Cats,” Dragons of the Night.

  James Gunn, “New Earth,” Asimov’s, March.

  Peter F. Hamilton, “Ten Love Songs to Change the World,” Now We Are Ten.

  C. Stuart Hardwick, “Dreams of the Rocketman,” Analog, September.

  Gregor Hartmann, “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful,” F&SF, July/August.

  Maria Dahvana Headley, “Little Widow,” What the #@&% Is That?

  ______, “The Virgin Played Bass,” Uncanny 9.

  Howard Hendrix, “The Infinite Manqué,” Analog, May.

  Joseph Allen Hill, “The Venus Effect,” Lightspeed, April

  Nathan Hillstrom, “White Dust,” Asimov’s, January.

  Glen Hirshberg, “Freedom Is Space for the Spirit,” Tor.com, April 6.

  Nalo Hopkinson, “Inselburg,” Drowned Worlds.

  Kat Howard, “Stories of the Trees, Stories of the Birds, Stories of the Bones,” The Grim Future.

  Matthew Hughes, “Telltale,” F&SF, January/February.

  ______, “The Vindicator,” F&SF, November/December.

  David Hutchinson, “Catacomb Saints,” Barcelona Tales.

  Alex Irvine, “Number Nine Moon,” F&SF, January/February.

  Alexander Jablokov, “The Forgotten Taste of Honey,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  N. K. Jemisin, “The City Born Great,” Tor.com, September 28.

  C. S. Johnson, “The Age of Discovery,” To Shape the Dark.

  Kij Johnson, “Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead,” Clarkesworld, March.

  ______, “The Dream Quest of Vilitt Boe,” Tor.com.

  Gwyneth Jones, “The Seventh Gamer,” To Shape the Dark.

  Rachel K. Jones, “The Night Bazaar for Women Becoming Reptiles,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July 7.

  Stephen Graham Jones, “Some Wait,” The Starlit Wood.

  Rahul Kanakia, “Empty Planets,” Interzone, January/February.

  Jason Kimble, “The Wind at His Back,” Clockwork Phoenix 5.

  Ted Kosmatka, “The Bewilderness of Lions,” Asimov’s, March.

  ______, “Chasing Ivory,” Asimov’s, January.

  ______, “The Stone War,” F&SF, May/June.

  Mary Robinette Kowal, “Forest of Memory,” Tor.com.

  Barbara Krasnoff, “Sabbath Wine,” Clockwork Phoenix 5.

  Nancy Kress, “Every Hour of Light and Dark,” Omni, December.

  ______, “Pyramid,” Now We Are Ten.

  Naomi Kritzer, “Zombies in Winter,” Persistent Visions, November 25.

  Claude Lalumiére, “The Patchwork Procedure,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, August 12.

  Margo Lanagan, “When I Lay Frozen,” The Starlit Wood.

  Kristin Landon, “From the Depths,” To Shape the Dark.

  Rich Larson, “All That Robot Shit,” Asimov’s, September.

  ______, “Carnivores,” Strangers Among Us.

  ______, “The Cyborg, the Tinman, the Merchant of Death,” Lightspeed, December.

  ______, “Define Symbiont,” Shimmer 31.

  ______, “Extraction Request,” Clarkesworld, January.

  ______, “The Green Man Cometh,” Clarkesworld, September.

  ______, “Lifeboat,” Interzone, May/June.

  ______, “Lottery,” Interzone.

  ______, “Masked,” Asimov’s, July.

  ______, “The Red Flower,” Persistent Visions, December 9.

  ______, “Sleep Factory,” Analog, April.

  ______, “Sparks Fly,” Lightspeed, March.

  ______, “Water Scorpions,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ______, “You Make Pattaya,” Interzone 267.

  Victor LaValle, “The Ballad of Black Tom,” Tor.com.

  Anaea Lay, “The Right Bright Courier,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 194.

  William Ledbetter, “The Long Fall Up,” F&SF, May/June.

  Yoon Ha Lee, “Foxfire, Foxfire” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March 3.

  ______, “Shadows Weave,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 25

  Rose Lemberg, “The Book of How to Live,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

  David D. Levine, “Discards,” Tor.com, March 30.

  Jessica May Lin, “Red Mask,” Shimmer, 3.

  Cixin Liu & Ken Liu, “The Weight of Memories,” Tor.com, August 17.

  Ken Liu, “An Advanced Reader’s Picture Book of Comparative Cognition,” The Glass Menagerie.

  ______, “Seven Birthdays,” Bridging Infinity.

  ______, “White Hempen Sleeves,” After the Fall.

  Marjorie Liu, “The Briar and the Rose,” The Starlit Wood.

  Karin Lowachee, “Ozymandias,” Bridging Infinity.

  Pat MacEwen, “Coyote S
ong,” F&SF, May/June.

  Bruce McAllister, “Bringing Them Back,” Asimov’s, February.

  ______, “Killer,” F&SF, July/August.

  Paul McAuley, “The Fixer,” Clarkesworld, February

  ______, “Rats Dream of the Future,” Asimov’s, June.

  ______, “Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was,” Tor.com, July 20.

  Jack McDevitt, “The Pegasus Project,” To Shape the Dark.

  Sandra McDonald, “Merry Christmas from All of Us to All of You,” F&SF, November/December.

  ______, “The Monster of 1928,” Asimov’s, February.

  ______, “The People in the Building,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ______, “President John F. Kennedy, Astronaut,” Asimov’s, August.

  Seanan McGuire, “Every Heart a Doorway,” Tor.com.

  ______, “The Jaws That Bite, the Claws That Catch,” Lightspeed, May.

  ______, “Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands,” Uncanny 10.

  Will McIntosh, “Lost: Mind,” Asimov’s, July.

  ______, “The Savannah Liar’s Tour,” Lightspeed, January.

  Sean McMullen, “Exceptional Forces,” Asimov’s, February.

  Alexandra Manglis, “The Wreck at Goat’s Head,” Strange Horizons, November 16.

  Melissa Marr, “The Maiden Thief,” Tor.com, January 27.

  Anil Menon, “Building for Shah Jehan,” To Shape the Dark.

  Sam J. Miller, “Last Gods,” Drowned Worlds.

  Steven Mohan, Jr., “An Infinite Horizon,” After the Fall.

  Mary Anne Mohanraj, “Plea,” Lightspeed, October.

  ______, “Webs,” Asimov’s, July

  Sean Monaghan, “Wakers,” Asimov’s, August.

  Gabriel Murray, “Bull of Heaven,” Strange Horizons, July 16.

  Samantha Murray, “Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart,” Clarkesworld, November.

  T. R. Napper, “A Strange Loop,” Interzone, January/February.

  ______, “Flame Trees,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Ray Nayler, “Do Not Forget Me,” Asimov’s, March.

  Mari Ness, “Deathlight,” Lightspeed, May.

  R. Neube, “A Little Bigotry,” Asimov’s, March.

  Julie Novakova, “The Ship Whisperer,” Asimov’s, March.

  Naomi Novik, “Spinning Silver,” The Starlit Wood.

  Garth Nix, “Pair of Ugly Sisters, Three of a Kind,” The Grim Future.

  ______, “Penny for a Match, Mister?” The Starlit Wood.

  Jay O’Connell, “What We Hold Onto,” Asimov’s, June.

  Nnedi Okorafor, “Afrofuturist 419,” Clarkesworld, November.

  ______& Wanuri Kahiu, “Rusties,” Clarkesworld, October.

  An Owomoyele, “The Charge and the Storm,” Asimov’s, February.

  ______, “Travelling Into Nothing,” Bridging Infinity.

  ______, “Unauthorized Access,” Lightspeed, September.

  ______& Rachel Swirsky, “Whose Drowned Face Sleeps,” What the #@&% Is That?

  Suzanne Palmer, “Belong,” Interzone, July-August.

  ______, “Detroit Hammersmith,” Analog, September.

  ______, “Lazy Dog Out,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ______, “Ten Poems for the Mosums, One for Man,” Asimov’s, July.

  Susan Palwick, “Ash,” F&SF, May/June.

  K. J. Parker, “The Devil You Know,” Tor.com.

  ______, “Tale Told by an Idiot,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 4.

  Ursula Pflug, “Washing Lady’s Hair,” Strangers Among Us.

  Betsy Phillips, “The Four Gardens of Fate,” Apex, February.

  Tony Pi, “The Sweetest Skill,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, April 14.

  Sarah Pinsker, “The Mountains of His Crown,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 195.

  ______, “Clearance,” Asimov’s, June.

  ______, “Sooner or Later, Everything Falls into the Sea,” Lightspeed, February.

  ______, “Talking to Dead People,” F&SF, September/October.

  Joe Pitcan, “Count Eszterhazy’s Harmonium,” Kalidotrope, Autumn.

  Steven Popkes, “The Sweet Warm Earth,” F&SF, September/October.

  Stephen S. Power, ““Fade to Red,” Lightspeed, October.

  David Prill, “Vishnu Summer,” F&SF, July/August.

  Chen Qiufan, “Balin,” Clarkesworld, April.

  Cat Rambo, “Call and Answer, Plant and Harvest,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 194.

  ______, “Left Behind,” Clarkesworld, May.

  Zhang Ran, “The Snow of Jinyang,” Clarkesworld, June.

  Dan Reade, “The Eye of Job,” Interzone, July-August.

  Robert Reed, “A Man of Modest Means,” Interzone, July-August.

  ______, “The Algorithms of Value,” Clarkesworld, January.

  ______, “The Days of Hamelin,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ______, “Dome on the Prairie,” Asimov’s, September.

  ______, “The Great Ignorant Race,” Galactic Games.

  ______, “The Next Scene,” Clarkesworld, October.

  ______, “Parables of Infinity,” Bridging Infinity.

  ______, “Passelande,” F&SF, November/December.

  ______, “The Universal Museum of Sagacity,” Clarkesworld, May.

  Mercurio D. Rivera, “Unreeled,” Asimov’s, June.

  ______, “The Water Walls of Encoladus,” Interzone, January/February.

  Adam Roberts, “Between Nine and Eleven,” Crises and Conflicts.

  Margaret Ronald, “And Then, One Day, the Air Was Full of Voices,” Clarkesworld, June.

  Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Later That Day,” Persistent Visions, September 11.

  Christopher Rowe, “Brownsville Station,” Drowned Worlds.

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “The City’s Edge,” Bridging Infinity.

  ______, “Matilda,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  A. Merc Rustad, “The Gentlemen of Chaos,” Apex, August.

  K. B. Rylander, “Last One Out,” F&SF, July/August.

  Sarah Saab, “The Cedar Grid,” Clarkesworld, April.

  Sofia Samatar, “The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle,” The Starlit Wood.

  Jason Sanford, “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 195.

  ______, “Toppers,” Asimov’s, August.

  Pamela Sargent, “Monuments,” Bridging Infinity.

  John Scalzi, “The Dispatched,” Audible.

  Shawn Scarber, “The Opening of the Bayou Saint Jean,” Strange Horizons, Feburary.

  John Schoffstall, “All Your Cities I Will Burn,” Interzone, July-August

  Nisi Shawl, “Like the Deadly Hands,” Analog, December.

  ______, “The Mighty Phin,” Cyber World.

  Delia Sherman, “The Great Detective,” Tor.com, February 17.

  Gu Shi, “Chimera,” Clarkesworld, March.

  John Shirley, “Cory for Coriolis,” Analog, July/August.

  Martin L. Shoemaker, “Black Orbit,” Analog, December.

  ______, “Early Warning,” Analog, April.

  Vandana Singh, “Of Wind and Fire,” To Shape the Dark.

  Jack Skillingstead, “The Despoilers,” Clarkesworld, September.

  ______, “Licorice,” Now We Are Ten.

  ______, “Salvage Opportunity,” Clarkesworld, March.

  ______, “The Savior Virus,” Asimov’s, July.

  ______, “The Whole Mess,” Asimov’s, September.

  Allen M. Steele, “Apache Charley and the Pentagons of Hex,” Bridging Infinity.

  ______, “Einstein’s Shadow,” Asimov’s, January.

  Ferrett Steinmetz, “Rooms Formed of Neurons and Sex,” Uncanny 9.

  Bruce Sterling, “Sgt. Augmento,” Terraform, August 17.

  ______, “Pirate Utopia,” Tachyon.

  Kelly Stewart, “Rabbit Grass,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, April 14.

  Patricia Strand, “The Birth Will Take Place on a Mutually A
cceptable Research Vessel,” Lightspeed, April.

  Bonnie Joe Stufflebeam, “The Orangery,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, December.

  E. J. Swift, “Front Row Seat to the End of the World,” Now We Are Ten.

  Sonya Taaffe, “The Trinitite Golem,” Clockwork Phoenix 5.

  Ted Thompson, “The Apologists,” Interzone, September/October.

  Robert Thurston, “Nobody Like Josh,” Asimov’s, July.

  Karen Tidback, “Listen,” Tor.com, March

  ______, “Starfish,” Lightspeed, February.

  Lavie Tidhar, “Agent of V.A.L.I.S,” Apex Magazine.

  ______, “The Beachcomber,” Dragons of the Night.

  ______, “Drowned,” Drowned Worlds.

  ______, “The Godbeard,” Strange Horizons, January 11.

  ______, “Heroes,” Strange Horizons, September 19.

  ______, “Red Christmas,” Apex Magazine, December.

  E. Catherine Tobler, “The Abduction of Europa,” Clarkesworld, January.

  ______, “Cloud Dweller,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May.

  ______, “Not by Wardrobe, Tornado, or Looking Glass,” Lightspeed, February.

  Jeremiah Tolbert, “Taste the Singularity at the Food Truck Circus,” Lightspeed, August.

  ______, “The Cavern of the Screaming Eye,” Lightspeed, October.

  Hayden Trenholm, “Marion’s War,” Strangers Among Us.

  Lisa Tuttle, “The Translator,” Barcelona Tales.

  Catherynne A. Valente, “The Future Is Blue,” Drowned Worlds.

  Genevieve Valentine, “La Beaute Sans Vertu,” Tor.com, April 16.

  ______, “Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home,” Clarkesworld, October.

  James Van Pelt, The Continuing Saga of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet,” Analog, December.

  ______, “Death of a Starship Poet,” Analog, July/August.

  ______, “Mars, Aphids, and Your Cheating Heart,” Interzone, May/June.

  ______, “Three Paintings,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Carrie Vaughn, “The Mind Is Its Own Place,” Asimov’s, September.

  ______, “Origin Story,” Lightspeed, April.

  Rajnar Vajra, “Her Scales Shine Like Music,” Tor.com, August 3.

  Ursula Vernon, “The Tomato Thief,” Apex, January.

  Kali Wallace, “First Light at Mistaken Point,” Clarkesworld, August.

  Jay Werkheiser, “The Anthroric War,” Analog, June.

  ______, “The Desolate Void,” Analog, November.

  Fran Wilde, “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” Tor.com.

  Sean Williams, “The Lives of Riley,” Lightspeed, September.

  ______, “The New Venusians,” Drowned Worlds.