Some day, it will be my task to compose another history, of the next war which humankind must fight against Death and Oblivion.
It might take me a thousand or a million years, but I’m prepared to be patient.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
1995
Greg Abraham, “Gnota,” New Legends.
_____, and Mary Rosenblum, “First Freedom,” Century 1.
Brian W. Aldiss, “Becoming the Full Butterfly,” Interzone, March.
_____, “Into the Tunnel!,” Asimov’s, April.
Poul Anderson, “Death and the Knight,” Tales of the Knights Templar.
_____, “Renascence,” Analog, March.
_____, “Scarecrow,” New Legends.
Michael Armstrong, “Old One-Antler,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
Dale Bailey, “The Resurrection Man’s Legacy,” F&SF, July.
Steven Barnes, “Sand Man,” Warriors of Blood and Dream.
William Barton, “In Saturn Time,” Amazing Stories: The Anthology.
_____, “When a Man’s an Empty Kettle,” Full Spectrum 5.
Stephen Baxter, “The Ant-Men of Tibet,” Interzone, May.
_____, “Brigantia’s Angels,” Interzone, January.
_____, “Gossamer,” SF Age, November.
Peter S. Beagle, “Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
Greg Bear, “Judgment Engine,” Far Futures.
M. Shayne Bell, “Lenin’s Bones,” Tomorrow, October.
Gregory Benford, “A Worm in the Well,” Analog, November.
_____, “High Abyss,” New Legends.
Judith Berman, “The Year of Storms,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Michael Bishop, “Chihuahua Flats,” Killing Me Softly.
_____, “Doggedly Wooing Madonna,” Century 2.
_____, “I, Iscariot,” Crank! 5.
Terry Bisson, “10:07:24,” Absolute Magnitude, Spring.
Sterling Blake, “A Desperate Calculus,” New Legends.
Mark Bourne, “The Case of the Detective’s Smile,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
Ben Bova, “Acts of God,” SF Age, May.
Steven R. Boyett, “Drifting off the Coast of New Mexico,” Asimov’s, June.
Alan Brennert, “The Man Who Loved the Sea,” F&SF, September.
John Brunner, “All under Heaven,” Asimov’s, Mid-December.
_____, “The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
_____, “The Plot of His Ancestors,” Asimov’s, March.
_____, “Real Messengers,” Heaven Sent.
Edward Bryant, “Big Dogs, Strange Days,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
_____, “Flirting with Death,” F&SF, May.
Candyce Byrne, “The Death of Beatrix Potter,” Asimov’s, August.
Eugene Byrne, “Bagged ‘n’ Tagged,” Interzone, November.
Pat Cadigan, “She’s Not There,” Killing Me Softly.
_____, “Tea from an Empty Cup,” Omni’s Future Visions, October.
Jack Cady, “Point Vestal,” Pirate Writings, Fall/The Off Season.
Susan Casper, “Holmes Ex Machina,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
Hal Colebatch, “The Colonel’s Tiger,” The Man-Kzin Wars VII.
Nancy A. Collins, “Billy Fearless,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
Michael Coney, “Tea and Hamsters,” F&SF, January.
Rick Cook & Peter L. Manly, “Unfinished Symphony,” Analog, Mid-December.
Jim Cowan, “Alderley Edge,” Century 1.
Kara Dalkey, “The Chrysanthemum Robe,” The Armless Maiden.
Tony Daniel, “Life on the Moon,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “No Love in All of Dwingeloo,” Asimov’s, November.
Jack Dann, “Da Vinci Rising,” Asimov’s, May.
_____, “Jubilee,” Omni’s Future Visions, July.
Avram Davidson, “George’s Shirt,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “The Metaphysical Force,” Century 3.
_____, “Twenty-Three,” Asimov’s, July.
Stephen Dedman, “From Whom All Blessings Flow,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “The Godfather Paradox,” Eidolon 17/18.
Charles de Lint, “Coyote Stories,” F&SF, June.
_____, “Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night,” Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Spring.
Paul Di Filippo, “Distributed Mind,” Interzone, April.
_____, “Leakage,” Pirate Writings, Spring.
_____, “Linda and Phil,” Amazing Stories: The Anthology.
_____, “Take Me to the Pilot,” Asimov’s, August.
Thomas M. Disch, “The Invisible Woman,” Asimov’s, January.
Terry Dowling, “Ships for the Sundance Sea,” Eidolon 17/18.
Aidan Doyle, “Crusaders in a Dark Land,” Aurealis 15.
Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick, “The City of God,” Omni’s Future Visions, December.
L. Timmel Duchamp, “And I Must Baffle at the Hint,” Asimov’s, January.
_____, “De Secretis Mulierum,” F&SF, May.
_____, “Promises to Keep,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
J. R. Dunn, “Little Red,” Century 1.
S. N. Dyer, “Radiomancer and Bubblegum,” Realms of Fantasy, August.
_____, “Resolve and Resistance,” Omni, April.
_____, & Lucy Kemnitzer, “Thorri the Poet’s Saga,” Asimov’s, June.
Julia Ecklar, “The Human Animal,” Analog, April.
_____, “Tide of Stars,” Analog, January.
George Alec Effinger, “One,” New Legends.
_____, “The Musgrave Version,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
Greg Egan, “Mr. Volition,” Interzone, October.
_____, “Mitochondrial Eve,” Interzone, February.
_____, “Silver Fire,” Interzone, December.
_____, “Tap,” Asimov’s, November.
Kandis Elliot, “The Androgyne Murders,” SF Age, November.
_____, “Road Kills,” Asimov’s, February.
_____, “Sith Season,” Asimov’s, May.
Harlan Ellison, “Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral,” Eidolon 17/18.
_____, “Pulling Hard Time,” F&SF, October/November.
Carol Emshwiller, “After Shock,” Century 3.
Kelley Eskridge, “Alien Jane,” Century 1.
Gregory Feeley, “How Far to th’ End of the World?,” SF Age, July.
_____, “In Fear of Little Nell,” Enchanted Forests.
_____, “Ursa Minor,” A Starfarer’s Dozen.
Eliot Fintushel, “The Beast with Two Backs,” Asimov’s, May.
_____, “Dikduk,” Asimov’s, October.
_____, “Fillet of Man,” Asimov’s, September.
_____, “Hamisch in Avalon,” Crank! 5.
_____, “Noses,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “Old Man,” Tomorrow, April.
Marina Fitch, “The Balance in the Storm,” Asimov’s, October.
Karen Joy Fowler, “The Brew,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
_____, “Shimabara,” Full Spectrum 5.
Esther M. Friesner, “A Birthday,” F&SF, August.
_____, “A Pig’s Tale,” Fantastic Alice.
Gregory Frost, “Touring Jesusworld,” Pulphouse 18.
R. Garcia y Robertson, “Gone to Glory,” F&SF, July.
_____, “Happy Hunting Ground,” F&SF, December.
_____, “Seven Wonders,” Asimov’s, December.
Jean Mark Gawron, “Tale of the Blue Spruce Dreaming (Or, How to Be Flesh),” Full Spectrum 5.
Alexis A. Gilliland, “The Third Wave,” Analog, December.
Lisa Goldstein, “Brother Bear,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
Kathleen Ann Goonan, “The Day the Dam Broke,” Omni’s Future Visions, August.
_____, “The String,” F&SF, June.
_____, “S
unflowers,” Interzone, April.
James Gunn, “The Gingerbread Man,” Analog, March.
George Guthridge, “Mirror of Lop Nor,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
Karen Haber, “A Round of Cards with the General,” Wheel of Fortune.
Gerald Hausman, “Eye of the Falcon,” Warriors of Blood and Dream.
Paul Hellweg, “Pay as You Go,” Asimov’s, May.
Howard V. Hendrix, “The Music of What Happens,” Full Spectrum 5.
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, “Home for Christmas,” F&SF, January.
Pamela D. Hodgson, “The Canterbury Path,” F&SF, August.
Robert Holdstock, “Infantasm,” The Merlin Chronicles.
Alexander Jablokov, “Fragments of a Painted Eggshell,” Asimov’s, December.
Phillip C. Jennings, “Passage to Galena,” Asimov’s, December.
Astrid Julian, “Child of Chernobyl,” Interzone, March.
Janet Kagan, “Fermat’s Best Theorem,” Absolute Magnitude, Summer.
Michael Kandel, “Fuzzy Logic,” Century 2.
Eileen Kernaghan, “Night Music,” On Spec, Spring.
Garry Kilworth, “Masterpiece,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
T. Jackson King, “Endless Summers,” Tomorrow, August.
Kathe Koja, “Waking the Prince,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
_____, & Barry N. Malzberg, “Three Portraits from Heisenberg,” Omni, Fall.
Nancy Kress, “Evolution,” Asimov’s, October.
_____, “Fault Lines,” Asimov’s, August.
_____, “Hard Drive,” Killing Me Softly.
_____, “Unto the Daughters,” Sisters in Fantasy.
Ellen Kushner, “The Hunt of the Unicorn,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.
_____, “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep,” The Armless Maiden.
R. A. Lafferty, “Happening in Chosky Bottoms,” Amazing Stories: The Anthology. Geoffrey A. Landis, “Across the Darkness,” Asimov’s, June.
_____, “Dark Lady,” Interzone, August.
_____, “Long Term Project: Report to the Great Council of Cockroaches (Or, What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs),” Asimov’s, January.
_____, “Rorvik’s War,” New Legends.
Joe R. Lansdale, “Master of Misery,” Warriors of Blood and Dream.
Tanith Lee, “The Beast,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
_____, “Edwige,” Asimov’s, July.
_____, “King’s Mage,” The Merlin Chronicles.
_____, “She Sleeps in a Tower,” The Armless Maiden.
_____, “Tiger I,” Asimov’s, Mid-December.
Ursula K. Le Guin, “A Man of the People,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, “Ether OR,” Asimov’s, November.
_____, “Olders,” Omni, Winter.
Jonathan Lethem, “Light and the Sufferer,” Century 1.
_____, “The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom,” Full Spectrum 5.
Shariann Lewitt, “Mice,” Absolute Magnitude, Fall.
Kelly Link, “Water off a Black Dog’s Back,” Century 3.
Karawynn Long, “How the Ant Made a Bargain,” Enchanted Forests.
_____, “Of Silence and Slow Time,” Full Spectrum 5.
Richard A. Lupoff, “Black Mist,” Omni’s Future Visions, April.
Sonia Orin Lyris, “The Jesus Construct,” Pulphouse 18.
Katherine MacLean, “The Kidnapping of Baroness 5,” Analog, January.
Ian R. MacLeod, “Ellen O’Hara,” Asimov’s, February.
_____, “Nina-with-the-Sky-in-Her-Hair,” F&SF, December.
_____, “The Noonday Pool,” F&SF, May.
_____, “Tirkiluk,” F&SF, February.
Paul J. McAuley, “Slaves,” Omni’s Future Visions, November.
_____, “The True History of Dr. Pretorius,” Interzone, August.
Wil McCarthy, “Rocket Ghosts,” Asimov’s, August.
John G. McDaid, “Jigoku no Mokushiroku (The Symbolic Revelation of the Apocalypse),” Asimov’s, Mid-December.
Jack McDevitt, “Ellie,” Asimov’s, May.
Ian McDonald, “Frooks,” Interzone, October.
_____, “Steam,” Heaven Sent.
Maureen F. McHugh, “In the Air,” Killing Me Softly.
_____, “Joss,” Asimov’s, February.
_____, “Learning to Breathe,” Tales of the Unanticipated 15.
Vonda N. McIntyre, “The Adventure of the Field Theorems,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
Bridget McKenna & Marti McKenna, “Kidnapped by Aliens!,” Tomorrow, June.
Patricia A. McKillip, “Wonders of the Invisible World,” Full Spectrum 5.
Diane Mapes, “Green,” Asimov’s, September.
Daniel Marcus, “Ex Vitro,” Asimov’s, Mid-December.
Jim Marino, “The Man Who Fell,” Crank! 5.
Marlo Martin & Gregory Benford, “A Darker Geometry,” The Man-Kzin Wars VII.
Steve Martinez, “One Hand Clapping,” Asimov’s, May.
Lisa Mason, “Every Mystery Unexplained,” David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible.
Holly Wade Matter, “Mr. Pacifaker’s House,” Asimov’s, July.
_____, “Martine’s Room,” Century 1.
Mario Milosevic, “Frames,” Asimov’s, July.
Judith Moffett, “The Realms of Glory,” Heaven Sent.
Elizabeth Moon, “Aura,” F&SF, August.
_____, “Hand to Hand,” Women at War.
_____, “Knight of Other Days,” Tales of the Knights Templar.
Pat Murphy, “A Place of Honor,” Asimov’s, May.
Pati Nagle, “Glad Yule,” An Armory of Swords.
Robert Nansel, “The Next Best Thing,” Pulphouse 19.
R. Neube, “Faux,” Tales of the Unanticipated 15.
G. David Nordley, “Alice’s Asteroid,” Asimov’s, October.
_____, “Comet Gypsies,” Asimov’s, March.
_____, “Dawn Venus,” Asimov’s, August.
_____, “Final Review,” Analog, July.
Jerry Oltion, “Fait Accompli,” Analog, July.
Rebecca Ore, “Hypocaust & Bathysphere,” Asimov’s, January.
Susan Palwick, “Jo’s Hair,” Xanadu 3.
Richard Parks, “The Last Waltz,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Michael H. Payne, “My Vampire Cat, or Whatever,” Tomorrow, June.
_____, “Painting the Roses Red,” Tomorrow, August.
Gerald Pearce, “Below Baghdad,” Century 3.
Steven Popkes, “Conqueror Moment,” Tomorrow, August.
Tom Purdom, “Research Project,” Asimov’s, February.
_____, “Romance in Lunar G,” Asimov’s, November.
David Redd, “Trout Fishing In Leytonstone,” Asimov’s, March.
Robert Reed, “Aeon’s Child,” Asimov’s, November.
_____, “Brother Perfect,” Asimov’s, September.
_____, “Dreams from a Severed Heart,” Asimov’s, March.
_____, “Mrs. Greasy,” Tomorrow, December.
_____, “The Myrtle Man,” F&SF, December.
_____, “Tongues,” Asimov’s, December.
_____, “The Tournament,” F&SF, September.
_____, “We Are All Superheroes,” SF Age, March.
Mike Resnick, “When the Old Gods Die,” Asimov’s, April.
_____, & Nicholas A. DiChario, “The Joy of Hats,” Killing Me Softly.
_____, & Susan Shwartz, “Bibi,” Asimov’s, Mid-December.
Carrie Richerson, “Geckos,” Realms of Fantasy, August.
Uncle River, “The Other Side of the Mountain,” Pirate Writings, Spring.
Madeleine E. Robins, “Adelard’s Kiss,” F&SF, August.
Frank M. Robinson, “The Phantom of the Barbary Coast,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
Michaela Roessner, “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,” Omni’s Future Visions, February.
Mary Rosenblum, “The Centaur Garden,” Asimov’s, J
uly.
_____, “The Doryman,” Asimov’s, December.
_____, “Elegy,” New Legends.
_____, “Flight,” Asimov’s, February.
_____, “The Gardener,” Killing Me Softly.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “The Beautiful, the Damned,” F&SF, February.
_____, “The Boy Who Needed Heroes,” The Armless Maiden.
_____, “Courting Rites,” Sisters in Fantasy.
Geoff Ryman, “Warmth,” Interzone, October.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, “The Door to the Rainmaker’s Lodge,” Pirate Writings, Spring.
_____, “Namer of Beasts, Maker of Souls,” The Merlin Chronicles.
Jim Sarafin, “The Word for Breaking August Sky,” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July.
Pamela Sargent, “Amphibians,” Asimov’s, June.
Robert J. Sawyer, “You See but You Do Not Observe,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, “First Communion,” Women at War.
_____, “The Stone of War and the Nightingale’s Egg,” Chicks in Chainmail.
Carter Scholz, “Radiance,” New Legends.
Nisi Shawl, “The Rainses’,” Asimov’s, April.
Robert Sheckley, “The Day the Aliens Came,” New Legends.
Charles Sheffield, “At the Eschaton,” Far Futures.
_____, “The Phantom of Dunwell Cove,” Asimov’s, August.
Lucius Shepard, “Human History,” The Twenty-first Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book.
Delia Sherman, “The Printer’s Daughter,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.
Josepha Sherman, “Old Woman Who Created Life,” Xanadu 3.
Lewis Shiner, “Sitcom,” Asimov’s, January.
W. M. Shockley, “The First Stone,” Pulphouse 18.
Susan Shwartz, “Beyond the Wide World’s End,” Ancient Enchantresses.
_____, “The Monsters of Mill Creek Park,” Enchanted Forests.
Munro Sickafoose, “Knives,” The Armless Maiden.
Robert Silverberg, “Hot Times in Magma City,” Omni’s Future Visions, June.
_____, “The Red Blaze Is the Morning,” New Legends.
_____, “The Second Shield,” Playboy, December.
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