The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012

Contents

Introduction, Rich Horton

Ghostweight, Yoon Ha Lee

The Sandal-Bride, Genevieve Valentine

The Adakian Eagle, Bradley Denton

The Sighted Watchmaker, Vylar Kaftan

The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland, For a Little While, Catherynne M. Valente

Walking Stick Fires, Alan DeNiro

Late Bloomer, Suzy McKee Charnas

The Choice, Paul McAuley

East of Furious, Jonathan Carroll

Martian Heart, John Barnes

Pug, Theodora Goss

Rampion, Alexandra Duncan

And Weep Like Alexander, Neil Gaiman

Widows in the World, Gavin J. Grant

Younger Women, Karen Joy Fowler

Canterbury Hollow, Chris Lawson

The Summer People, Kelly Link

Mulberry Boys, Margo Lanagan

The Silver Wind, Nina Allan

Choose Your Own Adventure, Kat Howard

A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong, K.J. Parker

Woman Leaves Room, Robert Reed

My Chivalric Fiasco, George Saunders

The Last Sophia, C.S.E. Cooney

Some of Them Closer, Marissa Lingen

Fields of Gold, Rachel Swirsky

The Smell of Orange Groves, Lavie Tidhar

The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees, E. Lily Yu

The Man Who Bridged the Mist, Kij Johnson

Biographies

Recommended Reading

Publication History

About the Editor