The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2019 Edition

Publication History

“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow. © by Alix E. Harrow. Originally published in Apex, February 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Intervention” by Kelly Robson. © by Kelly Robson. Originally published in Infinity’s End, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Donner Party” by Dale Bailey. © by Dale Bailey. Originally published in F&SF, January/February 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“How to Identify an Alien Shark” by Beth Goder. © by Beth Goder. Originally published in Fireside Quarterly, July 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Tale of the Ive-ojan-akhar’s Death” by Alex Jeffers. © by Alex Jeffers. Originally published in Giganotosaurus, April 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Carouseling” by Rich Larson. © by Rich Larson. Originally published in Clarkesworld, April 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Starship and the Temple Cat” by Yoon Ha Lee. © by Yoon Ha Lee. Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 1 February 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Grace’s Family” by James Patrick Kelly. © by James Patrick Kelly. Originally published in Tor.com, May 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker. © by Sarah Pinsker. Originally published in Lightspeed, January 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Persistence of Blood” by Juliette Wade. © by Juliette Wade. Originally published in Clarkesworld, March 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Lime and the One Human” by S. Woodson. © by S. Woodson. Originally published in LCRW, July 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Bubble and Squeak” by David Gerrold & Ctein. © by David Gerrold & Ctein. Originally published in Asimov’s, May/June 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Sour Milk Girls” by Erin Roberts. © by Erin Roberts. Originally published in Clarkesworld, January 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Unnecessary Parts of the Story” by Adam-Troy Castro. © by Adam-Troy Castro. Originally published in Analog, September/October 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Temporary Suicides of Goldfish” by Octavia Cade. © by Octavia Cade. Originally published in Kaleidotrope, Winter 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Gift” by Julia Nováková. © by Julia Nováková. Originally published in Asimov’s, November/December 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Buried Giant” by Lavie Tidhar. © by Lavie Tidhar. Originally published in Robots vs Fairies, edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Jump” by Cadwell Turnbull. © by Cadwell Turnbull. Originally published in Lightspeed, October 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Umbernight” by Carolyn Ives Gilman. © by Carolyn Ives Gilman. Originally published in Clarkesworld, February 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Today is Today” by Rick Wilber. © by Rick Wilber. Originally published in Stonecoast Review, Summer 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Heart of Owl Abbas” by Kathleen Jennings. © by Kathleen Jennings. Originally published in Tor.com, 11 April 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Spires” by Alec Nevala-Lee. © by Alec Nevala-Lee. Originally published in Analog, March/April 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The House by the Sea” by P H Lee. © by P H Lee. Originally published in Uncanny, September/October 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Foxy and Tiggs” by Justina Robson. © by Justina Robson. Originally published in Infinity’s End, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Beautiful” by Juliet Marillier. © by Juliet Marillier. Originally published in Aurum, edited by Russell B. Farr. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dayenu” by James Sallis. © by James Sallis. Originally published in LCRW, Spring 2018. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Firelight” by Ursula K. Le Guin. © by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in Paris Review, Summer 2018. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.