The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection

HONORABLE MENTIONS: 2012

Michael Alexander, “The Children’s Crusade,” F&SF, May/June.

____& K.C. Ball, “The Moon Belongs to Everyone,” Analog, December.

Molshree Ambastha, “Kalyug Amended,” Breaking the Bow.

Charlie Jane Anders, “Intestate,” Tor.com, December 17.

Eleanor Arnason, “The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times,” F&SF, July/August.

Chet Arthur, “The Sheriff,” F&SF, September/October.

Kate Bachus, “Things Greater Than Love,” Strange Horizons, March 19.

Dale Bailey, “Mating Habits of the Late Cretaceous,” Asimov’s, September.

Neelanjana Banerjee, “Exile,” Breaking the Bow.

John Barnes, “Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sign,” Edge of Infinity.

Stephen Baxter, “A Journey to Amasia,” Arc 1.1.

____, “Project Herakles,” Analog, January/February.

____, “Obelisk,” Edge of Infinity.

Neal Barrett, Jr., “Trash,” Postscripts 26/27.

Peter S. Beagle, “The Ape-Man of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

____, “Great-Grandmother in the Cellar,” Under My Hat.

____, “Olfort Dapper’s Day,” F&SF, March/April.

Elizabeth Bear, “The Death of Terrestrial Radio,” Shoggoths in Bloom.

____, “No Decent Patrimony,” Rip-Off!.

____, “The Depths of the Sky,” Edge of Infinity.

____, “Faster Gun,” Tor.com, August 8.

____, “The Salt Sea and the Sky,” Brave New Love.

Chris Beckett, “The Caramel Forest,” Asimov’s, December.

Gregory Benford, “The Sigma Structure Symphony,” Tor.com, March 28.

Michael Bishop, “Unfit for Eden,” Postscripts 26/27.

Holly Black, “Little Gods,” Under My Hat.

Michael Blumlein, “Bird Walks in New England,” Asimov’s, July.

____, “Twenty Two and You,” F&SF, March/April.

Gregory Norman Bossart, “The Telling,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nov 29.

Elizabeth Bourne, “Beasts,” Interzone 240.

Richard Bowes, “A Member of the Wedding of Heaven and Hell,” Apex Magazine, March 6.

____, “The Queen and the Cambion,” F&SF, March/April.

____, “Seven Smiles and Seven Frowns,” Lightspeed, May.

Keith Brooke, “War 3.01,” Lightspeed, February.

Eric Brown, “The Scribe of Betelgeuse V,” Postscripts 26/27.

Ben Bova, “A Country for Old Men,” Going Interstellar.

Tobias S. Buckell, “A Tinker of Warhoon,” Under the Moons of Mars.

____, “Press Enter to Execute,” Fireside, Spring.

Karl Bunker, “The Remembered,” Interzone 242.

Pat Cadigan, “In Plain Sight,” The Future Is Japanese.

Jack Campbell, “Highland Reel,” Rip-Off!.

Tracy Canfield, “The Chastisement of Your Peace,” Strange Horizons, January 30.

Sarah K. Castle, “The Mutant Stag at Horn Creek,” Analog, July/August

Adam-Troy Castro, “My Wife Hates Time Travel,” Lightspeed, September.

Rob Chilson, “The Conquest of the Air,” Analog, July/August.

Gwendolyn Clare, “All the Painted Stars,” Clarkesworld, January.

David Ira Cleary, “Living in the Eighties,” Asimov’s, April/May.

Geoffrey W. Cole, “Cradle and Ume,” New Worlds, September 2.

James S.A. Corey, “Drive,” Edge of Infinity.

Paul Cornell, “A New Arrival at the House of Love,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

____, “The Ghosts of Christmas,” Tor.com, December 19.

Matthew Corradi, “City League,” F&SF, May/June.

Stephen D. Covey, “The Road to NPS,” E, “Ninety Thousand Horses,” Analog, January/February.

Albert E. Cowdrey, “Asylum,” F&SF, May/June.

____, “The Goddess,” F&SF, September/October.

____, “Greed,” F&SF, March/April.

____, “Hartmut’s World,” F&SF, July/August.

____, “The Ladies in Waiting,” F&SF, November/December.

____, “Mindbender,” F&SF, January/February.

Nan Craig, “Scrapmetal,” Arc 1.3.

Ian Creasey, “Joining the High Flyers,” Asimov’s, August.

____, “Souvenirs,” Asimov’s, April/May.

Tom Crosshill, “Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes,” Clarkesworld, April.

Benjamin Crowell, “Kill Switch,” Asimov’s, July.

Tony Daniel, “Checksum Checkmate,” Baen.com, January 16.

Indrapramit Das, “Muo-Ka’s Child,” Clarkesworld, September.

____, “Sita’s Descent,” Breaking the Bow.

Colin P. Davies, “Land of Fire and Ashes,” Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter.

Grania Davis, “Father Juniper’s Journey to the North,” F&SF, September/October.

Aliette de Bodard, “A Dance of Life and Death,” Pandemonium.

____, “Heaven Under Earth,” Electric Velocipede 24.

____, “Immersion,” Clarkesworld, June.

____, “On a Red Station, Drifting,” Immersion Press.

____, “Scattered Along the River of Heaven,” Clarkesworld, January.

____, “Starsong,” Asimov’s, August.

____, “Two Sisters in Exile,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

A.M. Dellamonica, “The Sweet Spot,” Lightspeed, July.

Craig Delancey, “The Ediacarian Machine,” Analog, March.

Charles De Lint, “Barrio Girls,” Under My Hat.

Alan DeNiro, “The Flowering Ape,” Asimov’s, June.

Junot Diaz, “Monstro,” The New Yorker, June 4 & 11.

Peter Dickinson, “Troll Blood,” F&SF, September/October.

Paul di Filippo, “A Palazzo in the Stars,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

____, “Karin Coxswain, or, Death As She Is Truly Lived,” Rip-Off!

Ian Douglas, “The Johnson Maneuver,” Armored.

Aidan Doyle, “Ghost River Red,” Lightspeed, July.

Andy Duncan, “On 20268 Petercook,” Tor.com, April 11.

Thoraiya Dyer, “The Wisdom of the Ants,” Clarkesworld, December.

T.D. Edge, “Big Dave’s in Love,” Arc 1.2.

Jennifer Egan, “Black Box,” The New Yorker, June 4 & 11.

K.M. Ferebee, “The Keats Variation,” Strange Horizons, June 4—11.

Peter M. Ferencz, “The Womb Factory,” Clarkesworld, April.

C.C. Finlay, “The Cross-Time Accountants Fail to Kill Hitler Because Chuck Berry Does the Twist,” Lightspeed, May.

Michael F. Flynn, “Buried Hopes,” Captive Dreams.

____, “Hopeful Monsters,” Captive Dreams.

____, “The Journeyman: On the Short-Grass Prairie,” Analog, October.

____, “Places Where the Roads Don’t Go,” Captive Dreams.

Jeffrey Ford, “A Natural History of Autumn,” F&SF, July/August.

Susan Forest, “7:54,” On Spec, Summer.

Peter Freund, “Stray Magic,” Under My Hat.

Emily Gilman, “The Castle That Jack Built,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January.

Molly Gloss, “The Grinnell Method,” Strange Horizons, September 3—10.

Kathleen Ann Goonan, “A Love Supreme,” Discover, October.

Theodora Goss, “Beautiful Boys,” Asimov’s, August.

____, “England Under the White Witch,” Clarkesworld, October.

____, “Woola’s Song,” Under the Moons of Mars.

Steven Gould, “Rust with Wings,” After.

Simon R. Green, “Find Heaven and Hell in the Smallest Things,” Armored.

Daryl Gregory, “Begone,” Rip-Off!.

Eric Gregory, “The Sympathy,” Lightspeed, April.

Dave Gullen, “All Your Futures,” Arc 1.3.

Guy Haley, “iRobot,” Interzone 243.

Nick Harkaway, “Attenuation,” Arc 1.2.

M. John Harrison, “In Autotelia,” Arc 1.1.

Maria Dahvana Headley, “Game,” Subterranean, Fall.

____, “Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream,” Lightspeed, June.

Samantha Henderson, “Beside Calais,” Strange Horizons, May 14.

Howard V. Hendrix, “Red Rover, Red Rover,” Analog, July/August.

Nalo Hopkinson, “The Easthound,” After.

Kat Howard, “The Least of the Deadly Arts,” Subterranean, Winter.

Sarah A. Hoyt, “The Big Ship and the Wise Old Owl,” Going Interstellar.

Louise Hughes, “Over the Waves,” Strange Horizons, August 13.

Matthew Hughes, “The Immersion,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “Wearaway and Flambeau,” F&SF, July/August.

Dave Hutchison, “Sugar Engines,”

Alexander Jablokov, “The Comfort of Strangers,” F&SF, January/February.

N.K. Jemisin, “Valedictorian,” After.

Xia Jia, “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight,” Clarkesworld, February.

C.W. Johnson, “The Burst,” Asimov’s, January.

Kij Johnson, “Mantis Wives,” Clarkesworld, August.

____, “Wolf Trapping,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

Matthew Johnson, “The Afflicted,” F&SF, July/August.

____, “The Last Islander,” Asimov’s, September.

Gwyneth Jones, “Bricks, Sticks, Straw,” Edge of Infinity.

Michaele Jordan, “Wizard,” F&SF, July/August.

Vylar Kaftan, “Lion Dance,” Asimov’s, October/November.

____, “Seeking Captain Random,” Interzone 240.

James Patrick Kelly, “Declaration,” Rip-Off!.

____, “The Last Judgment,” Asimov’s, April/May.

Caitliln R. Kiernan, “Fake Plastic Trees,” After.

____, “Random Thoughts Before a Fatal Crash,” Subterranean, Spring.

Hideyuki Kikuchi, “Mountain People, Ocean People,” The Future Is Japanese.

Swapna Kishore, “Regressions,” Breaking the Bow.

Ellen Klages, “The Education of a Witch,” Under My Hat.

____, “Household Management,” Strange Horizons, November 2.

David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, “Jungle Walkers,” Armored.

Ted Kosmatka, “The Color Least Used By Nature,” F&SF, January/February.

Mary Robinette Kowal, “The Lady Astronaut of Mars,” Rip-Off!.

____, “Weaving Dreams,” Apex Magazine, October 2.

Nancy Kress, “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall,” Tachyon.

____, “Writer’s Block,” Rip-Off!.

____, “We Can Do This,” Arc 1.3

Naomi Kritzer, “High Stakes,” F&SF, November/December.

____, “Liberty’s Daughter,” F&SF, May/June.

____, “Scrap Dragon,” F&SF, January/February.

Ellen Kushner, “The Three-fold World,” Under My Hat.

Jay Lake, “Lehr, Rex,” Apex Magazine, March 6.

____, “The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future,” Subterranean, Spring.

Marc Laidlaw, “Forget You,” Lightspeed, April.

Margo Lanagan, “Crow and Caper, Caper and Crow,” Under My Hat.

Geoffrey A. Landis, “Demiurge,” F&SF, March/April.

Joe R. Lansdale, “The Metal Men of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

Ann Leckie, “Night’s Slow Poison,” Electric Velocipede 24.

Karalynn Lee, “Unsilenced,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.

Rand B. Lee, “Theobroma Valentine,” F&SF, September/October.

Yoon Ha Lee, “The Battle of Candle Arc,” Clarkesworld, October.

Ursula K. Le Guin, “Elementals,” Tin House 53.

David D. Levine, “The Last Days of the Kelly Gang,” Armored.

Marissa Lingen, “On the Acquisition of Phoenix Eggs (Variant),” Lightspeed, January.

____, “Uncle Flower’s Homecoming Waltz,” Tor.com, February 1.

Jennifer Linnaea, “He Reminds Us,” Strange Horizons, November 12.

Ken Liu, “A Tale of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War, in America,” Daily SF, Feb. 1.

____ “Arc,” F&SF, September/October.

____, “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” Lightspeed, August.

____, “The Five Elements of the Heart Mind,” Lightspeed, January.

____, “Good Hunting,” Strange Horizons, October 9–October 29.

____, “Memories of My Mother,” Daily SF, March 19.

____, “Mono no Aware,” The Future Is Japanese.

____, “The People of Pele,” Asimov’s, January.

____, “The Message,” Interzone 242.

____, “Real Faces,” F&SF, July/August.

____, “The Silk Merchant,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

____, “To the Moon,” Fireside, Spring.

____, “The Waves,” Asimov’s, December.

Sarah Lotz, “Charlotte,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

____, “Home Affairs,” AfroSF.

____, “If I Die, Kill My Cat,” Magic.

____, “Inspector Bucket Investigates,” Pandemonium.

Karin Lowachee, “Nomad,” Armored.

Will Ludwigsen, “The Ghost Factory,” Asimov’s, October/November.

Ian R. MacLeod, “Tumbling Nancy,” Subterranean, Summer.

Bruce McAllister, “Free Range,” Asimov’s, June.

____, “Stamps,” Asimov’s, August.

____and Barry N. Malzberg, “Going Home,” Asimov’s, January.

Paul McAuley, “Antarctica Starts Here,” Asimov’s, October/November.

____, “Bruce Springsteen,” Asimov’s, January.

Simon McCaffery, “The Cristobal Effect,” Lightspeed, June.

Meghan McCarron, “Swift, Brutal Retaliation,” Tor.com, January 12.

John G. McDaid, “Umbrella Men,” F&SF, January/February.

Edward McDermott, “Nothing But Vacuum,” Analog, October.

Jack McDevitt, “Lucy,” Going Interstellar.

____, “Maiden Voyage,” Asimov’s, January.

____, “Waiting at the Altar,” Asimov’s, June.

Sandra McDonald, “Mehra and Jiun,” War and Space.

____, “Searching for Slave Leia,” Lightspeed, November.

____, “Sexy Robot Mom,” Asimov’s, April/May.

____, “Your Final Apocalypse,” Clarkesworld, December.

____and Stephen D. Covey, “The Road to NPS,” Edge of Infinity.

Sophia McDougall, “Mailer Daemon,” Magic.

Sean McMullen, “Electrica,” F&SF, March/April.

Nick Mamatas, “Arbeitskraft,” Mammoth Book of Steampunk.

Arkady Martine, “Laco Downstairs,” Abyss & Apex, 4th Quarter.

Eugene Mirabelli, “This Hologram World,” Asimov’s, October/November.

Mary Anne Mohanraj, “The Princess in the Forest,” Breaking the Bow.

Sarah Monette, “Blue Lace Agate,” Lightspeed, January.

____, “Coyote Gets His Own Back,” Apex Magazine, July 3.

Pat Murphy, “About Fairies,” Tor.com, May 9.

Linda Nagata, “A Moment Before It Struck,” Lightspeed, August.

____, “Nahiku West,” Analog, October.

Shweta Narayan, “Falling into the Earth,” Breaking the Bow.

Mari Ness, “And the Hollow Space Inside,” Clarkesworld, February.

Alec Nevala-Lee, “Ernesto,” Analog, March.

____, “The Voices,” Analog, September.

Garth Nix, “A Handful of Ashes,” Under My Hat.

____, “You Won’t Feel a Thing” After.

____, “Sidekick of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

Efe Okogu, “Proposition 23,” AfroSF.

Nnedi Okorafor, “African Sunrise,” Subterranean, Fall.

Issui Ogawa, “Golden Bread,” The Future Is Japanese.

An Owomoyele, “If the Mountain Comes,” Clarkesworld, June.

____, “Water Rights,” Edge of Infinity.

K.J. Parker, “One Little Room an Everywhere,” Eclipse Online, October.

____, “Let Maps to Others,” Subterranean, Summer.

Richard Parks, “In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July.

____, “Three Little Foxes,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October.

Benjamin Parzybok, “Bear and Shifty,” Lightspeed, October.

Joe Pitkin, “A Murmuration of Starlings,” Analog, June.

Rachel Pollack, “Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls,” F&SF, July/August.

Steven Popkes, “Breathe,” F&SF, October/November.

Gareth L. Powell, “Another Apocalypse,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

____, “Railroad Angel,” Interzone 241.

William Preston, “Unearthed,” Asimov’s, September.

Tom Purdom, “Bonding with Morry,” Asimov’s, April/May.

____, “Golva’s Ascent,” Asimov’s, March.

Chen Qiufan, “The Flower of Sahazui,” Interzone 243.

Hannu Rajaniemi, “Topsight,” Arc 1.1.

Cat Rambo, “So Glad We Had This Time Together,” Apex Magazine, January 3.

Melanie Rawn, “Mother of All Russiya,” Lightspeed, May.

Kit Reed, “Results Guaranteed,” Asimov’s, October/November.

Robert Reed, “Bright Lights,” Strange Horizons, May 14.

____, “Emergence,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “Exchange,” Arc.

____, “Flowing Unimpeded to the Enlightenment,” Lightspeed, October.

____, “The Girl in the Park,” Asimov’s, July.

____, “Katabasis,” F&SF, November/December.

____, “One Year of Fame,” F&SF, March/April.

____, “Murder Born,” Asimov’s, January.

____, “Noumenon,” Asimov’s, September.

____, “The Pipes of Pan,” Asimov’s, December.

____, “Prayer,” Clarkesworld, May.

Jessica Reisman, “The Bottom Garden,” Postscripts 26/27.

Alter S. Reiss, “If the Stars Reverse Their Courses, If the Rivers Run Back from the Sea,” F&SF, November/December.

Mike Resnick, “A Weighty Affair,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “The Evening Line,” Rip-Off!.

____, “The Second Civil War,” Solaris Rising 1.5.

____, “The Wizard of West 34th Street,” Asimov’s, December.

Alastair Reynolds, “Trauma Pod,” Armored.

____, “Vainglory,” Edge of Infinity.

Ted Reynolds, “View Through the Window,” Asimov’s, August.

Joel Richards, “Patagonia,” Asimov’s, March.

Leonard Richardson, “Four Kinds of Cargo,” Strange Horizons, November 5.

M. Rickert, “Burning Castles,” Under My Hat.

Gray Rinehart, “Sensitive, Compartmented,” Asimov’s, April/May.

Mecurio D. Rivera, “Missionaries,” Asimov’s, June.

Adam Roberts, “An Account of a Voyage from World to World,” Pornokitch.

____, “Martin Citywit,” Pandemonium.

Margaret Ronald, “The Governess and the Lobster,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May.

Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Elsewhere,” Strange Horizons, June 18.

Christopher Rowe, “The Contrary Gardener,” Eclipse Online, October.

Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling, “Loco,” Tor.com, June 20.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Safety Tests,” Edge of Infinity.

____, “The Voodoo Project,” Asimov’s, January.

Pervin Saket, “Test of Fire,” Breaking the Bow.

Sofia Samatar, “Honey Bear,” Clarkesworld, August.

Jason Sanford, “Heaven’s Touch,” Asimov’s, August.

____, “Mirrorlink,” Interzone 243.

Felicity Savage, “The Sound of Breaking Up,” The Future Is Japanese.

John Scalzi, “Muse of Fire,” Rip-Off!.

Catherine Shaffer, “The North Revena Ladies Literary Society,” Analog, July/August.

Delia Sherman, “The Witch in the Wood,” Under My Hat.

David J. Schwartz, “Bear in Contradicting Landscape,” Apex Magazine, February 7.

Ekaterina Sedia, “A Handsome Fellow,” Asimov’s, October/November.

____, “Whale Meat,” The Future Is Japanese.

Gord Sellar, “The Bernoulli War,” Asimov’s, August.

Priya Sharma, “Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver,” Interzone 243.

Lewis Shiner, “Application,” F&SF, November/December.

____, “Canto MCML,” F&SF, January/February.

Felicity Shoulders, “Long Night on Redrock,” Asimov’s, July.

____, “Small Towns,” F&SF, January/February.

Cory Skerry, “Sinking Among Lilies,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, April.

Alan Smale, “The Mongolian Book of the Dead,” Asimov’s, October/November.

Bud Sparhawk, “Scout,” Asimov’s, June.

Allen M. Steele, “Alive and Well, A Long Way From Anywhere,” Asimov’s, July.

____, “The Big Whale,” Rip-Off!.

Bruce Sterling, “Goddess of Mercy,” The Future Is Japanese.

____, “My Pretty Alluvian Bride,” Arc 1.3

____, “The Peak of Eternal Light,” Edge of Infinity.

Andy Stewart, “Typhoid Jack,” F&SF, May/June.

S.M. Stirling, “The Jarsoom Project,” Under the Moons of Mars.

Charles Stross, “A Tall Tail,” Tor.com, July 20.

Tim Sullivan, “Repairmen,” F&SF, March/April.

Ken Sursi, “The Seven Samovars,” Lightspeed, September.

Michael Swanwick, “Day of the Kraken,” Tor.com, September 26.

____, “The Fire Gown,” Tor.com, August 18.

____, “The Mongolian Wizard,” Tor.com, July 4.

____, “Pushkin the American,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree,” Tor.com, March 21.

Rachel Swirsky, “The Sea of Trees,” The Future Is Japanese.

John Alfred Taylor, “Chromatophores,” Asimov’s, October/November.

Karin Tidbeck, “Rebecka,” Jagganath.

Lavie Tidhar, “A Brief History of the Great Pubs of London,” Pandemonium.

____, “Black God’s Kiss,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “The Ballad of the Last Human,” The Mammoth Book of Steampunk.

____, “Chosing Faces,” Arc 1.3.

____, “Earthrise,” Redstone SF #28.

____, “The Indignity of Rain,” Interzone 240.

____, “The Lord of Discarded Things,” Strange Horizons, October 15.

____, “Love Is a Parasite Meme,” Apex Magazine, April 13.

____, “The Red Menace,” Rip-Off!.

____, “Robotnik,” Dark Faith 2.

____, “The Stoker Memorandum,” Daily Science Fiction,

____, “Strigoi,” Interzone 242.

____, “This, Other World,” Breaking the Bow.

Steven Utley, “Crime and Punishment,” Postscripts 26/27.

____, “The End in Eden,” Analog, October.

____, “Shattering,” Asimov’s, October/November.

____, “The Tortoise Grows Elate,” F&SF, March/April.

____, “Zip,” Asimov’s, July.

Catheryene M. Valente, “Coming of Age in Barsoom,” Under the Moons of Mars.

____, “Fade to White,” Clarkesworld, August.

Genevieve Valentine, “A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones,” Clarkesworld, October.

____, “A Game of Mars,” Under the Moons of Mars.

____, “Aurum,” Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter.

____, “The Gravedigger of Kostan Spring,” Lightspeed, February.

Jeff VanderMeer, “Komodo,” Arc 1.2.

James Van Pelt, “Mrs. Hatcher’s Evaluation,” Asimov’s, March.

Carrie Vaughn, “Don Quixote,” Armored.

____, “Harry and Marlow and the Talisman of the Cult of Egil,” Lightspeed, February.

Juliette Wade, “The Liars,” Analog, October.

Wendy N. Wagner, “Barnstormers,” Ideomancer, June.

Kali Wallace, “The Widdershins Clock,” Asimov’s, June.

Tracie Welser, “A Body Without Fur,” Interzone 240.

K.D. Wentworth, “Alien Land,” F&SF, January/February.

Kate Wilhelm, “The Fullness of Time,” F&SF, July/August.

Edward Willett, “A Little Space Music,” On Spec, Spring.

Liz Williams, “Cad Coddeu,” Magic.

Sean Williams, “The N-Body Solution,” Armored.

Tad Williams, “Every Fuzzy Beast of the Earth, Every Pink Fowl of the Air,” Rip-Off!.

____, “Three Lilies and Three Leopards,” Subterranean, Winter.

Walter Jon Williams, “The Boolean Gate,” Subterranean Press.

Chris Willrich, “Grand Tour,” F&SF, May/June.

____, “The Mote Dancer and the Firelife,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March.

____, “Star Soup,” Asimov’s, September.

Robert Charles Wilson, “Fireborn,” Rip-Off!.

Gene Wolfe, “Dormannna,” Tor.com, March 7.

Nick Wood, “Azania,” AfroSF.

Alberto Yanez, “Recognizing Gabe: un cuento de hadas,” Strange Horizons, January 16.

Dorothy Yarros, “The Fourth Exam,” Strange Horizons, September 17.

Caroline M. Yoachim, “Mother Ship,” Lightspeed, April.

____, “The Philosophy of Ships,” Interzone 243.

Jane Yolen, “Andersen’s Witch,” Under My Hat.