The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection

Honorable Mentions: 2017

Daniel Abraham, “The Mocking Tower,” The Book of Swords.

Tim Akers, “A Death in the Wayward Drift,” Interzone 269.

Nina Allen, “Neptune’s Trident,” Clarkesworld, June.

Charlie Jane Anders, “A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime,” Cosmic Powers.

________, “Cake Baby: A Kango and Sharon Adventure,” Lightspeed, November.

________, “Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue,” Global Dystopias.

________, “Stochastic Fancy,” Wired: The Fiction Issue.

Nora Anthony, “Them Boys,” Strange Horizons, 11/17.

Eleanor Arnason, “Daisy,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

Julianna Baggott, “Mental Diplodia,” Tor.com, April 11.

________, “The Virtual Swallows of Hog Island,” Tor.com, January 25.

Dale Bailey, “Come As You Are,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

________, “Invasion of the Saucer-Men,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Bo Balder, “The Bridgegroom,” Clarkesworld, July.

Tony Ballantyne, “The Human Way,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April.

Ashok K. Banker, “A Vortal in Midtown,” Lightspeed, November.

________, “Tongue,” Lightspeed, August.

Dave Bara, “Last Day of Training,” Infinite Stars.

Jessica Barber, “You and Me and the Deep Dark Sea,” Sunvault.

Steven Barnes, “Mozart on the Kalahari,” Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities.

Stephen Baxter, “The Martian in the Wood,” Tor.com, August 2.

________, “Starphone,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Elizabeth Bear, “The King’s Evil,” The Book of Swords.

________, “The Perfect Gun,” Infinity Wars.

Jacey Bedford, “The Horse Head Violin,” Children of a Different Sky.

R. S. Benedict, “Water God’s Dog,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

Gregory Benford, “Elderjoy,” Chasing Shadows.

________, “Shadows of Eternity,” Extrasolar.

M. Bennardo, “Low Bridge! Or The Dark Obstructions,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 242.

Christopher L. Bennett, “Twilight’s Captives,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February.

Terry Bisson, “We Regret the Error,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Michael Bishop, “Gale Strang,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

Elizabeth Bourne, “Designed For Your Safety,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Richard Bowes, “Some Kind of Wonderland,” Mad Hatters and March Hares.

R. Boyczuk, “The Garden of Eating,” Interzone 273.

Marie Brennan, “The Şiret Mask,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 238.

Robert Brice, “Conglomerate,” Clarkesworld, April.

David Brin and Tobias S. Buckell, “High Awareness,” Stories in the Stratosphere.

Damien Broderick, “Tao Zero,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Steven Brust, “Playing God,” Shadows and Reflections.

Tobias S. Buckell, “Sundown,” Apex Magazine, June.

Oliver Buckram, “Hollywood Squid,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October.

Sue Burke, “Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons?” Clarkesworld, November.

Octavia Cade, “The Ouroboros Bakery,” Kaleidotrope, Autumn.

Jack Campbell, “Shore Patrol,” Infinite Stars.

Stephen Case, “The Wind’s Departure,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 242.

Michael Cassutt, “Timewalking,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

Robert R. Chase, “The First Rule Is, You Don’t Eat Your Friends,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August.

C. J. Cherryh, “Hrunting,” The Book of Swords.

Rob Chilson, “Across the Steaming Sea,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August.

Maggie Clark, “Belly Up,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August.

C. S. E. Cooney, “Though She Be But Little,” Uncanny 18.

Brenda Cooper, “Blackstart,” Stories in the Stratosphere.

________, “Heroes,” Children of a Different Sky.

________, “Street Life in the Emerald City,” Chasing Shadows.

James S. A. Corey, “Strange Dogs,” Orbit.

Albert E. Cowdrey, “The Avenger,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

Ian Creasey, “After the Atrocity,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “And Then They Were Gone,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Leah Cypess, “On the Ship,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

Don D’Ammassa, “Isn’t Life Great?” Welcome to Dystopia.

Scott Dalrymple, “Marcel Proust, Incorporated,” Lightspeed, June.

Aliette de Bodard, “A Game of Three Generals,” Extrasolar.

________, “At the Crossroads of Shadow and Bone,” Children of a Different Sky.

________, “Children of Thorns, Children of Water,” Uncanny 17.

________, “In Everlasting Wisdom,” Infinity Wars.

________, “First Presentation,” Chasing Shadows.

Craig DeLancey, “Orphans,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Samuel R. Delany, “The Hermit of Houston,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October.

Malcolm Devlin, “The New Man,” Interzone 270.

Paul Di Filippo, “The Bartered Planet,” Extrasolar.

S. B. Divya, “An Unexpected Boon,” Apex Magazine, November.

________, “Looking Up,” Where the Stars Rise.

Cory Doctorow, “Party Discipline,” Tor.com, August 30.

Terry Dowling, “Come Home,” Extrasolar.

Gardner Dozois, “A Dog’s Story,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August.

David Drake, “Cadet Cruise,” Infinite Stars.

Brendan DuBois, “Reentry,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Andy Dudak, “Cryptic Female Choice,” Interzone 271.

________, “Fool’s Cap,” Clarkesworld, June.

Tananarive Due, “The Reformatory,” Global Dystopias.

Andy Duncan, “Worrity, Worrity,” Mad Hatters and March Hares.

Thoraiya Dyer and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, “The Shallowest Waves,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February.

Marianne J. Dyson, “Europa’s Survivors,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April.

Christopher East, “An Inflexible Truth,” Lightspeed, August.

Scott Edelman, “After the Harvest, Before the Fall,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February.

________, “How Val Finally Escaped from the Basement,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Jonathan Edelstein, “The Shark God’s Child,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 222.

Greg Egan, “The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

Kate Elliott, “‘I Am a Handsome Man,’ Said Apollo Crow,” The Book of Swords.

Sheila Finch, “Field Studies,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

Jeffrey Ford, “All the King’s Men,” Mad Hatters and March Hares.

Karen Joy Fowler, “Persephone of the Crows,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

Manny Frishberg and Edd Vick, “Ténéré,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Nancy Fulda, “Planetbound,” Chasing Shadows.

Matt Gallagher, “Know Your Enemy,” Wired: The Fiction Issue.

Charles E. Gannon, “Taste of Ashes,” Infinite Stars.

Ingrid Garcia, “Racing the Rings of Saturn,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

David Gerrold, “The Patient Dragon,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

Max Gladstone, “The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom,” Tor.com, May 28.

Lisa Goldstein, “The Catastrophe of Cities,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Kathleen Ann Goonan, “The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse,” Extrasolar.

Theodora Goss, “Come See the Living Dryad,” Tor.com, March.

John Grant, “The Law of Conservation of Data,” Lightspeed, July.

A. T. Greenblatt, “A Place to Grow,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Jim Grimsley, “Still Life With Abyss,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Richard E. Gropp, “Still Life with Falling Man,” Interzone 269.

Robert Grossbach, “Driverless,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

Eileen Gunn, “Application for Asylum,” Welcome to Dystopia.

________, “Night Shift,” Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities.

________, “Transitions,” A Flight to the Future.

James Gunn, “The Ganymede Gambit: Jan’s Story,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “Weighty Matters: Todor’s Story,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

Nin Harris, “Reversion,” Clarkesworld, August.

M. John Harrison, “Yummie,” The Weight of Words.

Gregor Hartmann, “A Gathering on Gravity’s Shore,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “What the Hands Know,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June.

Gerald Hausman, “Nights in the Gardens of Blue Harbor,” Shadows and Reflections.

Maria Dahvana Headley, “Black Powder,” The Djinn Falls In Love.

________, “The Thule Stowaway,” Uncanny 14.

Simone Heller, “How Bees Fly,” Clarkesworld, February.

Howard V. Hendrix, “The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Joe Hill, “All I Care About Is You,” The Weight of Words.

Robin Hobb, “Her Father’s Sword,” The Book of Swords.

Cecelia Holland, “The Sword Tyraste,” The Book of Swords.

Stewart Horn, “The Morrigan,” Interzone 273.

Saad Z. Hossain, “Bring Your Own Spoon,” The Djinn Falls in Love.

Matthew Hughes, “The Prognosticant,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June.

________, “The Sword of Destiny,” The Book of Swords.

________, “Ten Half-Pennies,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “Thunderstone,” Extrasolar.

Chi Hui, “Rain Ship,” Clarkesworld, February.

Kameron Hurley, “The Fisherman and the Pig,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 235.

________, “Warped Passages,” Cosmic Powers.

Dave Hutchinson, Acadie, Tor.com Publishing.

Janis Ian, “His Sweat Like Stars on the Rio Grande,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Alexander Jablokov, “How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry,” Asimov’s Science Fiction. July/August.

N. K. Jemisin, “Henosis,” Uncanny. September/October.

Paul Jessup, “The Music of Ghosts,” Interzone 272.

Calvin D. Jia, “Rose’s Arm,” Where the Stars Rise.

Xia Jia, “Goodnight, Melancholy,” Clarkesworld, March.

Bill Johnson, “Hybrid, Blue, by Firelight,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Bill Johnson and Gregory Frost, “Three Can Keep a Secret,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Tom Jolly, “Catching Zeus,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February.

Gwyneth Jones, Proof of Concept, Tor.com Publishing.

Minsoo Kang, “Wintry Hearts of Those Who Rise,” Where the Stars Rise.

James Patrick Kelly, “And No Torment Shall Touch Them,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

Caitlín R. Kiernan, Agents of Dreamland, Tor.com Publishing.

Rachel Kornher-Stace, “Last Chance,” Clarkesworld, July.

Ellen Klages, Passing Strange, Tor.com Publishing.

Gary Kloster, “Interchange,” Clarkesworld, January.

Mary Robinette Kowal, “The Worshipful Society of Glovers,” Uncanny 17.

Nancy Kress, “Collapse,” A Flight to the Future.

________, “Every Hour of Light and Dark,” Omni, October.

________, “Ma Ganga,” Megatech.

Matthew Kressel, “Love Engine Optimization,” Lightspeed, June.

Naomi Kritzer, “Evil Opposite,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “Paradox,” Uncanny 17.

Greg Kurzawa, “Soccer Fields and Frozen Lakes,” Lightspeed, March.

Ellen Kushner, “When I Was a Highwayman,” The Book of Swords.

Marc Laidlaw, “Wetherfell’s Reef Runics,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

Joe R. Lansdale, “Robo Rapid,” The Weight of Words.

Rich Larson, “The Colgrid Conundrum,” The Book of Swords.

________, “Cupido,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “The Ghost Ship Anastasia,” Clarkesworld, January.

________, “Heavies,” Infinity Wars.

________, “L’appel du vide,” Apex Magazine, July.

________, “Masked,” Apex Magazine, January.

________, “Spiked,” Abyss & Apex, Third Quarter.

________, “This Old Man,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

________, “Travelers,” Clarkesworld, July.

________, “Verweile Doch (But Linger),” Omni, October.

________, “You Too Shall Be Psyche,” Apex Magazine, February.

William Ledbetter, “In a Wide Sky, Hidden,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August.

Fonda Lee, “Old Souls,” Where the Stars Rise.

Yoon Ha Lee, “The Chameleon’s Gloves,” Cosmic Powers.

________, “Extracurricular Activities,” Tor.com, February 15.

Stephen Leigh, “The Atonement Tango,” Tor.com, January 18.

Rose Lemberg, “A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 230.

Edward M. Lerner, “Paradise Regained,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February.

David D. Levine, “Command and Control,” Infinity Wars.

L. D. Lewis, “Chesirah,” Fiyah, Winter.

Shariann Lewitt, “The Aspect of Dawn,” Shadows and Reflections.

Michael Libling, “Sneakers,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Marissa Lingen, “An Unearned Death,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August.

________, “Vulture’s Nest,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Ken Liu, “The Hidden Girl,” The Book of Swords.

Karin Lowachee, “Meridian,” Where the Stars Rise.

Will Ludwigsen, “Night Fever,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

Scott Lynch, “The Smoke of Gold Is Glory,” The Book of Swords.

Ian R. MacLeod, “The Fall of the House of Kepler,” Extrasolar.

________, “The Wisdom of the Group,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Ken MacLeod, “Jesus Christ, Reanimator,” Apex Magazine, March.

Bruce McAllister, “Ink,” Lightspeed, August.

________, “This Is For You,” Lightspeed, May.

Tim McDaniel, “Squamous and Eldritch Get a Yard Sale Bargain,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

Edward McDermott, “The Snatchers,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April.

Jack McDevitt, “Arcturian Nocturne,” Extrasolar.

________, “The Last Dance,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

________, “Your Lying Eyes,” Chasing Shadows.

Sandra McDonald, “Riding the Blue Line with Jack Kerouac,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

Seanan McGuire, “Bring the Kids and Revisit the Past at the Traveling Retro Funfair!” Cosmic Powers.

________, “River of Stars,” Children of a Different Sky.

________, “Sentence Like a Saturday,” Mad Hatters and March Hares.

Maureen F. McHugh, “Cannibal Acts,” Global Dystopias.

Sean McMullen, “Two Hours at Frontier,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt, “The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft,” Apex Magazine, November.

Kate Marshall, “Red Bark and Ambergris,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 232.

George R. R. Martin, “Sons of the Dragon,” The Book of Swords.

Laura Mauro, “Looking for Laika,” Interzone 273.

Sam J. Miller, “The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter,” Tor.com, October.

________, “The Ways Out,” Clarkesworld, June.

Sam J. Miller and Lara Elena Donnelly, “Making Us Monsters,” Uncanny 19.

Mary Anne Mohanraj, “Farewell,” Welcome to Utopia.

Sean Monaghan, “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Elizabeth Moon, “All In a Day’s Work,” Infinite Stars.

Sunny Moraine, “In the Blind,” Clarkesworld, August.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, “Cemetery Man,” Apex Magazine, December.

Pat Murphy, “Crossing the Threshold,” Lightspeed, June.

Ramez Naam, “The Use of Things,” Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities.

Linda Nagata, “Diamond and the World Breaker,” Cosmic Powers.

________, “Region Five,” Infinite Stars.

T. R. Napper, “Ghosts of a Neon God,” Interzone 272.

Shweta Narayan, “World of the Three,” Lightspeed, June.

David Erik Nelson, “There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August.

________, “Whatever Comes After Calcutta,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

Mari Ness, “You Will Never Know What Opens,” Lightspeed, December.

Ruth Nestvold, “Re: Your Wedding,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Larry Niven, “By the Red Giant’s Light,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

Garth Nix, “A Long, Cold Trail,” The Book of Swords.

________, “Conversations with an Armory,” Infinity Wars.

Julie Novakova, “To See the Elephant,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Jody Lynn Nye, “Imperium Imposter,” Infinite Stars.

Brandon O’Brien, “They Will Take You From You,” Strange Horizons, May.

Jay O’Connell, “The Best Man,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

________, “Weaponized,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: Home, Tor.com Publishing.

Malka Older, “The Black Box,” Wired: The Fiction Issue.

Deji Bryce Olukotun, “The Levellers,” Welcome to Dystopia.

An Owomoyela, “The Last Broadcasts,” Infinity Wars.

Suzanne Palmer, “Books of the Risen Sea,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “The Secret Life of Bots,” Clarkesworld, September.

Susan Palwick, “Remote Presence,” Lightspeed, April.

________, “The Shining Hills,” Lightspeed, August.

K. J. Parker, “The Best Man Wins,” The Book of Swords.

________, Mightier than the Sword, Subterranan Press.

Richard Parks, “In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 226.

________, “On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 235.

Julia K. Patt, “My Dear, Like the Sky and Stars and Sun,” Clarkesworld, June.

Dominica Phetteplace, “Oracle,” Infinity Wars.

Tony Pi, “The Spirit of Wine,” Where the Stars Rise.

________, “That Lingering Sweetness,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 224.

Sarah Pinsker, “And Then There Were (N-One),” Uncanny 15.

________, “Wind Will Rove,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

Joe Pitkin, “Proteus,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Rachel Pollack, “Homecoming,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

Vina Jie-Min Prasad, “Fandom For Robots,” Uncanny 18.

William Preston, “Good Show,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

Lettie Prell, “Crossing LaSalle,” Clarksworld, December.

Tom Purdom, “Afloat Above a Floor of Stars,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

________, “Fatherbond,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Chen Qiufan, “A Man Out of Fashion,” Clarkesworld, August.

Cat Rambo, “Preference,” Chasing Shadows.

Marta Randall, “The Stone Lover,” Lightspeed, March.

Lina Rather, “Seven Permutations of My Daughter,” Lightspeed, April.

Marguerite Reed, “Notes on Retrieving a Fallen Banner,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Robert Reed, “Dunnage for the Soul,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “Leash on a Man,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “The Significance of Significance,” Clarkesworld, July.

________, “The Speed of Belief,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

________, “Two Ways of Living,” Clarkesworld, March.

Samuel Rees, “Teratology,” Sunvault.

Jessica Reisman, “Bourbon, Sugar, Grace,” Tor.com, June 7.

Alastair Reynolds, “Belladonna Nights,” The Weight of Words.

________, “Holdfast,” Extrasolar.

________, “Visiting Hours,” Megatech.

R. Garcia y Robertson, “The Girl Who Stole Herself,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

________, “Grand Theft Spacecraft,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

Kelly Robson, “A Human Stain,” Tor.com, January 4.

John Rogers, “First,” Wired: The Fiction Issue.

Christopher Rowe, “The Border State,” Telling the Map.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “The Runabout,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June.

A. Merc Rustad, “Longing for Stars Once Lost,” Lightspeed, October.

Geoff Ryman, “No Point Talking,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Sara Saab, “Sudden Wall,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 220.

James Sallis, “Miss Cruz,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April.

________, “New Teeth,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Erica L. Satifka, “The Goddess of the Highway,” Interzone 272.

Kenneth Schneyer, “Keepsakes,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

John Schoffstall, “The First Day of Someone Else’s Life,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June.

Carter Scholz, “Extinction of Starlight, or Kintsugi,” Stories in the Stratosphere.

Karl Schroeder, “The Baker of Mars,” Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities.

________, “Eminence,” Chasing Shadows.

________, “Golden Ring,” Cosmic Powers.

________, “Too Big To See,” Stories in the Stratosphere.

Gord Sellar, “Focus,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Iona Sharma, “Eight Cities,” Sunvault.

Nisi Shawl, “The Colors of Money,” Sunvault.

________, “Queen of Dirt,” Apex Magazine, February.

Martin L. Shoemaker, “Not Far Enough,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August.

Vandana Singh, “Shikasta,” Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities.

Jack Skillingstead, “The Last Garden,” Lightspeed, February.

________, “Mine, Yours, Ours,” Chasing Shadows.

________, “The Sum of Her Expectations,” Clarkesworld, October.

Alan Smale, “Kitty Hawk,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April.

Bud Sparhawk, “Downsized,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

________, “Heaven’s Covenant,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Cat Sparks, “Prayers to Broken Stones,” Kaleidotrope, Spring.

D. A. Xiaolin Spires, “Prasetyo Plastics,” Clarkesworld, November.

Priya Sridhar, “Memoriam,” Where the Stars Rise.

Allen M. Steele, “An Incident in the Literary Life of Nathan Arkwright,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “Sanctuary,” Tor.com, May 17.

________, “Tagging Bruno,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

Amanda Sun, “Weaving Silk,” Where the Stars Rise.

Michael Swanwick, “Universe Box,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

E. J. Swift, “Weather Girl,” Infinity Wars.

Jeremy Szal, “The dataSultan of Streets and Stars,” Where the Stars Rise.

Molly Tanzer, “Nine-Tenths of the Law,” Lightspeed, January.

John Alfred Taylor, “Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February.

________, “Plaisir d’Amour,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April.

Steve Rasnic Tem, “The Common Sea,” Interzone 269.

Natalia Theodoridou, “The Rains on Mars,” Clarkesworld, December.

Lavie Tidhar, “The Banffs,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

________, “The Old Dispensation,” Tor.com, February 8.

________, “My Struggle,” Apex Magazine, October.

________, “The Planet Woman By M.V. Crawford,” Extrasolar.

________, “Waterfalling,” The Book of Swords.

E. Catherine Tobler, “Baroness,” Clarkesworld, June.

Cadwell Turnbull, “A Third of the Stars in Heaven,” Lightspeed, December.

________, “Other Worlds and This One,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August.

Genevieve Valentine, “Overburden,” Infinity Wars.

James Van Pelt, “Coyote Moon,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Carrie Vaughn, “Dead Men in Central City,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October.

________, “Evening of the Span of Their Days,” Infinity Wars.

________, “I Have Been Drowned in Rain,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies 223.

Ursula Vernon, “The Dark Birds,” Apex Magazine, 92.

Marie Vibbert, “The First Trebuchet on Mars,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Juliette Wade, “Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth,” Clarkesworld, April.

Jo Walton, “A Burden Shared,” Tor.com, April 19.

Ian Watson, “Journey to the Anomaly,” Extrasolar.

Lawrence Watt-Evans, “The Lady of Shadow Guard,” Shadows and Reflections.

Peter Watts, “ZeroS,” Infinity Wars.

David Weber, “Our Sacred Honor,” Infinite Stars.

Catherine Wells, “Native Seeds,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December.

Martha Wells, All Systems Red, Tor.com Publishing.

Jay Werkheiser, “Ecuador vs. the Bug-Eyed Monsters,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April.

________, “Kepler’s Law,” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June.

Rick Wilber, “In Dublin, Fair City,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

Ysabeau S. Wilce, “The Queen of Hats,” Mad Hatters and March Hares.

Kate Wilhelm, “Attachments,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

Walter Jon Williams, “The Triumph of Virtue,” The Book of Swords.

Connie Willis, “I Met a Traveler in an Antique Land,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

A. C. Wise, “A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World,” Sunvault.

Paul Witcover, “Walls,” Welcome to Dystopia.

Nick Wolven, “Confessions of a Con Girl,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December.

________, “Carbo,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December.

________, “Streams and Mountains,” Clarkesworld, May.

Tyler Young, “Last Chance,” Sunvault.

Caroline M. Yoachim, “Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship,” Infinity Wars.