Here's the TOC for The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2019. As ever, I'm thrilled at the wonderful set of stories these great authors have contributed. This is in alphabetical order by place of publication, if anyone is wondering.
- “The Spires” by Alec Nevala-Lee (Analog, 3-4/18)
- “The Unnecessary Parts of the Story” by Adam-Troy Castro (Analog, 09-10/18)
- ”A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex, 2/18)
- ”Bubble and Squeak” by David Gerrold and Ctein (Asimov’s, 5-6/18)
- “The Gift” by Julie Novakova (Asimov’s, 11/12/2018)
- “Beautiful” by Juliet Marillier (Aurum)
- ”The Starship and the Temple Cat” by Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 2/1/18)
- ”Carouseling” by Rich Larson (Clarkesworld, 4/18)
- ”The Persistence of Blood” by Juliette Wade (Clarkesworld, 3/18)
- ”Umbernight” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld, 2/18)
- ”The Donner Party” by Dale Bailey (F&SF, 1-2/18)
- ”How to Identify an Alien Shark” by Beth Goder (Fireside Quarterly, 7/18)
- ”The Tale of the Ive-Ojan-Akhar’s Death” by Alex Jeffers (Giganotosaurus, 4/18)
- “Foxy and Tiggs” by Justina Robson (Infinity’s End)
- “Intervention” by Kelly Robson (Infinity’s End)
- ”The Temporary Suicides of Goldfish” by Octavia Cade (Kaleidotrope, Winter/18)
- ”Dayenu” by James Sallis (LCRW, Spring/18)
- ”Lime and the One Human” by S. Woodson (LCRW, 7/18)
- ”The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, 1/18)
- “Jump” by Cadwell Turnbull (Lightspeed, 10/18)
- ”Firelight” by Ursula K. Le Guin (Paris Review, Summer/18)
- “The Buried Giant” by Lavie Tidhar (Robots vs Fairies)
- ”Today is Today” by Rick Wilber (Stonecoast Review, Summer/18)
- ”The Heart of Owl Abbas” by Kathleen Jennings (Tor.com, 4/11/2018)
- ”Grace’s Family” by James Patrick Kelly (Tor.com, 5/18)
- “The House by the Sea” by P. H. Lee (Uncanny, 9/10/2018)
Cool. I'll have to go look at one of the previous volumes, to see if there's an obvious ordering of the stories in an alphabetical sequence of any sort...
ReplyDeleteJust to be clear, the TOC order in the final book will be different. This ordering stems from how our spreadsheet is ordered (which is partly to make sure there aren't too many stories from the same venue.)
DeleteGood to know! I'm still on my slow trudge to the shelves...
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