The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 23rd Annual Collection (127 page)

B.C. Holmes, “Glamour,”
On Spec
, Winter.

Matthew Hughes, “Another Day In Fibbery,”
Postscripts
20/21.

_____, “Enemy of the Good,”
Postscripts
19.

_____, “Grolion of Almery,”
Songs of the Dying Earth.

_____, “Hell of a Fix,”
F&SF
, October/November.

_____, “Hunchster,”
F&SF
, August/September.

David Hutchison, “The Push,”
NewCon Press.

Simon Ings, “Zoology,”
When It Changed.

Alex Irvine, “Dragon’s Teeth,”
F&SF
, October/November.

_____, “Ea gleburger’s Lawn,”
Interzone
223.

Harvey Jacobs, “The Man Who Did Something about It,”
F&SF
, October/November.

Alaya Dawn Johnson, “The Yeast of Eire,” Strange Horizons, 7/1–7/14.

Kij Johnson, “The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles,” Tor.com.

_____, “Spar,”
Clarksworld
, October.

Matthew Johnson, “The Coldest War,”
Asimov’s
, February.

Diane Wynne Jones, “JoBoy,”
The Dragon Book.

Gwyneth Jones, “Collison,”
When It Changed.

Richard Kadrey, “Trembling Blue Stars,” Flurb 7.

James Patrick Kelly, “Going Deep,”
Asimov’s
, June.

John Kessel, “The Motorman’s Coat,” F&SF, June/July.

Caitliln R. Kiernan, “Galapagos,”
Eclipse Three.

Alice Sola Kim, “The Ugly Zombie,”
Strange Horizons
, 12/7–12/14

Swapna Kishore, “Home on the Ganges,”
Ideomancer
, June.

Ellen Klages, “A Practical Girl,”
Eclipse Three.

_____, “Singing on a Star,”
Firebirds Soaring.

_____, “A Wild and Wicked Youth,”
F&SF
, April/May.

Ted Kosmatka, “The Ascendant,”
Subterranean
, Spring.

Mary Robinette Kowal, “At the Edge of Dying,”
Clockwork Phoenix 2.

_____, “Body Language,”
OSCIMS
, November.

_____, “The Consciousness Problem,”
Asimov’s
, August.

_____, “First Flight,” Tor.com.

_____, “Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery,”
Talebones
, Summer.

Barbara Krasnoff, “Rosemary, That’s for Remembrance,”
Clockwork Phoenix 2.

Nancy Kress, “Deadly Sins,”
Asimov’s
, October/November.

_____, “Exegesis,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

_____, “Images of Anna,”
Fantasy
, September.

_____, “Unintended Behavior,”
Asimov’s
, January.

Matthew Kressel, “Saving Diego,”
Interzone
221.

Naomi Kritzer, “The Good Son,”
Jim Baen’s Universe
, February.

Ellen Kushner, “A Wild and Wicked Youth,”
F&SF
, April/May.

_____, “Dolce Domun,”
Eclipse Three.

Marc Laidlaw, “Leng,” Lovecraft Unbound.

Jay Lake, “Black Heart, White Mourning,”
Grant’s Pass.

_____, “Bringing the Future Home,”
Global Warming Aftermaths.

_____, “Chain of Stars,”
Subterranean
, Fall.

_____, “Leopard,”
Jim Baen’s Universe
, June.

_____, “People of Leaf and Branch,”
Fantasy
, June.

_____, “Red Dirt Kingdom,”
Realms of Fantasy
, October.

_____, “To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves,”
New Space Opera 2.

Claude Lalumiere, “Three Friends,”
Clockwork Phoenix 2.

John Lambshead, “Storming Hell,”
Jim Baen’s Universe
, April.

Margo Lanagan, “Ferryman,”
Firebirds Soaring.

_____, “Sea-Hearts,”
X6
.

John Langan, “Technicolor,”
Poe.

_____, “The Wide Carnivorous Sky,”
By Blood We Live.

Joe R. Lansdale, “Hides and Horns,”
Subterranean, Spring.

Ann Leckie, “The Endangered Camp,”
Clockwork Phoenix 2.

Tanith Lee, “Clockatrice,”
Fantasy
, October.

_____, “Evillo the Uncunning,”
Songs of the Dying Earth.

_____, “The Pain of Glass,”
Clockwork Phoenix 2.

_____, “The War That Winter Is,”
The Dragon Book.

Soon Ha Lee, “The Bones of Giants,”
F&SF
, August/September.

_____, “Swanwatch,” Federations.

_____, “The Unstrung Zither,”
F&SF
, March.

Tim Lees, “Meeting Mr. Tony,”
Postscripts 19.

David D. Levine, “Joy is the Serious Business of Heaven,”
Realms of Fantasy
, February.

Marissa Lingen, “The Calculus Plague,”
Analog
, July/August.

Kelly Link, “The Cinderella Game,”
Troll’s Eye View.

Jennifer Linnaea, “Second-Hand Information,”
Strange Horizons
, 6/15.

Rochia Loenon-Ruiz, “59 Beads,”
Apex Magazine
, December.

Richard A. Lovett, “Attack of the Grub-Eaters,”
Analog
, June.

_____, “Excellence,”
Analog
, January.

Ken MacLeod, “A Tulip for Lucretius,”
Subterranean
, Spring.

_____, “Death Knocks,”
When It Changed.

_____, “iThink, Therefore I Am,”
Solaris Book of SF 3.

_____, “Reflective Surfaces,”
New Scientist
, 16 September.

Paul McAuley, “Penance,”
New Scientist
, 16 September.

_____, “Shadow Life,”
Discover
, July/August.

Sharyn McCrumb, “The Mountain House,” Poe.

Ian McDonald, “A Little School,”
New Scientist
, 16 September.

Sandra McDonald, “Diana Comet,”
Strange Horizons
, 3/2–3/9.

Ian McHugh, “Sleepless in the House of Ye,”
Asimov’s
, July.

_____, “Sundogs,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, October 8.

Maureen McHugh, “Useless Things,”
Eclipse Three.

Will McIntosh, “Bridesicle,”
Asimov’s
, January.

_____, “A Clown Escapes from Circus Town,”
Interzone
221.

Sean McMullen, “The Art of the Dragon,”
F&SF
, August/September.

_____, “Mother of Champions,”
Interzone
222.

_____, “The Spiral Briar,”
F&SF
, April/May.

Gregory Maguire, “Puzzle,”
The Dragon Book.

Elissa Malcohn, “Flotsam,”
Asimov’s
, October/November.

John Mantooth, “The Water Tower,”
Fantasy
, July.

David Marusek, “Hard Man To Surprise,”
Nature
, 30 July.

_____,“Timed Release,”
Nature
, May.

George R. R. Martin, “A Night at the Tarn House,” Songs of the Dying Earth.

John Meaney, “From the Heart,”
New Space Opera 2.

_____, “Necroflux Day,”
Solaris Book of SF 3.

Greg Meller, “Defence of the Realm,”
Cosmos
, February/March.

T. J. Morganfield, “The Place That Makes You Happiest,”
Paradox
, Spring.

Kris Nelscott, “Clinic,”
Subterranean
, Winter.

Mario Milosevic, “Winding Broomcorn,”
F&SF
, February.

Michael Moddor, “The Boy Who Sang for Others,”
F&SF
, January.

Steven Mohan, Jr., “The Promise of Touch,”
Ideomancer
, March.

Sarah Monette, “White Charles,”
Clarksworld
, September.

Elizabeth Moon, “An Incident in Uskvesh,”
Songs of the Dying Earth.

_____, “Chameleons,”
New Space Opera 2.

Ruth Nestvold, “In the Middle of Nowhere with Company,”
Abyss & Apex
30.

_____, “On the Shadow Side of the Beast,”
Apex Magazine
, January.

_____, “Woman in Abaya With Onion,”
Fantasy
, June.

R. Neube, “Intelligence,”
Asimov’s
, March.

Kim Newman, “Illimitable Domain,”
Poe.

_____, “Moon Moon Moon,”
Subterranean
, Summer 2009.

Garth Nix, “An Unwelcome Guest,”
Troll’s Eye View.

_____, “The Heart of the City,”
Subterranean
, Summer.

_____, “Punctuality,”
New Space Opera 2.

_____, “Stop!,”
The Dragon Book.

Naomi Novik, “Vici,”
The Dragon Book.

Charles Oberndorf, “Another Life,”
F&SF
, October/November.

Mike O’Driscoll, “The Spaceman,”
F&SF
, June/July.

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, “On the Road,”
Eclipse Three.

Patrick O’Leary, “That Laugh,”
We Think, Therefore We Are.

Shannon Page & Jay Lake, “Bone Island,”
Interzone
225.

Suzanne Palmer, “Silence and Roses,”
Interzone
223.

Paul Park, “A Family History,”
Other Earths.

_____, “The Per sis tence of Memory, or, This Space for Sale,”
Postscripts
20/21.

Richard Parks, “The Mansion of Bones,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, 28 June.

_____, “Night, in Dark Perfection,”
Clarkesworld
, December.

_____, “The River of Three Crossings,”
Realms of Fantasy
, February.

Marshall Payne, “Sausages,” Talebones, Summer.

Rebecca J. Payne, “By Starlight,”
Interzone
225.

Jennifer Pelland, “Minya’s Astral Angels,”
Solaris Book of SF 3.

Tom Pendergrass, “Aim for the Stars,”
OSCIMS
, November.

Holly Phillips, “Cold Water Survival,” Lovecraft Unbound.

_____, “Thieves of Silence,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, 16 July.

Tony Pi, “Come-From-Aways,”
On Spec
, Spring.

_____, “Silk and Shadows,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, 26 February.

_____, “Tokkai Exhales His Avatar,”
OSCIMS
, March.

Tamora Pierce, “The Dragon’s Tale,”
The Dragon Book.

Steven Popkes, “Two Boys,”
Asimov’s
, August.

Tim Pratt, “Another End of the Empire,”
Strange Horizons
, 6/22.

_____, “Her Voice in a Bottle,”
Subterranean
, Winter.

_____, “Troublesolving,”
Subterranean
, Fall.

_____, “Unexpected Outcomes,”
Interzone
222.

Tom Purdom, “Controlled Experiment,”
Asimov’s
, June.

Cat Rambo, “Diary of a Beast’s Life,”
Realms of Fantasy
, December.

_____, “The Mermaids Singing Each to Each,”
Clarkesworld
, November.

_____, “Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut,”
Strange Horizons
, 10/26.

Kit Reed, “Camp Nowhere,”
Asimov’s
, July.

Robert Reed, “Creatures of Well-Defined Habits,”
Asimov’s
, August.

_____, “Firehorn,”
F&SF
, June/July.

_____, “Shadow Below,”
F&SF
, March.

_____, “Tests,”
Postscripts
20/21.

_____, “Three Princesses,”
We Think, Therefore We Are.

_____, “True Fame,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

Mike Resnick, “The Bride of Frankenstein,”
Asimov’s
, December.

_____, “Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz,”
New Space Opera 2.

_____, “Inescapable,”
Songs of the Dying Earth.

& Lezli Robyn, “Soulmates,”
Asimov’s
, September.

Alastair Reynolds, “The Fixation,”
Solaris Book of SF 3.

_____, “The Receivers,”
Other Earths.

_____, “Scales,” Guardian.co.uk, 23 June.

Chris Roberson, “All Under Heaven,”
Firebirds Soaring.

_____, “Dragon King of the Eastern Sea,”
We Think, Therefore We Are.

Adam Roberts, “Woodpunk,”
Solaris Book of SF 3.

Justina Robson, “Cracklegrackle,”
New Space Opera 2.

_____, “One Shot,”
New Scientist
, 16 September.

Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Nine Alternate Alternate Histories,”
Other Earths.

Mary Rosenblum, “Dragon Storm,”
The Dragon Book.

_____, “My She,”
Federations.

Deborah J. Ross, “The Price of Silence,”
F&SF
, April/May.

Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling, “Colliding Branes,”
Asimov’s
, February.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Broken Windchimes,”
Asimov’s
, September.

_____, “Defect,”
New Space Opera 2.

_____, “Flower Fairies,”
Realms of Fantasy
, October.

_____, “The Recovery Man’s Bargain,”
Analog
, January/February.

_____, “The Spires of Denon,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

_____, “Turbulence,”
Asimov’s
, August.

Patricia Russo, “The Men Burned All the Boats,” Fantasy, February.

_____, “Rainbows and Other Shapes,”
Abyss & Apex 32.

Geoff Ryman, “You,”
When It Changed.

Jason Sanford, “Here We Are, Falling Through Shadows,”
Interzone
225.

_____, “Sublimation Angels,”
Interzone
224.