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John Scalzi, “The Tale of the Wicked,”
New Space Opera 2.

Delia Sherman, “Wizard’s Apprentice,”
Troll’s Eye View.

Ken Scholes, “A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon,” Tor.com.

_____, “Grail Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime,”
Subterranean
, Winter.

Ekaterina Sedia, “Fungal Gardens,”
Apex Magazine
,

_____, “The Mind of a Pig,”
Apex Magazine
, March.

Gord Sellar, “Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands,”
Apex Magazine
, January.

_____, “Of Melei, of Ulthar,”
Clarksworld
, October.

Lucius Shepard, “Dog-Eared Paperback of My Life,”
Other Earths.

_____, “Kirikh’quru Kronkundor,”
Poe.

_____, “Sylgarmo’s Proclamation,”
Songs of the Dying Earth.

Lewis Shiner, “The Death of Che Guevara,”
Subterranean
, Fall.

Rachel Swirsky, “Great Golden Wings,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, 22 October.

_____, “Eros, Philia, Agape,” Tor.com.

Robert Silverberg, “The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

Dan Simmons, “The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Bandero¯z,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

Vandana Singh, “Conservation Laws,”
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet
.

Jack Skillingstead, “The Avenger of Love,”
F&SF
, April/May.

_____, “Einstein’s Theory,”
On Spec
, Spring.

_____, “Human Day,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

_____, “Rescue Mission,”
Solaris Book of SF 3
.

Alan Smale, “Delusion’s Song,”
Panverse One
.

Jeremy Adam Smith, “Eko and Narkiss,”
Lone Star Stories
, 1 February.

Melinda M. Snodgrass, “A Token of a Better Age,”
F&SF
, August/September.

Midori Snyder, “Molly,”
Troll’s Eye View
.

Bud Sparhawk, “No Cord or Cable,”
Abyss & Apex
30.

Cat Sparks, “Heart of Stone,”
X6
.

Katherine Sparrow & Rachel Swirsky, “No Longer You,”
Interzone
224.

William Browning Spencer, “Come Lurk with Me and Be My Love,”
Lovecraft Unbound
.

Nancy Springer, “Iris,”
F&SF
, October/November.

_____, “You Are Such a One,”
F&SF
, August/September.

Brian Stableford, “The Great Armada,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

_____, “The Highway Code,”
We Think, Therefore We Are
.

_____, “Some Like It Hot,”
Asimov’s
, December.

Allen Steele, “The Other Side of Jordan,”
Federations
.

Bruce Sterling,“Esoteric City,”
F&SF
, August/September.

_____, “Join the Navy and See the Worlds,”
New Space Opera 2
.

_____, “Open Source Science,”
Discover
, July/August.

Jason Stoddard, “Monetized,”
Interzone
220.

Charles Stross, “Overtime,” Tor.com.

_____, “Palimpsest,”
Wireless
.

Jonathan Stroud, “Bob Choi’s Last Job,”
The Dragon Book
.

Tim Sullivan, “Inside Time,”
F&SF
, October/November.

Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn, “Zeppelin City,” Tor.com.

Rachel Swirsky, “Eros, Philia, Agape,” Tor.com.

_____, “Great Golden Wings,”
F&SF
, April/May.

John Alfred Taylor, “Bare, Forked Animal,”
Asimov’s
, June.

Steve Rasnic Tem, “The Day Before the Day Before,”
Asimov’s
, September.

Byron Tetrick, “The Collegeum of Mauge,” Songs of the Dying Earth.

Lavie Tidhar, “Dark Planet,”
Apex Magazine
, February.

_____, “The Dying World,
Clarkesworld
, April.

_____, “Funny Pages,”
Interzone
225.

_____, “Jews in Antarctica,”
Fantasy
, October.

_____, “Out of the Blue,”
Abyss & Apex
32.

_____, “The Shangri-La Affair,”
Strange Horizons
, 1/26.

Andrew Tisbert, “Waking the City,”
Panverse One
.

Jeremiah Tolbert, “The Culture Archivist,”
Federations
.

_____, “The Godfall’s Chemsong,”
Interzone
224.

Harry Turtledove, “But It Does Move,”
Analog
, June.

_____, “None So Blind,”
The Dragon Book
.

_____, “The House That George Built,” Tor.com

_____, “The Star and the Rockets,” Tor.com.

_____, “We Haven’t Got There Yet,” Tor.com.

Lisa Tuttle, “Ragged Claws,”
Postscripts
20/21.

Garth Upshaw, “Name Day,”
Realms of Fantasy
, April.

Steven Utley, “The Point,”
Asimov’s
, February.

Catheryene M. Valente, “Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy,”
Federations
.

_____, “The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew,”
Clarkesworld
35.

Genevive Valentine, “A Brief Investigation of the Pro cess of Decay,”
Strange Horizons
, 11/16.

_____,“Carthago Delenda Est,”
Federations
.

Jeff VanderMeer, “The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

_____, “The Goat Variations,”
Other Earths.

Greg Van Eekhout, “The Holy City and Em’s Reptile Farm,”
Other Earths.

_____, “Last Son of Tomorrow,” Tor.com.

James Van Pelt, “Working the Moon Circuit,”
Footsteps
.

Carrie Vaughn, “Conquistador de la Noche,”
Subterranean
, Spring.

Paula Volsky, “The Traditions of Karzh,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

Juliette Wade, “Cold Words,”
Analog
, October.

Howard Waldrop, “Frogskin Cap,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

Jo Walton, “Parable Lost,”
Lone Star Stories
, 1 June.

_____, “Three Twilight Tales,” Firebirds Soaring.

Ian Watson, “A Virtual Population Crisis,”
New Scientist
, 16 September.

K. D. Wentworth, “The Orangery,”
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
, 12 March.

Ian Whates, “The Assistant,”
Solaris Book of SF 3
.

Dean Whitlock, “Changeling,”
F&SF
, January.

Wayne Wightman, “Adaptogenia,”
F&SF
, June/July.

Kate Wilhelm, “An Ordinary Day with Jason,”
Asimov’s
, April/May.

_____, “Shadows on the Wall of the Cave,”
F&SF
, October/November.

Liz Williams, “Caulk the Witch-chaser,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

_____, “The Dragon of Direfell,”
The Dragon Book
.

_____, “Enigma,”
When It Changed
.

_____, “Under the Honey,”
Subterranean
, Spring.

_____, “Winterborn,”
Other Earths
.

Sean Williams, “Inevitable,”
New Space Opera 2
.

_____, “Ungentle Fire,”
The Dragon Book
.

Tad Williams, “A Stark and Wormy Knight,”
The Dragon Book
.

_____, “The Lamentably Comical Tragedy (or the Laughably Tragic Comedy) of Lixal Laqavee,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

_____, “The Tenth Muse,”
New Space Opera 2
.

Walter Jon Williams, “Abrizonde,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

Bill Willingham, “Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings,”
New Space Opera 2
.

Chris Willrich, “Sailing the Morne,”
Asimov’s
, June.

Robert Charles Wilson, “This Peaceable Land, or The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe,”
Other Earths
.

Gene Wolfe, “Donovan Sent Us,”
Other Earths
.

John C. Wright, “The Far End of History,”
New Space Opera 2
.

____, “Guyal the Curator,”
Songs of the Dying Earth
.

_____, “One Bright Star to Guide Them,”
F&SF
, April/May.

Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple, “Mesopotamian Fire,”
Eclipse Three
.

_____, “The Tsar’s Dragons,”
The Dragon Book
.

Marly Youmans, “The Horse Angel,”
Postscripts
20/21.

Alexsandar Ziljak, “An Evening in the City Coffee house, With Lydia,,”
Apex Magazine
, December.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Summation: 2009

UTRIUSQUE COSMI • Robert Charles Wilson

A STORY, WITH BEANS • Steven Gould

UNDER THE SHOUTING SKY • Karl Bunker

EVENTS PRECEDING THE HELVETICAN RE NAISSANCE • John Kessel

USELESS THINGS • Maureen F. McHugh

BLACK SWAN • Bruce Sterling

CRIMES AND GLORY • Paul J. McAuley

SEVENTH FALL • Alexander Irvine

BUTTERFLY BOMB • Dominic Green

INFINITIES • Vandana Singh

THINGS UNDONE • John Barnes

ON THE HUMAN PLAN • Jay Lake

THE ISLAND • Peter Watts

THE INTEGRITY OF THE CHAIN • Lavie Tidhar

LION WALK • Mary Rosenblum

ESCAPE TO OTHER WORLDS WITH SCIENCE FICTION • Jo Walton

THREE LEAVES OF ALOE • Rand B. Lee

MONGOOSE • Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette

PARADISO LOST • Albert E. Cowdrey

IT TAKES TWO • Nicola Griffith

BLOCKED • Geoff Ryman

SOLACE • James Van Pelt

ACT ONE • Nancy Kress

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS • John C. Wright

BLOOD DAUBER • Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore

THIS WIND BLOWING, AND THIS TIDE • Damien Broderick

HAIR • Adam Roberts

BEFORE MY LAST BREATH • Robert Reed

ONE OF OUR BASTARDS IS MISSING • Paul Cornell

EDISON’S FRANKENSTEIN • Chris Roberson

EROSION • Ian Creasey

VISHNU AT THE CAT CIRCUS • Ian McDonald

Honorable Mentions: 2009

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