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by Gardner Dozois


  Justin Courier, “The Town News,” ParaSpheres.

  Albert E. Cowdrey, “Animal Magnetism,” F&SF, June.

  -------, “Imitation of Life,” F&SF, May.

  -------, “Immortal Forms,” F&SF, August.

  -------, “Revelation,” F&SF, October/November.

  -------, “The Revivalist,” F&SF, February.

  Ian Creasey, “The Edge of the Map,” Asimov’s, June.

  -------, “The Fisherman of Northolt,” Postscripts 7.

  -------, “The Golden Record,” Asimov’s, December.

  -------, “The Hastillan Weed,” Asimov’s, February.

  -------, “Silence in Florence,” Asimov’s, September.

  Scott A. Cupp, “One Fang,” Cross Plains Universe.

  Julie E. Czernoda, “No Place Like Home,” Forbidden Planets (Kaye).

  Don D Amassa, “Diplomatic Relations,” Talebones, Summer.

  Jack Dann, “King of the Mountain,” Postscripts 9.

  -------, “The Method,” Postscripts 7.

  Terry Dartnall, “The Thirteenth City,” Oceans of the Mind, Fall.

  Ef Deal, “Czesko,” F&SF, March.

  Stephen Dedman, “The Dead of Winter,” Weird Tales, March/April.

  Alan DeNiro, “Have You Any Wool?,” Twenty Epics.

  Paul Di Filippo, “Escape from New Austin,” Jigsaw Nation.

  -------, “Femaville 29,” Salon Fantastique.

  -------, “Shuteye for the Timebroker,” Futureshocks.

  -------, “The Singularity Needs Women,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  Cory Doctorow, “Printcrime,” Nature, 19 January.

  -------, “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

  Candas Jane Dorsey, “… the Darkest Evening of the Year,” The Future Is Queer. Gardner Dozois, “Counterfactual,” F&SF,

  June. L. Timmel Duchamp, “Obscure Relations,” The Future Is Queer.

  -------, “The Tears of Niobe,” ParaSperes.

  -------, “The World and Alice,” Asimov’s, July. .

  Tananarive Due, “Senora Suerte,” F&SF, September.

  Hal Duncan, “The Angel of Gamblers,” Eidolon 1.

  David Eagleman, “A Brief History of Death Switches,” Nature, October.

  Scott Edelman, “What We Still Talk About,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  Sarah L. Edwards, “In Walked a Goblin,” Andromeda Spaceways #25.

  Carol Emshwiller, “Killers,” F&SF, October/November.

  -------, “The Seducer,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  -------, “World of No Return,” Asimov’s, January.

  Michael Garrett Farrelly, “The Liquidators,” Nature, 23 November.

  Keith Ferrell and Jack Dann, “River,” Millennium 3001.

  Charles Coleman Finlay, “Abandon the Ruins,” F&SF, October/November.

  -------, “Passing Through,” F&SF, May.

  -------, “The Slug Breeder’s Daughter,” Subterranean #2.

  -------, and James Allison, “The Third Brain,” Subterranean #4.

  Mark Finn, “A Whim of Circumstance,” Cross Plains Universe.

  Eliot Fintushel, “My Termen,” Strange Horizons, 19 June.

  Jim Fiscus, “Bitter Quest,” Millennium 3001.

  Karen Fishier, “Among the Living,” Interzone, April.

  Melanie Fletcher, “The Padre, the Rabbi, and the Devil His Own Self.” Helix 2.

  Julian Flood, “Change,” Analog, January/February.

  Michael F. Flynn, “Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth.” Asimov’s,

  October/November.

  Jeffrey Ford, “Botch Town,” The Empire of Ice Cream.

  -------, “The Night Whiskey,” Salon Fantastique.

  -------, “The Way He Does It,” Electric Velocipede 10.

  Susan Forest, “Immunity,” Asimov’s, December.

  Alan Dean Foster, “Chilling,” Jim Baen’s Universe 1.

  -------, “Mid-Death,” Forbidden Planets (Kaye).

  Carl Frederick, “The Door That Will Not Close,” Analog, June.

  -------, “The Teller of Time,” Analog, July/August.

  -------, “We Are the Cat,” Asimov’s, September.

  C. S. Friedman, “Terms of Engagement,” F&SF, June.

  Esther M. Friesner, “An Autumn Butterfly,” Polyphony 6.

  -------, “Benny Comes Home,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

  Gregory Frost, “So Coldly Sweet, So Deadly Fair,” Weird Tales, March/April.

  Neil Gaiman, “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” Fragile Things.

  R. Garcia y Robertson, “Kansas, She Says, Is The Name of the Star.” F&SF, July.

  -------, “Teen Angel,” Asimov’s, February.

  David Gerrold, “Thirteen O’Clock,” F&SF, February.

  -------, “Turtledome,” Space Cadets.

  Martin J. Gidron, “Palestina,” Interzone, June.

  Theodora Goss, “Lessons with Miss Gray,” Fantasy Magazine 2.

  -------, “Letters from Budapest,” Alchemy 3.

  Hiromi Goto, “The Sleep Clinic for Troubled Souls,” The Future Is Queer.

  Gavin J. Grant, “We Are Never Where We Are,” Strange Horizons, June.

  John Grant, “The Unforbidden Playground,” Postscripts 9.

  Jude-Marie Green, “In the Season of Blue Storms,” Abyss & Apex, 17.

  Daryl Gregory, “Gardening at Night,” F&SF, April.

  Jim Grimsley, “Unbending Eye,” Asimov’s, February.

  Jon Courtenay Grimwood, “Take Over,” Nature, 24 October.

  Eileen Gunn, “Speak, Geek,” Nature, 24 August.

  Joe Haldeman, “Expedition, with Recipes,” Elemental.

  -------, “The Mars Girl,” Escape from Earth.

  Elizabeth Hand, “The Saffron Gatherers,” Saffron and Brimstone.

  Jeff Hecht, “Operation Tesla,” Nature, 31 August.

  John G. Hemry, “Lady Be Good,” Analog, April.

  Howard V. Hendrix, “All’s Well at World’s End,” Futureshocks.

  Trent Hergenrader, “From the Mouths of Babes,” F&SF, March.

  Kameron Herley, “The Women of Our Occupation,” Strange Harizons, July.

  Joe Hill, “Last Breath,” Subterranean #2.

  Glen Hirshberg, “Devil’s Smile,” American Morons.

  M. K. Hobson, “God Juice,” Polyphony 6.

  Dave Hoing, “The Purring of Cats,” Interzone, December.

  Liz Holliday, “All of Me,” Aeon Eight.

  Daniel Hood, “Pavel Petrovich,” Weird Tales, June.

  Andy Hooper, “Look Away,” Infinite Matrix, 1 April.

  Robert J. Howe, “From Wayfield, From Malagasy,” Analog, October.

  -------, “Bye the Rules,” F&SF, December.

  -------, “The Farouche Assemblage,” Postscripts 6.

  Matthew Hughes, “A Herd of Opportunity,” F&SF, May.

  -------, “The Meaning of Luff,” F&SF, July.

  -------, “Nature Tale,” Postscripts 8.

  -------, “Passion Ploy,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  -------, “Shadow Man,” F&SF, January.

  Rhys Hughes, “The Mermaid of Curitiba,” Postscripts 6.

  Janis Ian, “Mahmoud’s Wives,” Helix 1.

  Alex Irvine, “Homosexuals Damned, Film at Eleven,” Futureshocks.

  -------, “Shambhala,” F&SF, March.

  -------, “This Thing of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine,” Forbidden Planets

  (Crowther).

  Alexander Jablokov, “Dead Man,” Asimov’s, August.

  Michael J. Jasper, “The Brotherhood of Trees,” Aeon Six.

  Matthew Johnson, “Irregular Verbs,” Weird Tales, June.

  -------, “Outside Chance,” On Spec, Summer.

  Richard Kadrey, “The Arcades of Allah (Liner Notes for Luchenko’s Third

  Symphony),” Flurb 1.

  Michael Kandal, “Poor Guy,” F&SF, September.
/>   James Patrick Kelly, “The Leila Torn Show,” Asimov’s, June.

  Cate Kennedy, “Black Ice,” The New Yorker, September 11.

  RickKennett, “Chinese Whispers,” Weird Tales, June.

  John Kessel, “Sunlight on Rock,” Asimov’s, September.

  Caitlin R. Kiernan, “Bradbury Weather,” Subterranean #2.

  -------, “The Pearl Diver,” Futureshocks.

  Ellen Klages, “In the House of the Seven Librarians,” Firebirds Rising.

  -------, “Ringing Up Baby,” Nature, 27 April.

  Nancy Kress, “First Flight,” Space Cadets.

  -------, “JQ211F, and Holding,” Forbidden Planets (Kaye).

  -------, “Mirror Image,” One Million A.D.

  -------, “Nano Comes to Clifford Falls,” Asimov’s, July.

  Kathe Koja, “Fireflies,” Asimov’s, July.

  Ted Kosmatka, “Bitterseed,” Asimov’s, July.

  Jay Lake, “The American Dead,” Interzone, April.

  -------, “Eyeteeth,” Challenging Destiny 22.

  -------, “Journal of an Inmate,” Postscripts 7.

  -------, “Lehr, Rex,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  -------, “The Dead Man’s Child,” Cosmos Online.

  -------, “Whyte Boys,” Aeon Seven.

  Margo Lanagan, “A Fine Magic,” Eidolon 1.

  -------, “A Good Heart,” Red Spikes.

  Geoffrey A. Landis, “Derelict,” Escape from Earth.

  -------, “Lazy Taekos,” Analog, May.

  John Lambshead, “As Black as Hell,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

  Chris Lawson, “The Day I Go Outside,” Cosmos, April.

  Tanith Lee, “Arthur’s Lion,” Weird Tales, June.

  Tim Lees, “The Interpretation of Dreams,” Postscripts 9.

  Edward M. Lerner, “Great Minds,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

  David D. Levine, “Primate,” Asimov’s, September.

  -------, “The Last McDougal’s,” Asimov’s, January.

  Heather Lindsley, “Just Do It,” F&SF, July.

  -------, “Mayfly,” Strange Horizons, 25 September.

  Marissa Lingen, “Carter Hull Recovers the Puck,” On Spec, Spring.

  -------, “The Opposite of Pomegranates,” Jim Baen’s Universel.

  -------, “Singing Them Back,” Jim Baen’s Universe 4.

  -------, “Things We Sell to Tourists,” Aeon Six.

  Kelly Link, “The Wizards of Perfil,” Firebirds Rising.

  Richard Lovett, “Original Sin,” Analog, June.

  -------, “A Pound of Flesh,” Analog, September.

  Richar Lupoff, “Fourth Avenue Interlude,” Weird Tales, 8-9.

  Ian R. Macleod, “Taking Good Care of Myself,” Nature, 4 May.

  -------, “The Boy in Zaquitos,” F&SF, January.

  Bruce McAllister, “Cold War,” F&SF, April.

  -------, “The Passion: A Western,” Aeon Seven.

  -------, “Ragazzo,” Fantasy Magazine 2.

  Paul McAuley, “Dust,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  Will McCarthy, “Boundary Condition,” Analog, April.

  Jack McDevitt, “Henry James, This One’s for You,” Subterranean #2.

  -------, “Kaminsky at War,” Forbidden Planets (Kaye).

  Ian McDonald, “Kyle Meets the River,” Forbidden Planets (Crowther).

  Sandra McDonald, “The Green House,” Fantasy Magazine 3.

  Martin McGrath, “Palaces of Force,” Aeon Eight.

  Will Mcintosh, “New Spectacles,” Abyss & Apex, 19.

  -------, “The New Chinese Wives,” Interzone, October.

  -------, “Oxy,” Aeon Eight.

  Juliet E. McKenna, “A Spark in the Darkness,” Postscripts 6.

  Patricia A. McKillip, “Jack O’Lantern,” Firebirds Rising.

  Sean McMullen, “The Engines of Arcadia,” Futureshocks.

  -------, “The Measure of Eternity,” Interzone, August.

  David Mace, “Frankie on Zanzibar,” Interzone, December.

  Barry N. Malzberg and Paul Di Filippo, “Beyond Mao,” Postscripts 4.

  Lisa Mantchev, “Interfaith,” Abyss & Apex, 19.

  Daniel Marcus, “Echo Beach,” Aeon Eight.

  Louise Marley, “Absalon’s Mother,” Futureshocks.

  Paul Marlowe, “Night of Sevens,” Oceans of the Mind, Summer.

  David Marusek, “My Morning Glory,” Nature, 6 April.

  Donald Mead, “Iklaw,” F&SF, April.

  John Meaney, “Looking Through Mother’s Eyes,” Futureshocks.

  Paul Melko, “Snail Stones,” Asimov’s, July.

  -------, “The Teosinte War,” Futureshocks.

  -------, “The Walls of the Universe,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Henry Melton, “Wildlife,” Analog, March.

  Robert A. Metzger, “Geometry,” Millennium 3001.

  -------, “Slip,” Futuresbocks.

  Steven Mills, “Blue Glass Pebbles,” Interzone, August.

  Syne Mitchell, “The Last Mortal Man,” Elemental.

  Steven Mohan, Jr., “What It Means to Be Human,” Talebones, Spring.

  Sarah Monette, “A Light in Troy,” Clarksworld, October.

  -------, “Amante Doree,” Paradox, Winter.

  -------, “A Night in Electric Squidland,” Lone Star Stories, 16.

  -------, “Draco Campestris,” Strange Horizons, 7 August.

  -------, “Katabasis: Seraphic Trains,” Tales of the Unanticipated, 27.

  Elizabeth Moon, “Combat Shopping,” Escape from Earth.

  John Morressy, “The Protectors of Zendor,” F&SF, June.

  -------, “The Return of the O’Farrissey,” F&SF, September.

  -------, “The True History of the Picky Princess,” F&SF, March.

  Richard Mueller, “A Storm over Cumorah,” Paradox, Summer.

  Ruth Nestvold, “Exit Without Saving,” Futurismic.

  -------, “Feather and Ring,” Asimov’s, August.

  -------, “The Other Side of Silence,” Futurismic.

  -------, “Sailing to Utopia,” Flytrap 5.

  -------, “Triple Helix,” Ideomancer, June.

  -------, and Jay Lake, “Return to Nowhere,” Jigsaw Nation.

  -------, and Jay Lake, “Schwarze Madonna and the Sandalwood

  Knight,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

  R. Neube, “Not Worth a Cent,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Larry Niven, “Cadet Amelia,” Space Cadets.

  -------, “Playhouse,” Analog, March.

  -------, “The Solipsist at Dinner,” Elemental.

  Garth Nix, “Dog Soldier,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

  G. David Nordley, “Voice of Ages,” Golden Age SF.

  Claudia O’Keefe, “The Moment of Joy Before,” F&SF, April.

  Jerry Oltion, “Slide Show,” Analog, May.

  -------, “Stuffing,” Mammoth Book of Extreme SF.

  Alastair Ong, “The Legend of Greatmother June,” Eidolon 1.

  Robert Onopa, “Republic,” F&SF, July.

  Suzanne Palmer, “Spheres,” Interzone, December.

  Richard Parks, “Another Kind of Glamour,” Aeon Six.

  -------, “Conversation at the Tomb of an Unknown King,” Weird Tales, 8-9.

  -------, “Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge,” Realms of Fantasy, April.

  Lawrence Person, “Bob’s Yeti Problem,” Jim Baen’s Universe.

  -------, “The Toughest Jew in the West,” Cross Plains Universe.

  Holly Phillips, “Gin,” Eidolon 1.

  Brian Plante, “The Software Soul,” Analog, July/August.

  Gillian Polack, “Horrible Historians,” Subterranean #4.

  Rachel Pollack, “The Beatrix Gates,” The Future Is Queer.

  Jason Stapkes, “Holding Pattern,” F&SF, July.

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  Benjamin Rosenbaum, “A Siege of Cranes,” Twenty Epics.

  Christopher Rowe, “Another
Word for Map Is Faith,” F&SF, August.

  -------, “Two Figures in a Landscape Between Storms,” Twenty Epics.

  Rudy Rucker, “Chu and the Nants,” Asimov’s, June.

  -------, “Postsingular,” Asimov’s, September.

  -------, and Terry Bisson, “2 + 2 = 5,” Interzone, August.

  -------, and Paul Di Filippo, “Elves of the Subdimensions,” Flurb 1.

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “A Better Place,” Millennium 3001.

  -------, “Crunchers, Inc.,” Asimov’s, August.

  -------, “Except the Music,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Patricia Russo, “The Ogre’s Wife,” Tales of the Unanticipated, 27.

  Geoff Ryman, “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy),” F&SF, October/November.

  Nick Sagen, “Tees and Sympathy,” Subterranean #4.

  Patrick Samphire, “Uncle Vernon’s Lie,” Realms of Fantasy, February.

  William Sanders, “Going to See the Beast,” Helix 1.

  Pamela Sargent, “After I Stopped Screaming,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  -------, “The Drowned Father,” Polyphony 6.

  -------, “Not Alone,” Cosmos, August.

  Tony Sarowitz, “A Daze in the Life,” F&SF, January.

  Robert J. Sawyer, “Flashes,” Futureshocks.

  Gary W. Schockley, “The Cathedral of Universal Biodiversity,” F&SF, February.

  Ken Scholes, “East of Eden and Just a Bit South,” Aeon Six.

  -------, “Of Metal Men,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  -------, “One Small Step,” Aeon Nine.

  -------, “Soon We Shall All Be Saunders,” Polyphony 6.

  Aaron Schutz, “Cotton Country,” Fantasy Magazine 2.

  Jerry Seegar, “Memory of a Thing That Never Was,” F&SF, July.

  Michael Shara and Jack McDevitt, “Lighthouse,” Analog, April.

  Melissa Lee Shaw, “Foster,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Lucius Shepard, “The Lepidopterist,” Salon Fantastique.

  Delia Sherman, “La Fee Verte,” Salon Fantastique.

  John Shirley, “Cul-de-Sac,” Flurb 2.

  William Shunn, “Inclination,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  -------, “Hanosz Prime Goes to Old Earth,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Robert Silverberg, “A Piece of the Great World,” One Million A.D.

  Helen Simpson, “The Festival of the Immortals,” The Guardian, December.

  Jack Skillingstead, “Are You There?” Asimov’s, February.

  Dean Wesley Smith, “Nostalgia 101,” Millennium 3001.

  Douglas Smith, “Murphy’s Law,” Jim Baen’s Universe 4.

  Wen Spencer, “For Blue Sky,” Jim Baen’s Universe 2.

 

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