The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 8

The best of the year's Science Fiction and Fantasy stories as selected by the multiple award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. The series moves to its new publishing home, Solaris, with this eighth annual volume of the celebrated and popular series.

**Table of Content**

"Some Desperado" by Joe Abercrombie

"Zero for Conduct" by Greg Egan

"Effigy Nights" by Yoon Ha Lee

"Rosary and Goldenstar" by Geoff Ryman

"The Sleeper and the Spindle" by Neil Gaiman

"Cave and Julia" by M. John Harrison

"The Herons of Mer de l’Ouest" by M Bennardo

"Water" by Ramez Naam

"The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" by Ted Chiang

"The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

"Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls" by Richard Parks

"Rag and Bone" by Priya Sharma

"The Book Seller" by Lavie Tidhar

"The Sun and I" by K J Parker

"The Promise of Space" by James Patrick Kelly

"The Master Conjurer" by Charlie Jane Anders

"The Pilgrim and the Angel" by E. Lily Yu

"Entangled" by Ian R Macleod

"Fade to Gold" by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

"Selkies Stories are for Losers" by Sofia Samatar

"In Metal, In Bone" by An Owomoyela

"Kormack the Lucky" by Eleanor Arnason

"Sing" by Karin Tidbeck

"Social Services" by Madeline Ashby

"The Road of Needles" by Caitlín R Kiernan

"Mystic Falls" by Robert Reed

"The Queen of Night’s Aria" by Ian McDonald

"The Irish Astronaut" by Val Nolan