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Introduction: The State of Short SF Field in 2019

The Painter of Trees—Suzanne Palmer

Emergency Skin—N.K. Jemisin

In the Stillness Between the Stars—Mercurio D. Rivera

Sympathizer—Karin Lowachee

Knit Three, Save Four—Marie Vibbert

Moonlight—Cixin Liu

By the Warmth of Their Calculus—Tobias S. Buckell

Deriving Life—Elizabeth Bear

The Little Shepherdess—Gwyneth Jones

Such Thoughts Are Unproductive—Rebecca Campbell

The River of Blood and Wine—Kali Wallace

One Thousand Beetles in a Jumpsuit—Dominica Phetteplace

Permafrost—Alastair Reynolds

The Work of Wolves—Tegan Moore

Song Xiuyun—A Que

Mother Ocean—Vandana Singh

Cratered—Karen Osborne

The Justified—Ann Leckie

Old Media—Annalee Newitz

At the Fall—Alec Nevala-Lee

The Ocean Between the Leaves—Ray Nayler

Rescue Party—Aliette de Bodard

Close Enough for Jazz—John Chu

On the Shores of Ligeia—Carolyn Ives Gilman

The Empty Gun—Yoon Ha Lee

Kali_Na—Indrapramit Das

Painless—Rich Larson

Give the Family My Love—A.T. Greenblatt

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Acknowledgments

2019 Recommended Reading List

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