Honorable Mentions: 1997
Greg Abraham, “Front Man,” Asimov’s, June.
————, “Poyekhali,” Asimov’s, September.
George Alan, “Fugue,” Spec-Lit #1.
Francis Amery, “When Molly Met Elvis,” Interzone, April.
Poul Anderson, “Tyranny,” Free Space.
Kim Antieau, “Desire,” Bending the Landscape.
Kage Baker, “Facts Relating to the Arrest of Dr. Kalugin,” Asimov’s, October/ November.
————, “Noble Mold,” Asimov’s, March.
John Barnes, “Between Shepherds and Kings,” Free Space.
Stephen Baxter, “The Fubar Suit,” Interzone, September.
————, “Glass Earth, Inc.,” Future Histories.
————, “Lines of Longitude,” Dark of the Night.
————, “Poyekhali 3201,” Decalog 5: Wonders.
————, “Saddle Point: The Engine of Kimera,” SF Age, September.
————, “Soliton Star,” Asimov’s, May.
————, “Sun God,” Interzone, June.
————, “War Birds,” Interzone, December.
————, “Zemlya,” Asimov’s, January.
Peter S. Beagle, “Giant Bones,” Giant Bones.
————, “The Magician of Karakosk,” Beyond Imagination.
Greg Bear, “The Fall of the House of Escher,” Beyond Imagination.
Amy Bechtel, “No More to the Dance,” Analog, November.
Gregory Benford, “Galaxia,” SF Age, July.
Judith Berman, “Lord Stink,” Asimov’s, August.
Michael Bishop, “Yesterday’s Hostage,” Dying For It.
Terry Bisson, “An Office Romance,” Playboy, February.
————, “The Player,” F&SF, October/November.
Russell Blackford, “Lucent Carbon,” Eidolon 25/26.
Mark Bourne, “Mustard Seed,” F&SF, August.
Ben Bova, “The Café Coup,” F&SF, September.
————and Rick Wilber, “The Babe, the Iron Horse, and Mr. McGillicuddy,” Asimov’s, March.
Keith Brooke, “Queen Bee,” Interzone, May.
Carroll Brown, “The King of Seventh Avenue,” F&SF, January.
Eric Brown, “The Eschatarium at Lyssia,” Interzone, August.
Molly Brown, “The Psychomantium,” Interzone, February.
Simon Brown, “Love and Paris,” Eidolon 25/26.
John Brunner, “Blood and Judgment,” Asimov’s, April.
Eugene Byrne, “Thigmoo,” Interzone, June.
Pat Cadigan, “Another Story,” Dying For It.
————, “The Emperor’s New Reality,” New Worlds.
————, “The Final Re-Make of The Return of Little Latin Larry, with a Completely Re-Mastered Soundtrack and the Original Audience,” Future Histories.
————, “A Lie for a Lie,” Lethal Kisses.
Nicola Caines, “Civilization,” Interzone, October.
Michael Carr, “A Dog’s Night,” F&SF, December.
Amy Sterling Casil, “An Officer of the Faith,” Talebones, Summer.
Adam-Troy Castro, “The Funeral March of the Marionettes,” F&SF, July.
Jeanne Cavelos, “Negative Space,” Decalog 5: Wonders.
Robert R. Chase, “The Figure of Drosselmeyer,” Asimov’s, January.
Rob Chilson, “Do We Dare Disturb the Universe?,” Asimov’s, December.
Susanna Clarke, “On Lickerish Hill,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Storm Constantine, “The Rust Islands,” Interzone, March.
Arthur Byron Cover, “The Performance of a Lifetime,” Free Space.
John Crowley, “Lost and Abandoned,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Don D’Ammassa, “Getting with the Program,” Pirate Writings #13.
Tony Daniel, “Black Canoes,” Asimov’s, July.
Avram Davidson, “Vergil and the Dukos: Hic Inclusus Vitam Perdit or, The Imitations of the King,Asimov’s, September.
Stephen Dedman, “The Dance That Everyone Must Do,” Tales of the Unanticipated #18.
————, “Tour de Force,” Asimov’s, March.
Charles de Lint, “Crow Girls,” F&SF, January.
Emily Devenport, “The Long Ride,” Asimov’s, August.
Paul Di Filippo, “Alice, Alfie, Ted and the Aliens,” Interzone, March.
————, “The Cobain Sweater,” Interzone, June.
————, “Distances,” Pirate Writings #13.
————, “The Happy Valley at the End of the World,” Interzone, Nov.
————, “The Jackdaw’s Last Case,” SF Age, January.
Terry Dowling, “The Maiden Death,” Destination Unknown.
———, “No Hearts to Be Broken,” Interzone, March.
L. Timmel Duchamp, “The Abbess’s Prayers,” Dying For It.
————, “The Apprenticeship of Isabetta di Pietro Cavazzi,” Asimov’s, September.
————, “Quinn’s Deal,” Asimov’s, April.
Andy Duncan, “Beluthahatchie,” Asimov’s, March.
————, “The Map to the Homes of the Stars,” Dying For It.
————, “Saved,” Dying For It.
J. R. Dunn, “Our Share of Darkness,” Analog, February.
S. N. Dyer, “The Nostalginauts,” Asimov’s, March.
————, “Sins of the Mothers,” F&SF, May.
Greg Egan, “Orphanogenesis,” Interzone, September.
Bronwyn Elko, “Feel No Evil,” Talebones, Fall.
Jane Emerson, “The New Tiresias,” The Horns of Elfland.
Timons Esaias, “Crash Site,” Terra Incognita 2.
Nancy Etchemendy, “Saints and Martyrs,” F&SF, July.
Gregory Feeley, “The Crab Lice,” Alternate Tyrants.
————, “On the Ice Islands,” Asimov’s, October/November.
————, “The Truest Chill,” SF Age, November.
Sheila Finch, “The Roaring Ground,” F&SF, April.
Eliot Fintushel, “Izzy and the Father of Terror,” Asimov’s, July.
Michael F. Flynn, “Gideon,” Analog, March.
————, “House of Dreams,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Karen Joy Fowler, “The Queen of Hearts and Swords,” Beyond Imagination.
————, “Standing Room Only,” Asimov’s, August.
Peter Friend, “Seventeen Views of Mount Taranaki,” Aurealis 18.
Esther M. Friesner, “Miss Thing,” F&SF, May.
————, “No Bigger Than My Thumb,” Black Swan, White Raven.
————, “Silent Love,” Dying For It.
Gregory Frost, “Sparks,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Neil Gaiman, “The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories,” Beyond Imagination.
R. Garcia y Robertson, “Fair Verona,” Asimov’s, October/November.
James Alan Gardner, “Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream,” Asimov’s, February.
William Gibson, “Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City,” New Worlds.
Lisa Goldstein, “Fortune and Misfortune,” Asimov’s, May.
Alison Goodman, “Dead Spyders,” Eidolon #24.
Kathleen Ann Goonan, “Lullaby of Birdland,” Destination Unknown.
Adrienne Gormley, “Children of Tears,” Alternate Tyrants.
Ron Goulart, “Downsized,” Asimov’s, April.
Dominic Green, “The Cozumel Incident,” Interzone, July.
————, “King’s Chamber,” Decalog 5: Wonders.
Peni R. Griffin, “The Wolf Man’s Wife,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
Robert Grossbach, “Jew on a Chip,” F&SF, December.
Peter F. Hamilton & Graham Joyce, “The White Stuff,” New Worlds.
Charles L. Harness, “The Flag on Gorbachev Crater,” Asimov’s, June.
Jeff Hecht, “The Crystal Highway,” Odyssey #1.
Patric Helmaan, “Thirteen Views of Higher Edo,” Black Mist.
Steve Hockensmith, “Arnold the Conquerer,” Analog, December.
James P. Hogan, “Madam Butterfly,” Free Space.
Liz Holliday, “Burning Bright,” Decalog 4: Re: Generations.
Martha A. Hood, “Siv’s New Life,” Tales of the Unanticipated #18.
Gerard Daniel Hourarner, “Spider Goes to Market,” Tales of the Unanticipated #18.
Harvey Jacobs, “The Orphan the Moth and the Magic,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Ben Jeapes, “Pages Out of Order,” F&SF, September.
————, “Winged Chariot,” Interzone, April.
Phillip C. Jennings, “The Runaways,” Asimov’s, February.
Richard Kadrey, “The First Man Not to Walk on the Moon,” Back Brain Recluse #23.
Janet Kagan, “Standing in the Spirit,” Asimov’s, December.
Michael Kandel, “Space Opera,” Omni Online.
Roz Kaveney, “Brandy for the Damned,” The Horns of Elfland.
M. W. Keiper, “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” Bending the Landscape.
Rick Kennett, “The View from Stickney Crater,” Aurealis 18.
Eileen Kernaghan, “The Watley Man and the Green-Eyed Girl,” TransVersions #7.
Stephen King, “Everything’s Eventual,” F&SF, October/November.
Aimee Kratts, “Call Me Sue,” Asimov’s, September.
Nancy Kress, “Always True to Thee, in My Fashion,” Asimov’s, January.
————, “Johnny’s So Long at the Fair,” Dying For It.
————, “Steadfast,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, “The Fall of the Kings,” Bending the Landscape .
Ragnar Kvaran and S. J. Beadle, “The Hotel Vivieen,” Tommorow SF, 1.6.
R. A. Lafferty, “The Emperor’s Shoestrings,” Destination Unknown.
Steven R. Laker, “Bringing Back Sarah,” On Spec, Summer.
Geoffrey A. Landis, “Ecopoiesis,” SF Age, May.
————, “Ouroboros,” Asimov’s, January.
————, “Paradigms of Change,” Tomorrow SF, 1.6
David Langford, “The Case of Jack the Clipper,” Interzone, December.
Mary Soon Lee, “Universal Grammar,” F&SF, April.
Tanith Lee, “After I Killed Her,” Asimov’s, July.
————, “Cain,” Dying For It.
————, “The Lady of Shalott House,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
————, “Old Flame,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Jonathan Lethem, “Martyr and Posty,” Lethal Kisses.
and Angus MacDonald, “The Edge of the Bed of Forever,” F&SF, August.
Robert J. Levy, “The Downsizing,” Tales of the Unanticipated #17.
Karawynn Long, “And Make Death Proud to Take Us,” Alternate Tyrants.
Barry B. Longyear, “Dance of the Hunting Sun,” Absolute Magnitude, Spring.
Rosaleen Love, “Alexander’s Feats,” Eidolon 25/26.
Richard A. Lupoff, “Jubilee,” Alternate Tyrants.
Sonia Orin Lyris, “Payback,” Asimov’s, June.
Pat MacEwen, “The Macklin Gift,” F&SF, June.
Ian R. MacLeod, “The Golden Keeper,” Asimov’s, October/November.
————, “The Roads,” Asimov’s, April.
Barry N. Malzberg, “Heliotrope Bouquet Murder Case,” Non-Stop #3.
Thomas Marcinko, “Deep Space Sein,” SF Age, July.
Daniel Marcus, “Killed in the Ratings,” Asimov’s, January.
Phil Masters, “The Last Flight of Captain Bale,” Interzone, July.
Holly Wade Matter, “Water Snakes,” Bending the Landscape.
Paul J. McAuley, “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” Interzone, May.
————, “Back Door Man,” Future Histories.
————& Kim Newman, “Residuals,” Asimov’s, June.
Jack McDevitt, “Never Despair,” Asimov’s, April.
Ian McDonald, “The Five O’clock Whistle,” Destination Unknown.
————, “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet,” Albedo One #14.
Terry McGarry, “Mindchild,” Terra Incognita 2.
Maureen F. McHugh, “Down on the Farm,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
Walter M. Miller, Jr., “God Is Thus,” F&SF, October/November.
Michael Moorcock, “London Bone,” New Worlds.
John Morressy, “Rimrunner’s Home,” F&SF, September.
Derryl Murphy, “Frail Orbits,” On Spec, Summer.
Patrick Murphy, “Exploding, Like Fireworks,” Future Histories.
————, “A Flock of Lawn Flamingos,” Lethal Kisses.
————, “The True Story,” Black Swan, White Raven.
R. Neube, “Beggars Can Be Choosers,” Tales of the Unanticipated #17.
————, “The Holy Stomper vs. the Alien Barrel of Death,” Asimov’s, July.
Kim Newman, “Great Western,” New Worlds.
Lyn Nichols, “Mahogany Dreams,” Alternate Tyrants.
G. David Nordley, “This Old Rock,” Analog, April.
Jerry Oltion and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Deus X,” F&SF, October/November.
Rebecca Ore, “Collected Ogoense,” Asimov’s, October/November.
————, “Scarey Rose in Deep History,” Asimov’s, June.
Susan Palwick, “Aïda in the Park,” The Horns of Elfland.
Paul Park, “Get a Grip,” Omni Online, March.
Richard Parks, “The Right Sort of Flea,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
Michael H. Payne, “The Language of Ghosts,” Asimov’s, August.
Brian Plante, “Already in Heaven,” Analog, July/August.
Tom Purdom, “Canary Land,” Asimov’s, January.
Kit Reed, “Rajmahal,” F&SF, June.
Robert Reed, “Blooming Ice,” SF Age, January.
————, “The Dragons of Springplace,” F&SF, February.
————, “Mind’s Eye,” Asimov’s, October/November.
————, “To Church with Mr. Multhiford,” F&SF, October/November.
Mike Resnick, “The 43 Antarean Dynasties,” Asimov’s, December.
Uncle River, “Passing the Torch,” Asimov’s, February.
Frank M. Robinson, “Causes,” Alternate Tyrants.
Mary Rosenblum, “The Botanist,” Asimov’s, August.
————, “Falling Into Eden,” SF Age, September.
————& James Sarafin, “One Good Juror,” Asimov’s, February.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Loop,” Aboriginal SF, Winter.
————, “Stomping Mad,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
Michelle Sagara, “The Sword in the Stone,” Alternate Tyrants.
William Sanders, “Words and Music,” Asimov’s, July.
James Sarafin, “In the Furnace of the Night,” Asimov’s, May.
Robert J. Sawyer, “Forever,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
Darrell Schweitzer, “Refugees from an Imaginary Country,” Interzone, February.
Charles Sheffield, “Waiting for the Riddlers,” Analog, March.
Rick Shelley, “Safari,” Analog, July/August.
Tom Shippey, “The Low Road,” Destination Unknown.
Robert Silverberg, “Call Me Titan,” Asimov’s, February.
————, “The Church at Monte Saturno,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
————, “Crossing into the Empire,” Beyond Imagination.
————, “On the Inside,” SF Age, November.
Midori Snyder, “The Reverend’s Wife,” Black Swan, White Raven.
Bud Sparhawk, “Fierce Embrace,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
Brian Stableford, “The Black Blood of the Dead,” Interzone, January–February.
————, “Coming to Terms with the Great Plague,” Omni Online, December.
————, “Community Service,” Terra Incognita 2.
————, “The Cult of Selene,” Albedo One # 14.
————, “Inside Out,” Asimov’s, March.
————, “In the Flesh,” Future Histories.
————, “Verstehe,” Odyssey #0.
Allen Steele, “ … Where Angels Fear to Tread,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Andrew Stephenson, “The Pact,” New Worlds.
Alex Stewart, “Second Chances,” Decalog 4: Re: Generations.
Sue Storm, “Ashes to Bones, All Fall Down,” Space & Time #87.
————, “In the Elephant’s Graveyard, Where Space Dances with Time,” Terra Incognita 2.
Dirk Strasser, “The Dark Under the Skin,” Eidolon 25/26.
Beverly Suarez-Beard, “Silver Apples,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
Lucy Sussex, “Merlusine,” The Horns of Elfland.
Michael Swanwick, “Mother Grasshopper,” A Geography of Unknown Lands.
and Jack Dann, “Ships,” Lethal Kisses.
B. J. Thrower, “Noodle You, Noodle Me,” Asimov’s, December.
Mark W. Tiedemann, “Broca’s Choice,” SF Age, May.
————, “Rust Castles,” Asimov’s, April.
Tom Traub, “Dr. Max Gets His Questions Asked,” Spec-Lit #1.
Harry Turtledove, “The Seventh Chapter,” F&SF, September.
Lisa Tuttle, “The Extra Hour,” Destination Unknown.
————, “Soul Song,” Interzone, May,
Steven Utley, “Once More, with Feeling,” Dying For It.
D. G. Valdron, “Write Me,” Interzone, October.
Susan Wade, “A Recent Vintage,” F&SF, May.
Cynthia Ward, “On the Last Day of School,” Asimov’s, May.
Ian Watson, “The China Cottage,” Destination Unknown.
————, “A Day Without Dad,” New Worlds.
————, “Secrets,” Interzone, October.
Don Webb, “Paradise Lost,” Space & Time #87.
Janeen Webb and Jack Dann, “Niagara Falling,” Black Mist.
Elizabeth E. Wein, “The Bellcaster’s Apprentice,” The Horns of Elfland.
Sam Weller, “Chief,” Spec-Lit #1.
Martha Wells, “Bad Medicine,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
K. D. Wentworth, “Another Country,” Dying For It.
————, “In the Land of the Bears,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
Michelle Sagara West, “Flight,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
Leslie What, “Beside the Well,” Bending the Landscape.
————, “A Dark Fire, Burning from Within,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
————, “Smelling of Earth, Dreaming of Sky,” Asimov’s, September.
Deborah Wheeler, “Mother Africa,” Asimov’s, June.
Rick Wilber, “Where Garagiola Waits,” F&SF, April.
Liz Williams, “A Child of the Dead,” Interzone, September.
Sean Williams, “Love and Mandarins,” Eidolon 25/26.
————, “White Christmas,” Aboriginal SF, Winter.
Jack Williamson, “The Firefly Tree,” SF Age, May.
Connie Willis, “Newsletter,” Asimov’s, December.
Terri Windling, “The Color of Angels,” The Horns of Elfland.
Gene Wolfe, “Flash Company,” The Horns of Elfland.
————, “No Planets Strike,” F&SF, January.
————, “Petting Zoo,” Return of the Dinosaurs.
John C. Wright, “Guest Law,” Asimov’s, July.
William F. Wu, “Kwan Tingui,” Free Space.
————, “Nanoships,” Absolute Magnitude, Spring.
Jane Yolen, “Godmother Death,” Black Swan, White Raven.
————, “Fallen Angel,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
Timothy Zahn, “Starsong,” Analog, July/August.