Honorable Mentions: 2005
Brian W. Aldiss, “Pipeline,” Asimov’s, September.
Lee Allred, “East of Appomattox,” Alternate Generals III.
Poul Anderson, “The Newcomers,” The Enchanter Completed.
Lou Antonelli, “A Rocket for the Republic,” Asimov’s, September.
——, “The Cast-Iron Dybbuk,” Andromeda Spaceways, June/July.
——, “Dialogue,” RevolutionSF, November.
Catherine Asaro, “The City of Cries,” Down These Dark Spaceways.
Neal Asher, “Acephalous Dreams,” Adventure.
——, “Garp and Geronamid,” Interzone, July/August.
——, “Mason’s Rats,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Kage Baker, “Bad Machine,” Asimov’s, June.
——, “The Two Old Women,” Asimov’s, February.
——, “The Unfortunate Gytt,” Adventure.
Cherith Baldry, “The Diamond Star,” Oceans of the Mind, Fall.
Barry Baldwin, “Paris Is Burning,” Adventure.
John Barnes, “The Diversification of Its Fancy,” Analog, November.
Laird Barron, “The Imago Sequence,” F&SF, May.
——, “Parallax,” SCI FICTION, 9/7.
——, “Proboscis,” F&SF, February.
William Barton, “Dark of the Sun,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “Harvest Moon,” Asimov’s, September.
Stephen Baxter, “A Signal From Earth,” Postscripts 5.
——, “Climbing the Blue,” Analog, July/August.
——, “Lakes of Light,” Constellations.
——, “The TimePit,” Analog, October.
——, “Under Martian Ice,” Nature, 10 February.
Peter S. Beagle, “Two Hearts,” F&SF, October/November.
Elizabeth Bear, “And the Deep Blue Sea,” SCI FICTION, 5/4.
——, “Botticelli,” The Agony Column.
——, “Follow Me Light,” SCI FICTION, 1/12.
——, “Long Cold Day,” SCI FICTION, 9/21.
——, “One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King,” Lenox Avenue, March/April.
——, “Wax,” Interzone, December.
Greg Bear, “RAM Shift Phase 2,” Nature, 15 December.
Chris Beckett, “The Perimeter,” Asimov’s, December.
Gregory Benford, “A Life with a Semisent,” Nature, 12 May.
——, “Beyond Pluto,” Cosmic Tales.
——, “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” Cosmos, September.
——, “On the Brane,” Gateways.
——, “The Pain Gun,” Analog, July/August.
Lucy Bergman, “Damned If You Don’t,” Nature, 16 June.
Beth Bernobich, “Watercolors in the Rain,” Fictitious Force.
Michael Bishop, “Bears Discover Smut,” SCI FICTION, 10/26.
Terry Bisson, “Billy and the Ants,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “Special Relativity,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
——, “Super 8,” SCI FICTION, 11/24.
Leah Bobet, “Bliss,” On Spec, Winter 04/05.
Richard Bowes, “There’s a Hole in the City,” SCI FICTION, 6/15.
Scott Bradfield, “Angry Duck,” F&SF, July.
David Brin, “Mars Opposition,” Analog, January/February.
Keith Brooke, “A Different Sky,” Constellations.
Eric Brown, “A Heritage of Stars,” Constellations.
——, “The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne,” PS Publishing.
——, “Life Beyond,” Postscripts 4.
——, “Six Weeks in a Balloon,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
Chris Bunch, “Gun, Not for Dinosaur,” The Enchanter Completed.
——, “Murdering Uncle Ho,” Alternate Generals III.
Pat Cadigan, “Is There Life After Rehab?” SCI FICTION.
Lillian Stewart Carl, “Over the Sea to Skye,” Alternate Generals III.
Scott William Carter, “A Christmas in Amber,” Analog, December.
Sally Carteret, “Nine Electric Flowers,” Polyphony 5.
Jay Caselberg, “Sunset,” Interzone, July/August.
Paul Chafe, “Botany Bay,” Cosmic Tales.
Suzy McKee Charnas, “Heavy Lifting,” SCI FICTION, 7/06.
Robert R. Chase, “Endeavor,” Analog, July/August.
Ted Chiang, “What’s Expected of Us,” Nature, 7 July.
Brenda Clough, “Indiana Wants Me,” Future Washington.
Deborah Coates, “Magic in a Certain Slant of Light,” Strange Horizons, 3/21.
Michael Cobley, “The Intrigue of the Battered Box,” Nova Scotia.
David B. Coe, “The Christmas Count,” SCI FICTION, 7/27.
Albert E. Cowdrey, “The Amulet,” F&SF, March.
——, “The Housewarming,” F&SF, September.
——, “Twilight States,” F&SF, July.
Ian Creasey, “The Lonesome Cosmogonist,” Challenging Destiny, May.
Peter Crowther, “Cliff Rhodes and The Most Important Journey,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
Jack Dann, “Dharma Bums,” Postscripts 4.
——, “Dreaming with the Angels,” Postscripts 3.
——, “Promised Land,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
Rjurik Davidson, “Passing of the Minotaurs,” SCI FICTION, 4/20.
Stephen Dedman, “Static Song,” Andromeda Spaceways, April/May.
Jack Deighton, “Dusk,” Nova Scotia.
A. M. Dellamonica, “A Key to the Illuminated Heretic,” Alternate Generals III.
——, “The Spear Carrier,” SCI FICTION, 3/9.
Paul Di Filippo, “Daydream Nation,” Cosmos, October.
——, “The Emperor of Gondwanaland,” Interzone, January/Febuary.
——, “Harsh Oases,” Interzone, December.
——, “The Mysterious Iowans,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
——, “The Secret Sutras of Sally Strumpet,” F&SF, April.
Thomas M. Disch, “The Wall of America,” F&SF, March.
Cory Doctorow, “Human Readable,” Future Washington.
——, “I, Robot,” Infinite Matrix, 2/10.
Candas Jane Dorsey, “Mom and Mother Teresa,” Tesseracts Nine.
Gardner Dozois, “When the Great Days Came,” F&SF, December.
David Drake, “A Death in Peacetime,” Oceans of the Mind, Spring.
L. Timmel Duchamp, “Memory Work,” Asimov’s, October/November.
——, “The Red Rose Rages (Bleeding),” Aqueduct.
Hal Duncan, “The Chiaroscurist,” Electric Velocipede, Fall.
Christopher East, “Bastogne V.9,” Interzone, May/June.
Greg Van Eekhout, “Authorwerx,” Amazing, February.
Carol Emshwiller, “I Live in Your House,” F&SF, March.
James Enge, “Turn Up This Crooked Way,” Black Gate, Summer.
Steven Erikson, “The Devil Delivered,” PS Publishing.
——, “Fishin’ with Grandma Matchie,” PS Publishing.
Gregory Feeley, “Fancy Bread,” TEL: Stories.
Andrew C. Ferguson, “Sophie and the Sacred Fluids,” Nova Scotia.
Charles Coleman Finlay, “Love and the Wayward Troll,” F&SF, March.
——, “The Moon is Always Full,” Strange Horizons, 31 October.
——, “Moons Like Great White Whales,” Strange Horizons, 2/28.
——, “The Nursemaid’s Suitor,” Black Gate, Summer.
——, “Of Silence and the Man at Arms,” F&SF, June.
Mark Finn, “The Bridge of Teeth,” Adventure.
Jim Fiscus, “The Road to Endless Sleep,” Alternate Generals III.
Karen Fishler, “Stones in Winter,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
Michael F. Flynn, “The Ensorcelled ATM,” The Enchanter Completed.
Jeffrey Ford, “A Man of Light,” SCI FICTION, 1/26.
——, “Boatman’s Holiday,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “The Cosmology of the Wider World,” PS Publishing.
——, “Holt,” Flytrap 4.
——, “In the House of Four Seasons,” Fantasy Magazine.
——, “The Scribble Mind,” SCI FICTION, 5/25.
Pat Forde, “Omphalos,” Tesseracts Nine.
Alan Dean Foster, “The Last Akialoa,” F&SF, December.
Eugie Foster, “The Bunny of Vengeance and the Bear of Death,” Fantasy Magazine.
Andrew Fox, “The Man Who Would Be King,” SCI FICTION, 11/30.
Carl Frederick, “Prayer for a Dead Paramecium,” Analog, July/August.
David Freer & Eric Flint, “Genie Out of the Bottle,” Cosmic Tales.
Peter Friend, “The Real Deal,” Asimov’s, July.
Esther M. Friesner, “The Beau and the Beast,” F&SF, March.
——, “The Fraud,” Asimov’s, February.
——, “Helen Remembers the Stork Club,” F&SF, October/November.
Gregory Frost, “The Road to Recovery,” Attack of the Jazz Giants.
——, “Upon Stepping From the Shower,” Amazon Shorts, Aug. 19.
Neil Gaiman, “Sunbird,” Noisy Outlaws …
R. Garcia y Robertson, “Oxygen Rising,” Asimov’s, February.
——, “Queen of the Balts,” F&SF, February.
Henry Gee, “Are We Not Men?,” Nature, 30 June.
David Gerrold, “A Quantum Bit Exists in Two States Simultaneously: Off,” F&SF, September.
——, “A Quantum Bit Exists in Two States Simultaneously: On,” F&SF, September.
——, “Chester,” F&SF, June.
——, “The Diamond Sky,” Hal’s Worlds.
Craig Laurance Gidney, “The Safety of Thorns,” Say … 5.
Laura Anne Gilman, “End of Day,” Aeon Four.
D. G. K. Goldberg, “A Love for All Time,” Polyphony 5.
Theodora Goss, “A Statement in the Case,” Realms of Fantasy, August.
——, “The Belt,” Flytrap 4.
——, “Death Comes for Ervina,” Polyphony 5.
——, “Pip and the Fairies,” Strange Horizons, 10/3.
Steven Gould & Rory Harper, “Leonardo’s Hands,” RevolutionSF, July.
Gavin J. Grant, “Heads Down, Thumbs Up,” SCI FICTION, 4/27.
John Grant, “The Hard Stuff,” Nova Scotia.
Dominic Green, “The Lost World,” BBC Cult site.
Roland J. Green, “It Isn’t Every Day of the Week,” Alternate Generals III.
Colin Greenland, “Kings,” Constellations.
Jim Grimsley, “The 120 Hours of Sodom,” Asimov’s, February.
Daniel Grotta, “RAW,” Asimov’s, July.
Joe Haldeman, “Civil Disobedience,” Future Washington.
——, “Diminished Chord,” Renaissance Faire.
——, “Foreclosure,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “Heartwired,” Nature, 24 March.
Peter F: Hamilton, “The Forever Kitten,” Nature, 28 July.
Larry Hammer, “Paul Bunyan and the Photocopier,” Say … 5.
Elizabeth Hand, “Calypso in Berlin,” SCI FICTION, 7/13.
——, “Echo,” F&SF, October/November.
John G. Hemry, “Working on Borrowed Time,” Analog, June.
Howard V. Hendrix, “The Self-Healing Sky,” Aeon Two.
——, “Waiting for Citizen Godel,” Aeon Five.
David Herter, “black and green and gold,” Postscripts 3.
Joe Hill, “Best New Horror,” Postscripts 3.
——, “Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead,” Postscripts 5.
M. K. Hobson, “Hell Notes,” SCI FICTION, 219.
James P. Hogan, “The Tree of Dreams,” Cosmic Tales.
Nalo Hopkinson, “Men Sell Not Such in Any Town,” Nature, 15 September.
Nick Hornby, “Small Country,” Noisy Outlaws
Robert J. Howe, “Do Neanderthals Know?” Analog, December.
——, “Entropy’s Girlfriend,” Analog, October.
Matthew Hughes, “The Devil You Don’t,” Asimov’s, March.
——, “Finding Sajessarian,” F&SF, April.
——, “The Gist Hunter,” F&SF, June.
——, “Go Tell the Phoenicians,” Interzone, May/June.
——, “Help Wonted,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “Inner Huff,” F&SF, February.
——, “Thwarting Jabbi Gloond,” F&SF, August.
Gavin Inglis, “Pisces Ya Bas,” Nova Scotia.
Alex Irvine, “The Golems of Detroit,” F&SF, May.
——, “The Lorelei,” F&SF, January.
Matt Jarpe, “City of Reason,” Asimov’s, January.
Michael J. Jasper & Greg van Eekhout, “California King,” Asimov’s, April/May.
Phillip C. Jennings, “Back to Moab,” Asimov’s, October/November.
——, “Invasion of the Axbeaks,” Asimov’s, January.
Daniel Kaysen, “The Jenna Set,” Strange Horizons, 3/14.
James Patrick Kelly, “The Edge of Nowhere,” Asimov’s, June.
David Kewin, “Museum Beetles, Abyss & Apex, 15.
Simon Kewin, “Museum Beetles,” Abyss & Apex, October.
Caitliln R. Kiernan, “Faces in Revolving Souls,” Outsiders.
Damian Kilby, “Earthtime,” Asimov’s, December.
Garry Kilworth, “Murders in the White Garden,” Postscripts 3.
Ellen Klages, “Guys Day Out,” SCI FICTION, 4/13.
Judy Klass, “Boywave,” Tales of the Unanticipated 26.
Ted Kosmatka, “The God Engine,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Bill Kte’pi, “The Kingfish and the Tunguska Machine,” Fortean Bureau, June.
Michael Kurland, “Four Hundred Slaves,” Adventure.
Marc Laidlaw, “Jane,” SCI FICTION, 2/16.
——. “Sweetmeats,” F&SF, June.
Douglas Lain, “A Coffee Cup/Alien Invasion Story,” Strange Horizons, June.
Jay Lake, “Alien Dreams,” RevolutionSF, November.
——, “Dark Flowers, Inverse Moon,” Asimov’s, October/November.
——, “Fat Jack and the Spider Clown,” Black Gate, Summer.
——, “The Four Clowns of the Apocalypse,” Lone Star Stories, October.
——, “Green,” Aeon Five.
——, “The Hangman Isn’t Hanging,” Lone Star Stories, June.
——, “The Lizard of Ooze,” Flytrap 4.
——, “Many-splendored,” Andromeda Spaceways, June/July.
——, “Martyrs’ Carnival,” Asimov’s, June.
——& Ruth Nestvold, “The Rivers of Eden,” Futurismic.
Alexander Lamb, “Ithrulene,” Polyphony 5.
Geoffrey A. Landis, “Betting on Eureka,” Asimov’s, October/November.
David Langford, “New Hope for the Dead,” Nature, 5/26.
Jaye Lawrence, “Fallen Idols,” F&SF, October/November.
Chris Lawson, “Countless Screaming Argonauts,” Realms of Fantasy, August.
Tanith Lee, “En Foret Noire,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
——, “UOUS,” The Fair Folk.
Yoon Ha Lee, “The Sun’s Kiss,” Ideomancer, September.
Edward M. Lerner, “The Day of the RFIDs,” Future Washington.
David D. Levine, “A Book is a Journey,” Tales of the Unanticipated 26.
——, “Circle of Compassion,” Gateways.
——, “The Ecology of Fairie,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
——, “Tk’tk’tk,” Asimov’s, March.
Roger Levy, “No Cure for Love,” Constellations.
Michael Libling, “The Gospel of Hate,” F&SF, April.
Megan Lindholm, “Grace Notes,” The Fair Folk.
Samantha Ling, “Waking Chang-Er,” Asimov’s, July.
Kelly Link, “Magic For Beginners,” F&SF, September.
——, “Monster,” Noisy Outlaws
James Lovegrove, “The Meteor Party,” Constellations.
Richard A. Lovett, “A Few Good Men,” Analog, January/February.
——, “Tomorrow’s Strawberries,” Analog, May.
——& Mark Niemann-Russ, “Netpuppets,” Analog, June.
Scott Mackay, “Threshold of Perception,” Interzone, March/April.
Ken Macleod, “Undead Again,” Nature, 17 February.
Bruce McAllister, “Hero, The Movie,” F&SF, July.
——, “Mary,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, XV.
——, “Spell,” F&SF, August.
——, “Stu,” SCI FICTION, 11/23.
——, “Water Angel,” Asimov’s, January.
Paul McAuley, “Meat,” Nature, 5 May.
——, “Rats of the System,” Constellations.
Wil McCarthy, “The Policeman’s Daughter,” Analog, June.
——, “They Will Raise You in a Box,” Asimov’s, April/May.
John G. McDaid, “Keyboard Practice, Consisting of an Aria with Diverse Variations for the Harpsichord with Two Manuals,” F&SF, January.
Jack McDevitt, “The Big Downtown,” Down These Dark Spaceways.
——, “Ignition,” Future Washington.
Ian McDonald, “Written in the Stars,” Constellations.
Sandra McDonald, “Papa and the Sea,” Andromeda Spaceways, June/July.
A. J. Mclntosh, “Not Wisely But Too Well,” Nova Scotia.
Will McIntosh, “Soft Apocalypse,” Interzone, October.
Vonda N. McIntyre, “A Modest Proposal … ,” Nature, 3 March.
Patricia A. McKillip, “The Kelpie,” The Fair Folk.
Elisabeth Malartre, “Looking for Mr. Goodbug,” Nature, 9 June.
Barry N. Malzberg & Paul Di Filippo, “Beyond Mao,” Postscripts 4.
——& Jack Dann, “The Starry Night,” SCI FICTION, 6/22.
Louise Marley, “Diamond Girls,” SCI FICTION, 6/8.
Paul E. Martens, “Piper,” Tales of the Unanticipated 26.
Steve Martinez, “Out of the Box,” Asimov’s, October/November.
John Meaney, “Lost Time,” Adventure.
William Meikle, “Total Mental Quality, By the Way,” Nova Scotia.
Paul Melko, “The Summer of the Seven,” Asimov’s, August.
Sean Mellican, “Gears Grind Down,” Lady Churchill’s, 16.
Paul Meloy, “Dying in the Arms of Jean Harlow,” Third Alternative.
Anil Menon, “Archipelago,” Strange Horizons, 4/25.
Robert A. Metzger, “Polyhedrons,” Asimov’s, February.
Eugene Mirabeli, “The Woman in Schrodinger’s Wave Equation,” F&SF, August.
Steven Mohan, Jr., “The House of the Beata Virgo,” Interzone, July/August.
——, “Whale Falls,” Ideomancer, December.
Nancy Jane Moore, “Dusty Wings,” Polyphony 5.
John Morressy, “The Legend of the Whiney Man,” F&SF, June.
James Morrow, “The Second Coming of Charles Darwin,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
Richard Mueller, “Age of Miracles,” F&SF, September.
——, “Clipper’s Last Ride,” Asimov’s, July.
——, “Dutch,” F&SF, February.
Vera Nazarian, “The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass,” PS Publishing.
Ruth Nestvold, “Happily Ever Awhile,” Strange Horizons, 6/20.
——, “Rainmakers,” Asimov’s, June.
R. Neube, “Mall Warriors,” Oceans of the Mind, Fall.
——, “Organs R Us,” Asimov’s, March.
Kim Newman, “The Gypsies in the Wood,” The Fair Folk.
——, “The Serial Murders,” SCI FICTION, 10/5.
Larry Niven, “Breeding Maze,” Analog, September.
——, “Rhinemaidens,” Asimovs, January.
——, “The Slow Ones,” Analog, December.
——& Brenda Cooper, “Kath and Quicksilver,” Asimov’s, August.
Claudia O’Keefe, “Black Deer,” F&SF, April.
——, “Maze of Trees,” F&SF, August.
John Phillip Olson, “The Company Man,” Asimov’s, September.
Jerry Oltion, “The Best-Laid Plans,” Analog, September.
——, “Tainted,” Analog, May.
Susan Palwick, “The Fate of Mice,” Asimov’s, January.
Richard Parks, “Empty Places,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
——, “The Finer Points of Destruction,” Fantasy Magazine.
——, “Foxtails,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
——, “Lord Goji’s Wedding,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, XV.
Stefan Pearson, “The Bogle’s Bargain,” Nova Scotia.
Lawrence Person, “Master Lao and the Flying Horror,” Postscripts 4.
——, “Starving Africans,” Postscripts 3.
Ursula Pflug, “The Eyes of Horus,” The Nine Muses.
Brian Plante, “In the Loop,” Analog, July/August.
——, “Letters of Transit,” Analog, April.
Frederik Pohl, “Generations,” Asimov’s, September.
Tim Pratt, “Bottom Feeding,” Asimov’s, August.
——, “The Tyrant in Love,” Fantasy Magazine.
——& Greg Van Eekhout, “Robots and Falling Hearts,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
Sarah Prineas, “A Treatise on Fewmets,” Lone Star Stories, August.
Tom Purdom, “Bank Run,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Marguerite Reed, “Bearing Witness,” Strange Horizons, 11/14-11/21.
Robert Reed, “The Cure,” F&SF, December.
——, “Dallas: An Essay,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “Finished,” Asimov’s, September.
——, “From Above,” F&SF, February.
——, “Hidden Paradise,” SCI FICTION, 3/16.
——, “Man for the Job,” SCI FICTION, 11 /9.
——, “The New Deity,” F&SF, May.
——, “Poet Snow,” F&SF, June.
——, “Pure Vision,” F&SF, August.
——, “Think So?” F&SF, July.
Jessica Reisman, “Boy 12,” Interzone, December.
Mike Resnick, “The Burning Spear at Twilight,” Alternate Generals III.
——, “Down Memory Lane,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “Guardian Angel,” Down These Dark Spaceways.
——, “Island of Annoyed Souls,” Adventure.
——, “Me,” I, Alien.
Alastair Reynolds, “Feeling Rejected,” Nature, 22 September.
Carrie Richerson, “A Birth,” Asimov’s, August.
——, “A Game of Cards,” Aeon Four.
M. Rickert, “Anyway,” SCI FICTION, 8/31.
——, “The Harrowing,” F&SF, April.
Chris Roberson, “Prowl Unceasing,” Adventure.
——, “The Trouble with Superman,” Space Squid I.
Adam Roberts, “And Future King,” Postscripts 4.
——, “Hector Servadac, fils,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
——, “The Order of Things,” Constellations.
Kim Stanley Robinson, “Primate in Forest,” Future Washington.
——, “Prometheus Unbound,” Nature, 11 August.
Justina Robson, “The Adventurers’ League,” New ]ules Verne Adventures.
——, “Dreadnought,” Nature, 31 March.
——, “The Little Bear,” Constellations.
Benjamin Rosenbaum, “Falling,” Nature, 22 September.
Mary Rosenblum, “Green Shift,” Asimov’s, March.
——, “Gypsy Tail Wind,” F&SF, August.
——, “Hide and Seek,” Amazon Shorts, Aug 19.
Matthew Rossi, “Ghosts of Christmas,” Adventure.
Rudy Rucker, “Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch,” Interzone, October.
——, “The Man in the Back Room at the Country Club,” Infinite Matrix, 12/30.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Boz,” SCI FICTION, 12/21.
——, “Diving into the Wreck,” Asimov’s, December.
——, “The Injustice Collector,” I, Alien.
——, “Killing Time,” Asimov’s, July.
——, “Scrawny Pete,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
——, “Worlds Enough … and Time,” Gateways.
Geoff Ryman, “The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai,” F&SF, December.
William Sanders, “Acts,” I, Alien.
——, “Angel Kills,” Asimov’s, February.
——, “Not Fade Away,” Alternate Generals III.
Robert J. Sawyer, “Identity Theft,” Down These Dark Spaceways.
Eric Schaller, “Three Urban Folk Tales,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, XVI.
John Schoffstall, “Adventures in Dog-Walking in Downtown Philadelphia,” Strange Horizons , 11/7.
Ken Scholes, “The Man with Great Despair Behind His Eyes,” Talebones, Winter.
Carter Scholz, “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” F&SF, September.
Mike Schultz, “Old As Books,” F&SF, July
David J. Schwartz, “A Whole Man,” Talebones, Summer.
Lori Selke, “The Dodo Factory,” Asimov’s, March.
Katherine Shaffer & Jim C. Hines, “OM+,” Oceans of the Mind, Fall.
Nisi Shawl, “Cruel Sister,” Asimov’s, October/November.
——, “Matched,” Infinite Matrix, 5/23.
Robert Sheckley, “Reborn Again,” Infinite Matrix, 1/8.
——, “The Two Sheckleys,” Gateways.
Lucius Shepard, “Abimaqique,” SCI FICTION.
——, “The Emperor,” SCI FICTION, 12/14.
——, “The Velt,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
Delia Sherman, “Walpurgis Afternoon,” F&SF, December.
Gary W. Shockley, “Late Show,” F&SF, March.
Vandana Singh, “The Tetrahedron,” InterNova.
Jack Skillingstead, “Bean There,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “Overlay,” Asimov’s, October/November.
——, “The Tree,” On Spec, Fall.
Bud Sparhawk, “Bright Red Star,” Asimov’s, March.
Cat Sparks, “Macchiato Lane,” Ticonderogaonline, September.
Norman Spinrad, “A Man of the Theatre,’ Nature, 10 March.
Gale Sproule, “Jimmy and the Cat,” Amazing, January.
Brian Stableford, “Jehan Thun’s Quest,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
Jason Staunchfield, “Gypsy Wings,” Aeon Five.
Allen M. Steele, “An Incident at the Luncheon of the Boating Party,” F&SF, December.
Bruce Sterling, “The Denial,” F&SF, September.
——, “Ivory Tower,” Nature, 7 April.
Renee Stern, “Fire and Ice,” Aeon Five.
Ian Stewart, “Play It Again, Psam,” Nature, 3 February.
S. M. Stirling, “The Apotheosis of Martin Padway,” The Enchanter Completed.
Jason Stoddard, “Changing the Tune,” Futurismic.
——, “Exception,” Strange Horizons, 9/12-9/19.
——, “Panacea,” SCI FICTION, 9/14.
——, “Saving Mars,” Interzone, October.
——, “Winning Mars,” Interzone, January/Febuary.
Charles Stross, “MAXO Signals,” Nature, 25 August.
——, “Remade,” Cosmos, August.
——, “Snowball’s Chance,” Nova Scotia.
Jerome Stueart, “Lemmings in the Third Year,” Tesseracts Nine.
Jonathan Sullivan, “Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dragon,” Strange Horizons, 7/18-7/25.
Lucy Sussex, “Matricide,” SCI FICTION, 2/2.
Michael Swanwick, “Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play,” Asimov’s, July.
Sonya Taaffe, “On the Blindside,” Flytrap 4.
——, “White Shadows,” Say … 5
Judith Tarr, “Measureless to Man,” Alternate Generals III,
——, “Penthesilia,” The Enchanter Completed.
John Alfred Taylor, “Striders,” Oceans of the Mind, Summer.
E. Thomas, “Buddha’s Fall,” Fortean Bureau, Fall.
——, “Fire and Ash,” On Spec.
——, “The Tinker’s Child,” Aeon Four.
Robert Thurston, “I.D.I.D,” F&SF, May.
Lavie Tidhar, “The Dope Fiend,” SCI FICTION, 12/28.
Mark W. Tiedemann, “Hard Time,” Electric Velocipede, Fall.
Lois Tilton, “Pericles the Tyrant,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Shane Tourtellotte, “Footsteps,” Analog, May.
Harry Turtledove, “The Haunted Bicuspid,” The Enchanter Completed.
——, “He Woke in Darkness,” Asimov’s, August.
——, “Shock and Awe,” Alternate Generals III.
Steven Utley, “Promised Land,” F&SF, July.
——, “Silv’ry Moon,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “The Wave-Function Collapse,” Asimov’s, March.
Rajnar Vajra, “Of Kings, Queens, and Angels,” Analog, July/August.
Jeff VanderMeer, “The Farmer’s Cat,” Polyphony 5.
Mark L. Van Name, “Bring Out the Ugly,” Cosmic Tales.
James Van Pelt, “The Ice-Cream Man,” Asimov’s, June.
——, “The Inn at Mount Either,” Analog, May.
——, “One Day, in the Middle of the Night,” Talesbones, Summer.
Sydney J. Van Scyoc, “Poppies by Moonlight,” F&SF, December.
Carrie Vaughn, “Danae at Sea,” TEL: Stories.
Edd Vick, “The Compass,” Asimov’s, July.
——, “Parachute Kid,” Asimov’s, February.
Elisabeth Vonarburg, “See Kathryn Runn,” Tesseracts Nine.
Ray Vukcevich, “Tongues,” Polyphony 5.
Richard Wadholm, “The Hottest Night of the Summer,” Polyphony 5.
Howard Waldrop, “The Bravest Girl I Ever Knew,” Kong Unbound.
——, “The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode In On),” SCI FICTION, 11/2.
——, “The King of Where I Go,” SCI FICTION, 12/7.
John Waters, “Bright Waters,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, 17.
Ian Watson, “Lover of Statues,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “The Navigator’s Children,” Constellations.
Catherine Wells, “Point of Origin,” Asimov’s, August.
K. D. Wentworth, “Born-Again,” F&SF, May.
Leslie What, “Dead Men on Vacation,” Asimov’s, February.
Liz Williams, “Black Thorn and Nettles,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
——, “A Shadow on the Land,” Asimov’s, August.
——, “Ikiyoh,” Asimov’s, December.
——, “Mortegarde,” Realms of Fantasy, December.
——, “Serpent’s Tooth,” Electric Velocipede, Spring.
——, “The Shoal,” New Jules Verne Adventures.
Walter Jon Williams, “Solidarity,” Asimov’s, April/May.
——, “The Stickpin,” Amazon Shorts, August 19.
Neil Williamson, “The Bunnie and the Bonobo,” Nova Scotia.
Connie Willis, “Inside Job,” Asimov’s, January.
Robert Charles Wilson, “The Affinities,” Nature, 28 April.
Gene Wolfe, “The Card,” Asimov’s, February.
——, “The Gunner’s Mate,” F&SF, October/November.
——, “The Vampire Kiss,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
Jane Yolen, “A Knot of Toads,” Nova Scotia.
——& Midori Snyder, “Except the Queen,” The Fair Folk.
Jim Young, “The Pitiless Stars,” F&SF, July.