honourable mentions

Alexa, Camille. “And All Its Truths,” Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm

Alexa, Camille. “Over a Narrow Sea,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Alexa, Camille. “Things from Things,” Fearology

Alexa, Camille. “Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets,” ChiZine.com, April 2011

Anderson, Colleen. “Darkside,” ChiZine.com, April 2011

Anderson, Colleen. “Shadow Realms,” Witches & Pagans #23

Armstrong, Kelley. “Rakshasi,” The Monster’s Corner

Ashby, Madeline. “I Hope You Know This Is Going On Your Permanent Record,” The Reputation Society

Bobet, Leah. “Stay,” Chilling Tales

Beynon, David. “Symbiosis,” Evolve Two

Boorman, Kate. “The Memory Junkies,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Braun, Shen. “Costumes,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Brown, Leslie. “Incursion,” Jack-O-Spec

Brown, Leslie. “The Slow Plague,” Doomology: The Dawning of Disasters

Chen, E.L. “A Safety of Crowds,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Chiykowski, Peter. “Then Cried Arthur,” Fantastique Unfettered #2, May 2011

Chiykowski, Peter. “Transverse Love,” On Spec, Spring 2011

Church, Suzanne. “The Needle’s Eye,” Chilling Tales

Doctorow, Cory. “Another Place, Another Time,” The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

Doctorow, Cory. “The Brave Little Toaster,” TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction

Doctorow, Cory. “Shannon’s Law,” Welcome to Bordertown

El-Mohtar, Amal. “In Search of a North Countrie,” Apex #29

El-Mohtar, Amal. “Pieces,” Stone Telling #4

El-Mohtar, Amal. “The Singing Fish,” The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

El-Mohtar, Amal. “To Follow the Waves,” Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories

Files, Gemma. “The Shrines,” Chilling Tales

Fletcher, Michael R. “Artificial Stupidity,” On Spec, Summer 2011

Forest, Susan. “Turning It Off,” Analog, December 2011

Goto, Hiromi. “What Isn’t Remembered,” Nature, November 2011

Graham, Neile. “Nightfall on Orkney: A Glosa,” Goblin Fruit, Winter 2011

Graham, Neile. “Westron Wind,” Goblin Fruit, Fall 2011

Grant, Glenn. “Flowers of Avalon,” Burning Days

Hannett, Lisa L. “The Short Go: A Future in Eight Seconds,” Bluegrass Symphony

Hannett, Lisa L. “To Snuff a Flame,” Bluegrass Symphony

Hayward, Brent. “The Vassal,” The Fecund’s Melancholy Daughter, limited hardcover edition

Hoffmann, Ada. “Harmony Amid the Stars,” Future Lovecraft

Hoffmann, Ada. “Jenny’s House,” One Buck Horror, Volume 1

Hughes, Matthew. “Not a Problem,” Welcome to the Greenhouse

Hughes, Matthew. “So Loved,” Postscripts 24/25: The New and Perfect Man

Janz, Kristin. “The Shoemaker’s Daughter,” Mystic Signals, May 2011

Janz, Kristin. “Sons of God, Daughters of Men,” Strange, Weird, & Wonderful, Spring 2011

Jim, Calvin D. “Travelling a Corpse Over a Thousand Li,” Rigor Amortis

Keeling, Ian Donald. “Broken,” Ideomancer, Volume 10, Issue 3

Kelly, Michael. “Conversations with the Dead,” Postscripts 26/27: Unfit for Eden

Kelly, Michael. “A Crack in the Ceiling of the World,” Postscripts 24/25: The New and Perfect Man

Kotowych, Stephen. “Under the Shield,” Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 24

Kress, Adrienne. “The Clockwork Corset,” Corsets & Clockwork

Künsken, Derek. “The Gifts of Li Tzu-Ch’eng,” Black Gate Fantasy Magazine, Issue 15

Lalumière, Claude. “The Weirdo Adventures of Steve Rand,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Marshall, Helen. “The Oak Girl,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Marshall, Helen. “Skeleton Leaves,” Skeleton Leaves

Marshall, Helen. “Skin,” Future Lovecraft

Marshall, Helen. “Strict Nominalism,” ChiZine.com

Matheson, Michael. “Rubedo, an Alchemy of Madness,” Future Lovecraft

Meikle, William. “Out with the Old,” Evolve Two

Meikle, William. “The Young Lochinvar,” The Mothman Files

Meikle, William. “The Unfinished Basement,” Dead but Dreaming 2

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. “The Doppelgangers,” Manchester Fiction Prize website

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. “Scales as Pale as Moonlight,” Carter V. Cooper Anthology

Nicholson, Katrina. “A+ Brain,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Pawlowski, Owen. “The Grandmother Tree,” Neo-Opsis, Issue 20

Pi, Tony. “Brine Magic,” When the Hero Comes Home

Pierluigi, Gary. “Praising Heathen Carrion,” On Spec, Fall 2011

Pierluigi, Gary. “To a Theatre Near You,” On Spec, Fall 2011

Rayner, Mark A. “Jesussic Park,” Hobo Pancakes

Ridler, Jason S. “Blood That Burns So Bright,” Evolve Two

Riedel, Kate. “Collateral Damage,” Realms of Fantasy

Rimar, Mike. “My Name Is Tommy,” Tesseracts Fifteen

Roden, Barbara. “404,” Chilling Tales

Rogers, Ian. “Black-Eyed Kids,” Black-Eyed Kids

Rogers, Ian. “My Body,” Chilling Tales

Rollo, Gord. “On Fine Feathered Wings,” Fell Beasts

Rowe, Michael. “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,” Enter, Night

Sellers, Peter. “Toothless,” Evolve Two

Sol, Adam. “Dwarf,” Arc Poetry Magazine 66/The New Quarterly 119

Strantzas, Simon. “The Deafening Sound of Slumber,” Chilling Tales

Strantzas, Simon. “An Indelible Stain Upon the Sky,” Nightingale Songs

Strantzas, Simon. “Mr. Kneale,” Nightingale Songs

Wickham, Sandra. “I Can’t Imagine,” Crossed Genres, April 2011

Wise, A.C. “Still Life,” Daily Science Fiction

Wise, A.C. “The Thief of Precious Things,” Bewere the Night

Wise, A.C. “Venice Burning,” Future Lovecraft

Worth, Liz. “Flattening,” Amphetamine Heart

Worth, Liz. “Inner Escape,” Amphetamine Heart

Worth, Liz. “Jackal,” Amphetamine Heart

Youers, Rio. “Chrysalis,” Dark Dreams, Pale Horses

Youers, Rio. “Promised Land Blues,” Dark Dreams, Pale Horses

Yuan-Innes, Melissa. “The Sinews of His Heart,” Bewere the Night