The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven

The 11th volume in this much lauded series with incisive and genre-defining stories chosen my multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan.

The internationally-acclaimed ‘Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year’ series moves into its second decade with the very best science fiction and fantasy from around the world. Hard science fiction, space opera, epic fantasy, dystopia, alternate history, swords and sorcery - you can find it all in the more than two dozen stories carefully chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan to give readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer.

Previous volumes have included stories from Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Joe Abercrombie, Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Jeffrey Ford, Margo Lanagan, Bruce Sterling, Adam Robets, Ellen Klages, and many many more.

Praise for the series:

“a must-read for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and short stories in general” - Booklist

“Best in this context is more than its constituent parts, it's a demonstration of all that can be found: diversity of voice, subject and form; balance between new and established voices; work from a good range of original sources... Books as good as this should be of interest to any admirer of short fiction, regardless of genre.' The Guardian

”...a provocative anthology that will satisfy readers looking for fresh, contemporary work that stretches both SF and fantasy boundaries”  Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Contents:

• “Two’s Company”, Joe Abercrombie (Sharp Ends)
• “The Art of Space Travel”, Nina Allan (Tor.com)
• “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit wood)
• “Mika Model”, Paolo Bacigalupi (Slate)
• “A Salvaging of Ghosts”, Aliette de Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 01/03/16)
• “Laws of Night and Silk”, Seth Dickinson (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 26 May 2016)
• “Touring with the Alien”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld 115, 4/16)
• “Red as Blood and White as Bone”, Theodora Goss (Tor.com)
• “Even the Crumbs Were Delicious”, Daryl Gregory (The Starlit Wood)
• “Number Nine Moon”, Alex Irvine (F&SF, 1/16)
• “Red Dirt Witch”, N.K. Jemisin (Fantasy/PoC Destroy Fantasy)
• “Whisper Road (Murder Ballad No. 9)”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Sirenia Digest 125, 7/16)
• “Successor, Usurper, Replacement”, Alice Sola Kim (Buzzfeed, 10/26/16)
• “You Make Pattaya”, Rich Larson (Interzone 247)
• “Foxfire Foxfire”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March 2016)
• “Seven Birthdays”, Ken Liu (Bridging Infinity)
• “The Visitor from Taured”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov’s, 9/16)
• “Elves of Antarctica”, Paul McAuley (Drowned Worlds)
• “Things with Beards”, Sam J Miller (Clarkesworld 117, 6/16)
• “Spinning Silver”, Naomi Novik (The Starlit Wood)
• “Those Shadows Laugh”, Geoff Ryman (F&SF, 9-10/16)
• “The Great Detective”, Delia Sherman (Tor.com)
• “Terminal”, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com, 04/16)
• “The Future is Blue”, Catherynne M Valente (Drowned Worlds)
• “Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home”, Genevieve Valentine (Clarkesworld)
• “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay “, Alyssa Wong (Uncanny 10, 5-6/16)
• “Fable”, Charles Yu (The New Yorker, 5/30/16)
• “The Witch of Orion Waste and the Boy Knight”, E Lily Yu (Uncanny 12)