Rich Horton - The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012

“The Choice” by Paul McAuley. © by Paul McAuley. Originally published in Asimov’s, February. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“East of Furious” by Jonathan Carroll. © by Jonathan Carroll. Originally published in Conjunctions 56. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Martian Heart” by John Barnes. © by John Barnes. Originally published in Life on Mars.Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Pug” by Theodora Goss. © by Theodora Goss. Originally published in Asimov’s, July. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Rampion” by Alexandra Duncan. © by Alexandra Duncan. Originally published in F&SF, May-June. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“And Weep Like Alexander” by Neil Gaiman. © by Neil Gaiman. Originally published in Fables from the Fountain.Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Widows in the World” by Gavin J. Grant. © by Gavin J. Grant. Originally published in Strange Horizons, February 7-14. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Younger Women” by Karen Joy Fowler. © by Karen Joy Fowler. Originally published in Subterranean, Summer. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Canterbury Hollow” by Chris Lawson. © by Chris Lawson. Originally published in F&SF, January-February. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Summer People” by Kelly Link. © by Kelly Link. Originally published in Tin House, Fall; Steampunk!Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mulberry Boys” by Margo Lanagan. © by Margo Lanagan. Originally published in Blood and Other Cravings.Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Silver Wind” by Nina Allan. © by Nina Allan. Originally published in Interzone, March-April. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Choose Your Own Adventure” by Kat Howard. © by Kat Howard. Originally published in Fantasy, April. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong” by K.J. Parker. © by K.J. Parker. Originally published in Subterranean, Winter. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Woman Leaves Room” by Robert Reed. © by Robert Reed. Originally published in Lightspeed, March. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“My Chivalric Fiasco” by George Saunders. © by George Saunders. Originally published in Harper’s, September. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Last Sophia” by C.S.E. Cooney. © by C.S.E. Cooney. Originally published in Strange Horizons, March 7. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Some of Them Closer” by Marissa Lingen. © by Marissa Lingen. Originally published in Analog, January. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky. © by Rachel Swirsky. Originally published in Eclipse 4.Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Smell of Orange Groves” by Lavie Tidhar. © by Lavie Tidhar. Originally published in Clarkesworld, November. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu. © by E. Lily Yu. Originally published in Clarkesworld, April. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson. © by Kij Johnson. Originally published in Asimov’s, October-November. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Rich Hortonis an Associate Technical Fellow in Software for a major aerospace corporation. He is also a columnist for Locus and for Black Gate. He edits a series of Best of the Year anthologies for Prime Books, and also for Prime Books he has co-edited Robots: The Recent A.I. and War and Space: Recent Combat.

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Copyright © 2012 by Rich Horton.

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