| "Antarctica Starts Here" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Paul J. McAuley
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Application" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lewis Shiner
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Battle of Candle Arc" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Yoon Ha Lee
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Branches on My Back, Sparrows in My Ear" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nikki J. North
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Bricks, Sticks, Straw" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gwyneth Jones
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Close Encounters" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Andy Duncan
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dormanna" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gene Wolfe
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Electrica" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Sean McMullen
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Ghosts of Christmas" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Paul Cornell
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Glass Future" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Deborah Walker
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Eleanor Arnason
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Houseflies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Pitkin
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "If Only …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Tony Ballantyne
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "In Plain Sight" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Pat Cadigan
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Liberty's Daughter" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Love Supreme" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kathleen Ann Goonan
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Nahiku West" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Linda Nagata
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The North Revena Ladies Literary Society" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Catherine Shaffer
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Old Paint" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robin Hobb
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Peak of Eternal Light" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bruce Sterling
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Perfect Day" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                C. S. Friedman
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Prayer" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Reed
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Sigma Structure Symphony" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gregory Benford
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Barnes
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Two Sisters in Exile" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Aliette de Bodard
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Waves" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken Liu
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Weep for Day" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Indrapramit Das
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
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                        2012 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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