The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

Title↥ Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" Kij Johnson 2008
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories
"Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake" Naomi Novik 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Art of Alchemy" Ted Kosmatka 2008
3
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Balancing Accounts" James L. Cambias 2008
3
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds" Erik Amundsen 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Boojum" Elizabeth Bear,  Sarah Monette 2008
3
2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Catherine Drewe" Paul Cornell 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Character Flu" Robert Reed 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Daltharee" Jeffrey Ford 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Difficulties of Evolution" Karen Heuler 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Evil Robot Monkey" Mary Robinette Kowal 2008
5
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"The Eyes of God" Peter Watts 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Falling Angel" Eugene Mirabelli 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Fantasy Jumper" Will McIntosh 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross" Margo Lanagan 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Firooz and His Brother" Alex Jeffers 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Fixing Hanover" Jeff VanderMeer 2008
4
2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Gift from a Spring" Delia Sherman 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Glass" Daryl Gregory 2008
2
2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The God of Au" Ann Leckie 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Golden Octopus" Beth Bernobich 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Hiss of Escaping Air" Christopher Golden 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"If Angels Fight" Richard Bowes 2008
3
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Infestation" Garth Nix 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"King Pelles the Sure" Peter S. Beagle 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Magician's House" Meghan McCarron 2008
2
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" James Alan Gardner 2008
7
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Region of Unlikeliness" Rivka Galchen 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Road to Levinshir" Patrick Rothfuss 2002
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Shoggoths in Bloom" Elizabeth Bear 2008
4
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Silent as Dust" James Maxey 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Small Door" Holly Phillips 2008
2
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Spiderhorse" Liz Williams 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Suicide Drive" Charlie Jane Anders 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Tear" Ian McDonald 2008
4
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"A Water Matter" Jay Lake 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"We Love Deena" Alice Sola Kim 2008
1
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
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