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
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
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" James Alan Gardner 2008
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
"Evil Robot Monkey" Mary Robinette Kowal 2008
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
"Fixing Hanover" Jeff VanderMeer 2008
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
"Shoggoths in Bloom" Elizabeth Bear 2008
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
"The Tear" Ian McDonald 2008
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
"The Art of Alchemy" Ted Kosmatka 2008
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
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
"Boojum" Elizabeth BearSarah Monette 2008
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
"If Angels Fight" Richard Bowes 2008
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
"Glass" Daryl Gregory 2008
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 Magician's House" Meghan McCarron 2008
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 Small Door" Holly Phillips 2008
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
"Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake" Naomi Novik 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds" Erik Amundsen 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Catherine Drewe" Paul Cornell 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Character Flu" Robert Reed 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Daltharee" Jeffrey Ford 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Difficulties of Evolution" Karen Heuler 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Eyes of God" Peter Watts 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Falling Angel" Eugene Mirabelli 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Fantasy Jumper" Will McIntosh 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross" Margo Lanagan 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Firooz and His Brother" Alex Jeffers 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Gift from a Spring" Delia Sherman 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The God of Au" Ann Leckie 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Golden Octopus" Beth Bernobich 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Hiss of Escaping Air" Christopher Golden 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Infestation" Garth Nix 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"King Pelles the Sure" Peter S. Beagle 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"The Region of Unlikeliness" Rivka Galchen 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Road to Levinshir" Patrick Rothfuss 2002
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Silent as Dust" James Maxey 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Spiderhorse" Liz Williams 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Suicide Drive" Charlie Jane Anders 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"A Water Matter" Jay Lake 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"We Love Deena" Alice Sola Kim 2008
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
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