| "An Agent of Utopia" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Andy Duncan
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Blessings" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Novik
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Blue Fairy's Manifesto" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Annalee Newitz
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Bookcase Expedition" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jeffrey Ford
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Brief and Fearful Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Carmen Maria Machado
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dreadful Young Ladies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kelly Barnhill
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Field Biology of the Wee Fairies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Firelight" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Flint and Mirror" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Crowley
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Golgotha" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Dave Hutchinson
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Zen Cho
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Intervention" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kelly Robson
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Meat and Salt and Sparks" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Rich Larson
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Mother Tongues" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                S. Qiouyi Lu
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The New Voices of Science Fiction edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Nine Last Days on Planet Earth" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Daryl Gregory
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 edited by Machado & Adams | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Okay, Glory" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Elizabeth Bear
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Olivia's Table" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alyssa Wong
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Only Harmless Great Thing" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Brooke Bolander
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Quality Time" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken Liu
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula Vernon
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                P. Djèlí Clark
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 edited by Machado & Adams | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Staff in the Stone" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Garth Nix
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Starship and the Temple Cat" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Yoon Ha Lee
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Storyteller's Replacement" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                N. K. Jemisin
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 edited by Machado & Adams | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "When We Were Starless" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Simone Heller
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Widdam" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Vandana Singh
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alix E. Harrow
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Woman Who Destroyed Us" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                S. L. Huang
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Yard Dog" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Tade Thompson
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "You Pretend Like You Never Met Me, and I'll Pretend Like I Never Met You" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Maria Dahvana Headley
                              
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                        2018 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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