The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the

The finest short science fiction and fantasy, from the master anthologist

A librarian helps a desperate student find the door into a book; Sir Thomas Moore’s head is stolen and a messy rescue ensues; a mother sells a piece of her memory so her daughter can afford an education.

Science fiction is the story of what if and what comes next. It’s more playful, more inclusive and more entertaining than it has ever been before and as the world falls apart around us, it offers us a chance to understand how things could be better, or just how a great story can get us through another night.

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen brings together the very best clashes between zombies and unicorns, robots and fairies, spaceships and more in a definitive volume that takes us everywhere from the distant future and the moons of our own solar system, to one last visit to Earthsea...

Featuring stories from Kelly Barnhill // Elizabeth Bear // Brooke Bolander // Zen Cho // P. Djèlí Clark // John Crowley // Andy Duncan // Jeffrey Ford // Daryl Gregory // Alix E. Harrow // Maria Dahvana Headley // Simone Heller // S. L. Huang // Dave Hutchinson // N. K. Jemisin // T. Kingfisher // Naomi Kritzer // Rich Larson // Ursula K. Le Guin // Yoon Ha Lee // Ken Liu // Carmen Maria Machado // Annalee Newitz // Garth Nix // Naomi Novik // S. Qiouyi Lu // Kelly Robson // Vandana Singh // Tade Thompson // Alyssa Wong

Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.

Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
Mother Tongues, S. Qiouyi Lu
Olivia’s Table, Alyssa Wong
The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington, P. Djèlí Clark
Yard Dog, Tade Thompson
The Woman Who Destroyed Us, S. L. Huang
The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto, Annalee Newitz
The Starship and the Temple Cat, Yoon Ha Lee
A Brief and Fearful Star, Carmen Maria Machado
Field Biology of the Wee Fairies, Naomi Kritzer
Intervention, Kelly Robson
The Bookcase Expedition, Jeffrey Ford
A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, Alix E. Harrow
The Staff in the Stone, Garth Nix
Okay, Glory, Elizabeth Bear
Widdam, Vandana Singh
Dreadful Young Ladies, Kelly Barnhill
The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander
The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society, T. Kingfisher
When We Were Starless, Simone Heller
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again, Zen Cho
Blessings, Naomi Novik
Meat and Salt and Sparks, Rich Larson
Nine Last Days on Planet Earth, Daryl Gregory
Golgotha, Dave Hutchinson
Flint and Mirror, John Crowley
An Agent of Utopia, Andy Duncan
You Pretend Like You Never Met Me, and I’ll Pretend Like I Never Met You, Maria Dahvana Headley
Quality Time, Ken Liu
The Storyteller’s Replacement, N. K. Jemisin
Firelight, Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen

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