2015 Locus Recommended Reading List

Welcome to the Locus Annual Recommended Reading List!
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The list is published in Locus Magazine’s February 2016 issue, and is a consensus by Locus editors and reviewers — Liza Groen Trombi, Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Graham Sleight, Adrienne Martini, Carolyn Cushman, Tim Pratt, Karen Burnham, Gardner Dozois, Rich Horton, Cheryl Morgan, Paul Kincaid, Ysabeau Wilce, Liz Bourke, Colleen Mondor, James Bradley, and others — with input from outside reviewers, other professional critics, other lists, etc.

Short fiction selections are based on material from Laird Barron, K. Tempest Bradford, Karen Burnham, Neil Clarke, Ellen Datlow, Gardner Dozois, Paula Guran, Rich Horton, Brit Mandelo, Faren Miller, Nisi Shawl, Jonathan Strahan, Lois Tilton, and Gary K. Wolfe.

Essays by many of these contributors, highlighting and discussing their particular favorite books and stories, are also published in the February issue, along with the Magazine Summary and Book Summary for 2015. Enjoy!

NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION
The Water KnifeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Paolo Bacigalupi (Borzoi; Orbit UK)
CladeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James Bradley (Penguin Australia)
The Darkside WarLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Zachary Brown (Saga)
CorsairLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James L. Cambias (Tor)
TrackerLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, C.J. Cherryh (DAW)
Nemesis GamesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Dark OrbitLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Tor)
Weighing ShadowsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Lisa Goldstein (Night Shade)
Europe at MidnightLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
Ancillary MercyLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Dark ForestLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Cixin Liu (Tor)
Luna: New MoonLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
Galapagos RegainedLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James Morrow (St. Martin’s)
Going DarkLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Linda Nagata (Saga)
PlanetfallLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Emma Newman (Roc)
The Book of PhoenixLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW; Hodder & Stoughton)
WhereLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kit Reed (Tor)
Poseidon’s Wake
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Ace 2016)
The Thing Itself
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
AuroraLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Glorious Angels
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Justina Robson (Gollancz)
RegenerationLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Stephanie Saulter (Quercus; Jo Fletcher 2016)
The End of All Things
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, John Scalzi (Tor)
SevenevesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)
Chasing the PhoenixLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Michael Swanwick (Tor)
Radiance
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)
Persona
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Genevieve Valentine (Saga)
A Borrowed Man
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

NOVELS – FANTASY
Foxglove Summer
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz 2014; DAW)
A God in Ruins
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown; Doubleday UK)
Karen MemoryLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
NightwiseLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, R.S. Belcher (Tor)
Beneath LondonLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James P. Blaylock (Titan)
The House of Shattered Wings
, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
ProdigiesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Angelica Gorodischer (Small Beer)
Wylding Hall
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Elizabeth Hand (PS; Open Road)
Empire AscendantLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot US; Angry Robot UK)
The Buried GiantLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
The Liminal War, Ayize Jama-Everett (Small Beer)
The Fifth SeasonLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Killing Pretty
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Finders Keepers
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Stephen King (Scribner)
Archivist Wasp
, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
Slade HouseLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, David Mitchell (Random House; Sceptre UK)
UprootedLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
SavagesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, K.J. Parker (Subterranean)
The Annihilation ScoreLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Charles Stross (Ace)
Pacific FireLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Greg Van Eekhout (Tor)
The Philosopher KingsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Jo Walton (Tor)

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS
Half a WarLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Harper Voyager UK)
Half the WorldLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey)
Six of CrowsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Leigh Bardugo (Holt; Indigo UK)
Wonders of the Invisible WorldLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Christopher Barzak (Knopf)
The Darkest Part of the ForestLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Holly Black (Little, Brown)
Lair of Dreams
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom UK)
Harrison SquaredLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
The Lie TreeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Francis Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s; Amulet 2016)
Magonia
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Maria Dahvana Headley (Harper)
ShadowshaperLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Daniel José Older (Levine)
The Shepherd’s CrownLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
The Deep Woods
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tim Pratt (PS)
Railhead
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Phillip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch 2016)
Carry OnLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Bone GapLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)
NimonaLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma (Algonquin Young Readers)
Zeroes
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti (Simon Pulse)
HollowgirlLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin as Fall; Balzer + Bray; Electric Monkey UK)

FIRST NOVELS
Sorcerer to the Crown
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan UK)
The DevourersLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Indra Das (Penguin India; Del Rey 2016)
The Traitor Baru CormorantLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Seth Dickinson (Tor)
Flesh & Wires
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Jackie Hatton (Aqueduct)
The Grace of Kings
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ken Liu (Saga)
The WeaveLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nancy Jane Moore (Aqueduct)
Signal to NoiseLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
Last Song Before NightLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ilana C. Myer (Tor)
The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
Archangel
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Marguerite Reed (Arche)
VermilionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Molly Tanzer (Word Horde)
AbominationLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Gary Whitta (Inkshares)
The Sorcerer of the WildeepsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)

COLLECTIONS
Hidden Folk: Icelandic FantasiesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Eleanor Arnason (Many Worlds 2014)
The End of the End of EverythingLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dale Bailey (Arche)
Xeelee: EnduranceLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
The Best of Gregory BenfordLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
Bone SwansLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)
Ghost Summer: StoriesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tananarive Due (Prime)
The Very Best of Kate ElliottLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kate Elliott (Tachyon)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and DisturbancesLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
Falling in Love with HominidsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nalo Hopkinson (Tachyon)
Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan, Volume Two, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
The Best of Nancy KressLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nancy Kress (Subterranean)
Leena Krohn: Collected FictionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Leena Krohn (Cheeky Frawg)
Dancing Through the FireLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tanith Lee (Fantastic Books)
Get in TroubleLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kelly Link (Random House)
A Knight of the Seven KingdomsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; HarperCollins UK)
Three Moments of an ExplosionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey 2016)
Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James MorrowLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, James Morrow (Wesleyan)
To Hold the BridgeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Garth Nix (Harper)
Romance on Four Worlds: A Casanova Quartet
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tom Purdom (Fantastic Books)
Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected FictionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Hannu Rajaniemi (Tachyon)
You Have Never Been HereLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Mary Rickert (Small Beer)
Blue Yonders, Grateful Pies, and Other Fanciful FeastsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ken Scholes (Fairwood)
I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories: The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak: Volume OneLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Clifford D. Simak (Open Road)
The Finest Ass in the UniverseLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anna Tambour (Ticonderoga)
Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume FiveLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Jack Vance (Subterranean)

ANTHOLOGIES
ORIGINAL
Operation Arcana
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Baen)
The Doll CollectionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
Black Wings IVLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)
Old VenusLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)
Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About JapanLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, eds. (Haikasoru)
She Walks in ShadowsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, eds. (Innsmouth Free Press)
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. DelanyLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, eds. (Rosarium)
Twelve TomorrowsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Bruce Sterling, ed. (MIT)
The Anatomy of CuriosityLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton & Brenna Yovanoff (Carolrhoda Lab)
Meeting InfinityLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by MicrosoftLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anonymous, ed. (Microsoft)
REPRINT/BESTS
Wilde Stories 2015: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative FictionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steve Berman, ed. (Lethe)
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume SevenLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Night Shade)
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual CollectionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Warrior WomenLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Paula Guran, ed. (Prime)
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 EditionLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Paula Guran, ed. (Prime)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Joe Hill & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Rich Horton, ed. (Prime)
Best New Horror #26, Stephen Jones, ed. (PS)
The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume TwoLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Kathe Koja & Michael Kelly, eds. (Undertow)
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume NineLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (PM)

NON-FICTION
The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks, Simone Caroti (McFarland)
Conversations with Michael Chabon, Brannon Costello (University Press of Mississippi)
Lois McMaster BujoldLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Edward James (University of Illinois Press)
Letters to TiptreeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
CrosstalkLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, David Langford (Ansible Editions)
Frederik PohlLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Michael R. Page (University of Illinois Press)
Ray BradburyLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, David Seed (University of Illinois Press)

ART BOOKS
Sketching from the Imagination: Sci-fiLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anonymous, ed. (3dtotal)
Bill Carman, Imagery from the Bird’s Home: The Art of Bill Carman Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy(Flesk)
Rébecca Dautremer, Dautremer (et vice-versa), Taï-Marc Le Thanh (Tishina)
Julie Dillon, Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky (self-published)
Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic ArtLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Cathy Fenner, ed. (Underwood)
Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
Rebecca Guay, Evolution: The Art of Rebecca Guay 1993-2014 (self-published)
Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design
Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steven Heller, ed. (Pomegranate)
Stephen Hickman, The Art of Stephen Hickman: Empyrean Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy(Titan)
James Jean, Pareidolia: A Retrospective of Beloved and New Works by James Jean Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy(PIE International)
Jeffrey Jones, Idyl – I’m Age Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy(Donald M. Grant)
The Art of Horror: An Illustrated HistoryLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Stephen Jones, ed. (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Petar Meseldžija, The Book of Giants (Flesk)
The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & LegendsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer (Michael Publishing)
Mark Schultz, Portfolio: The Complete Various DrawingsLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy (Flesk)
Dave Seeley, The Art of Dave Seeley (Insight Editions)
Infected by Art, Volume ThreeLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy, Todd Spoor & Bill Cox, eds. (Hermes)
White Cloud Worlds, Volume Three: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artwork from Aotearoa New Zealand, Paul Tobin, ed. (Ignite)

NOVELLAS
‘‘The Strangers’’, Robert Aickman (The Strangers)
The Visible Filth, Nathan Ballingrud (This Is Horror)
Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
Teaching the Dog to Read, Jonathan Carroll (Subterranean)
‘‘The Bone Swans of Amandale’’, C.S.E. Cooney (Bone Swans)
The Two Paupers, C.S.E. Cooney (Fairchild)
The Vital Abyss, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
‘‘The Citadel of Weeping Pearls’’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 10-11/15)
‘‘The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred’’, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 12/15)
‘‘The New Mother’’, Eugene Fischer (Asimov’s 4-5/15)
‘‘The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn’’, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15)
Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
The Last Witness, K.J. Parker (Tor.com)
‘‘Johnny Rev’’, Rachel Pollack (F&SF 7-8/15)
Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
‘‘Waters of Versailles’’, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)
‘‘Inhuman Garbage’’, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov’s 3/15)
‘‘Gypsy’’, Carter Scholz (F&SF 11-12/15; Gypsy)

NOVELETTES
‘‘Ruins’’, Eleanor Arnason (Old Venus)
‘‘My Last Bringback’’, John Barnes (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘The Heart’s Filthy Lesson’’, Elizabeth Bear (Old Venus)
‘‘The Machine Starts’’, Greg Bear (Future Visions)
‘‘And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead’’, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
‘‘Twelve and Tag’’, Gregory Norman Bossert (Asimov’s 3/15)
‘‘The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal’’, Chaz Brenchley (Lightspeed 6/15)
‘‘The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss’’, David Brin (Old Venus)
‘‘The Thyme Fiend’’, Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com 3/11/15)
‘‘Black Dog’’, Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)
‘‘Islands off the Coast of Capitola, 1978’’, David Herter (Tor.com 7/8/15)
‘‘One Possible Shape of Things to Come’’, Brian Hodge (Eulogies III)
‘‘Jamaica Ginger’’, Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl (Stories for Chip)
‘‘Folding Beijing’’, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny 1-2/15)
‘‘Machine Learning’’, Nancy Kress (Future Visions)
‘‘So Much Cooking’’, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 11/15)
‘‘Corpsemouth’’, John Langan (The Monstrous)
‘‘Another Word for World’’, Ann Leckie (Future Visions)
‘‘Acres of Perhaps’’, Will Ludwigsen (Asimov’s 7/15)
‘‘Frost on Glass’’, Ian R. MacLeod (Frost on Glass)
‘‘Planet of Fear’’, Paul McAuley (Old Venus)
‘‘Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan’’, Ian McDonald (Old Venus)
‘‘The Deepwater Bride’’, Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)
‘‘Our Lady of the Open Road’’, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 6/15)
‘‘Coming of the Light’’, Chen Qiufan (Clarkesworld 3/15)
‘‘Empty’’, Robert Reed (Asimov’s 12/15)
‘‘Fabulous Beasts’’, Priya Sharma (Tor.com 7/27/15)
‘‘Blood’’, Robert Shearman (Seize the Night)
‘‘Lab Dancer’’, Anna Tambour (The Finest Ass in the Universe)
‘‘The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild’’, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 1/15, 3/15)
‘‘Bannerless’’, Carrie Vaughn (The End Has Come)
‘‘No Placeholder for You, My Love’’, Nick Wolven (Asimov’s 8/15)

SHORT STORIES
‘‘The Great Silence’’, Allora & Calzadilla & Ted Chiang (e-flux journal 56th Venice Biennale 5/8/2015)
‘‘Telling Stories to the Sky’’, Eleanor Arnason (F&SF 1-2/15)
‘‘La Héron’’, Charlotte Ashley (F&SF 3-4/15)
‘‘Soteriology and Stephen Greenwood’’, Julia August (Unlikely Stories 10/15)
‘‘City of Ash’’, Paolo Bacigalupi (Matter 7/27/15)
‘‘Snow’’, Dale Bailey (Nightmare 6/15)
‘‘1Up’’, Holly Black (Press Start to Play)
‘‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’’, Nadia Bulkin (Aickman’s Heirs)
‘‘Violet is the Color of Your Energy’’, Nadia Bulkin (She Walks in Shadows)
‘‘Unearthly Landscape by a Lady’’, Rebecca Campbell (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/15/15)
‘‘Hold-Time Violations’’, John Chu (Tor.com 10/7/15)
‘‘Rates of Change’’, James S.A. Corey (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘The Muses of Shuyedan-18’’, Indrapramit Das (Asimov’s 6/15)
‘‘In Blue Lily’s Wake’’, Aliette de Bodard (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight’’, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)
‘‘Please Undo This Hurt’’, Seth Dickinson (Tor.com 9/16/15)
‘‘Madeleine’’, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
‘‘Hairwork’’, Gemma Files (She Walks in Shadows)
‘‘The Winter Wraith’’, Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 11-12/15)
‘‘A Shot of Salt Water’’, Lisa L. Hannett (The Dark 5/15)
‘‘Billy Tumult’’, Nick Harkaway (Stories for Chip)
‘‘Let Baser Things Devise’’, Berrien C. Henderson (Clarkesworld 4/15)
‘‘This Stagnant Breath of Change’’, Brian Hodge (Shadows over Main Street)
‘‘Drones’’, Simon Ings (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘The Apartment Dweller’s Bestiary’’, Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 1/15)
‘‘Emergence’’, Gwyneth Jones (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘Consolation’’, John Kessel (Twelve Tomorrows)
‘‘Dancy Vs. the Pterosaur’’, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Sirenia Digest 4/15)
‘‘Cat Pictures Please’’, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
‘‘Underground Economy’’, John Langan (Aickman’s Heirs)
‘‘The Graphology of Hemorrhage’’, Yoon Ha Lee (Operation Arcana)
‘‘Variations on an Apple’’, Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com 10/14/15)
‘archival testimony fragments / minersong’’, Rose Lemberg (Uncanny 1-2/15)
‘‘The Game of Smash and Recovery’’, Kelly Link (Strange Horizons 10/17/15)
‘‘Descent’’, Carmen Maria Machado (Nightmare 2/15)
‘‘Wild Honey’’, Paul McAuley (Asimov’s 8/15)
‘‘The Falls: A Luna Story’’, Ian McDonald (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘Hello, Hello’’, Seanan McGuire (Future Visions)
Little Sisters, Vonda N. McIntyre (Book View Cafe)
‘‘My Boy Builds Coffins’’, Gary McMahon (Black Static 5-6/15)
‘‘The Dowager of Bees’’, China Miéville (Three Moments of an Explosion)
‘‘Listen the Birds, A Trailer’’, China Miéville (Conjunctions 64: Natural Causes)
‘‘Calved’’, Sam J. Miller (Asimov’s 9/15)
‘‘When Your Child Strays From God’’, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 7/15)
‘‘Mutability’’, Ray Nayler (Asimov’s 6/15)
‘‘Of Blood and Brine’’, Megan E. O’Keefe (Shimmer 1/15)
‘‘No Rez’’, Jeff Noon (Interzone 9-10/15)
‘‘The Smog Society’’, Chen Qiufan (Lightspeed 8/15)
‘‘The Empress in Her Glory’’, Robert Reed (Clarkesworld 4/15)
‘‘A Murmuration’’, Alastair Reynolds (Interzone 3-4/15)
‘‘The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill’’, Kelly Robson (Clarkesworld 2/15)
‘‘Two-Year Man’’, Kelly Robson (Asimov’s 8/15)
‘‘The First Gate of Logic’’, Benjamin Rosenbaum (Stories for Chip)
‘‘Capitalism in the 22nd Century’’, Geoff Ryman (Stories for Chip)
‘‘Today I Am Paul’’, Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld 8/15)
‘‘Pictures from the Resurrection’’, Bruce Sterling (Meeting Infinity)
‘‘The Karen Joy Fowler Book Club’’, Nike Sulway (Lightspeed 10/15)
‘‘The Pyramid of Krakow’’, Michael Swanwick (Tor.com 9/30/15)
‘‘Between the Pilings’’, Steve Rasnic Tem (Innsmouth Nightmares)
‘‘Wilderness’’, Letitia Trent (Exigencies)
‘‘The Lily and the Horn’’, Catherynne M. Valente (Fantasy 12/15)
‘‘Pocosin’’, Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/15)
‘‘Mine Intercom’’, Kaaron Warren (The Review of Australian Fiction Volume 13: Issue 6)
‘‘Kaiju maximus®: ‘So Various, So Beautiful, So New’’’, Kai Ashante Wilson (Fantasy 12/15)
‘‘Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers’’, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)
‘‘Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World’’, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 9/15)

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–Editor’s note: We corrected the list to move Jeffrey Ford’s “The Thyme Fiend” from Novella to Novelette and The Liminal War by Ayize Jama-Everett from Novella to Fantasy Novel, and removed Steles of the SkyLocus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy by Elizabeth Bear because it appeared in 2014. 2/1/16