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The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager, April 1998, 0-7322-5942-8, A$14.95, 443pp, pb, an)
Best of the year anthology of 13 stories, including three Aurealis award winning stories. The introduction by the editors discusses the year (1997) in Australian SF.

xi · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne · in

1 · Reasons to Be Cheerful · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #118, April 1997

51 · Nicholas Afalling · Jodie Kewley · ss Eidolon Autumn 1997

67 · Jenny Come to Play [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eidolon Spring 1997

117 · Niagara Falling · Janeen Webb & Jack Dann · nv Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures ed. Orson Scott Card & Keith Ferrell, DAW, 1997

155 · Teratology · Chris Gregory · ss Twins by Chris Gregory, Penguin, 1997

169 · Love and Mandarins · Sean Williams · nv Eidolon Spring 1997

215 · Merlusine · Lucy Sussex · nv The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997

255 · Due West · Rick Kennett · nv Eidolon Spring 1997

297 · Schrödinger’s Catalyst · Stephen Dedman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1997

317 · The Art of Dying · Kirsten Bishop · nv Aurealis #19, 1997

341 · The Masque of Agamemnon · Sean Williams & Simon Brown · nv Eidolon: SF Online December 1997

383 · Death at the Blue Elephant · Janeen Webb · ss Enter: HQ/Flamingo Short Story Collection, HarperCollins Australia, 1997

401 · Lucent Carbon · Russell Blackford · nv Eidolon Spring 1997

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Saga Press, September 8, 2020, 978-1-5344-4959-6, $17.99, 608pp, tp, an, cover by Richard Yoo)
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · The Bookstore at the End of America · Charlie Jane Anders · nv A People’s Future of the United States ed. John Joseph Adams & Victor LaValle, One World, 2019

23 · The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex · Tobias S. Buckell · ss New Suns ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris US, 2019

37 · Kali_Na · Indrapramit Das · nv The Mythic Dream ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2019

59 · Song of the Birds · Saleem Haddad · ss Palestine + 100 ed. Basma Ghalayini, Comma Press, 2019

77 · The Painter of Trees · Suzanne Palmer · ss Clarkesworld #153, June 2019

91 · The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir · Karin Tidbeck · ss Tor.com January 14 2019

109 · Sturdy Lanterns and Ladders · Malka Older · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019

123 · It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning [Op-Ed from the Future] · Ted Chiang · ss The New York Times May 27 2019

127 · Contagion’s Eve at the House Noctambulous · Rich Larson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2019

151 · Submarines · Han Song; translated by Ken Liu · ss Broken Stars ed. Ken Liu, Tor, 2019
translated from the Chinese (“qián tĭng”, Southern People Weekly, November 17, 2014).

161 · As the Last I May Know · S. L. Huang · ss Tor.com October 23 2019

179 · A Catalog of Storms · Fran Wilde · ss Uncanny Magazine #26, January/February 2019

193 · The Robots of Eden · Anil Menon · ss New Suns ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris US, 2019

213 · Now Wait for This Week · Alice Sola Kim · nv A People’s Future of the United States ed. John Joseph Adams & Victor LaValle, One World, 2019

243 · Cyclopterus · Peter Watts · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019

263 · Dune Song · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Apex Magazine #120, May 2019

277 · The Work of Wolves · Tegan Moore · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019

331 · Soft Edges · Elizabeth Bear · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019

343 · Emergency Skin · N. K. Jemisin · nv Amazon Digital, September 17 2019

371 · Thoughts and Prayers · Ken Liu · ss Slate January 26 2019

391 · At the Fall · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2019

423 · Reunion · Vandana Singh · nv The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction ed. Tarun K. Saint, Hachette India, 2019

453 · Green Glass: A Love Story · E. Lily Yu · ss If This Goes On ed. Cat Rambo, Parvus Press, 2019

465 · Secret Stories of Doors · Sofía Rhei · ss Barcelona Tales ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016

483 · This Is Not the Way Home · Greg Egan · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019

507 · What the Dead Man Said · Chinelo Onwualu · ss Slate August 24 2019

523 · I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We’re Getting Married · Fonda Lee · ss MIT Technology Review January/February 2020

533 · The Archronology of Love · Caroline M. Yoachim · nv Lightspeed #107, April 2019

561 · Recommended Reading: 2019 · Jonathan Strahan · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Saga Press, September 14, 2021, 978-1-5344-4962-6, $18.99, xxxv+589pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Year in Review: 2020 · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · A Guide for Working Breeds · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020

23 · An Important Failure · Rebecca Campbell · nv Clarkesworld #167, August 2020

51 · Drones to Ploughshares · Sarah Gailey · ss Motherboard February 4 2020

65 · The Pill · Meg Elison · nv Big Girl Plus… by Meg Elison, PM Press, 2020

95 · The Mermaid Astronaut · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #298, February 27 2020

113 · It Came from Cruden Farm · Max Barry · nv Slate February 29 2020

135 · Schrödinger’s Catastrophe · Gene Doucette · nv Lightspeed #126, November 2020

149 · AirBody · Sameem Siddiqui · nv Clarkesworld #163, April 2020

175 · Midstrathe Exploding · Andy Dudak · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020

187 · The Bahrain Underground Bazaar · Nadia Afifi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2020

209 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020

217 · Polished Performance · Alastair Reynolds · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2020

241 · Go. Now. Fix. · Timons Esaias · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020

253 · Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super · A. T. Greenblatt · nv Uncanny Magazine #34, May/June 2020

285 · How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com January 15 2020

317 · The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie · Pat Cadigan · ss Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2020

331 · Yellow and the Perception of Reality · Maureen McHugh · nv Tor.com July 22 2020

357 · Father [Disintegration Loops] · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020

379 · Don’t Mind Me · Suzanne Palmer · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020

401 · The Suicide of Our Troubles [Stealing Worlds] · Karl Schroeder · nv Slate November 28 2020

433 · The Transition of Osoosi · Ozzie M. Gartrell · nv Fiyah #13, Winter 2020

465 · If You Take My Meaning · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Tor.com February 11 2020

489 · Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love · Usman T. Malik · ss Wired (online) December 11 2020

499 · A Mastery of German · Marian Denise Moore · nv Dominion ed. Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald & Zelda Knight, Aurelia Leo, 2020

525 · How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary · Tochi Onyebuchi · ss Slate August 29 2020

543 · Sparklybits · Nick Wolven · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020

569 · The Search for “Flight X” · Neon Yang · ss Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2020

Burnt Black Suns by Simon Strantzas (Hippocampus Press, May 1, 2014, 978-1-61498-083-4, $20.00, 308pp, tp, oc, cover by Santiago Caruso)
Collection of nine weird stories, four original. Introduction by Laird Barron.
Details taken from online listing.

5 · Dig My Grave · Laird Barron · in

8 · On Ice · Simon Strantzas · nv

44 · Dwelling on the Past · Simon Strantzas · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013

57 · Strong as a Rock · Simon Strantzas · ss

76 · By Invisible Hands · Simon Strantzas · ss The Grimscribe’s Puppets ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Miskatonic River Press, 2013

93 · One Last Bloom · Simon Strantzas · na

165 · Thistle’s Find [Cthulhu] · Simon Strantzas · ss Black Wings III ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2014

179 · Beyond the Banks of the River Seine [The King in Yellow] · Simon Strantzas · ss A Season in Carcosa ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Miskatonic River Press, 2013

194 · Emotional Dues · Simon Strantzas · nv

226 · Burnt Black Suns · Simon Strantzas · na

Nothing Is Everything by Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications, October 16, 2018, 978-1-988964-03-4, $17.99, 270pp, tp, co, cover by Tran Nguyen)
Details taken from online listing.

· In This Twilight · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Our Town’s Talent · Simon Strantzas · ss

· These Last Embers · Simon Strantzas · ss Undertow Publications, February 2015

· The Flower Unfolds · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017

· Ghost Dogs · Simon Strantzas · ss

· In the Tall Grass · Simon Strantzas · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017

· The Fifth Stone · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightmare’s Realm ed. S. T. Joshi, Dark Regions Press, 2017

· The Terrific Mr. Toucan · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Alexandra Lost [Cthulhu] · Simon Strantzas · ss The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu ed. Paula Guran, Robinson, 2016

· All Reality Blossoms in Flames · Simon Strantzas · ss

Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications, May 3, 2015, 978-0-9813177-9-3, $18.99, x+268pp, tp, oa, cover by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

ix · Introduction · Simon Strantzas · in

3 · Seaside Town · Brian Evenson · ss

21 · Neithernor · Richard Gavin · ss

35 · Least Light, Most Night · John Howard · ss

47 · Camp · David Nickle · ss

61 · A Delicate Craft · D. P. Watt · ss

73 · Seven Minutes in Heaven · Nadia Bulkin · ss

85 · Infestations · Michael Cisco · ss

101 · The Dying Season · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

119 · A Discreet Music · Michael Wehunt · ss

135 · Underground Economy · John Langan · ss

147 · The Vault of Heaven · Helen Marshall · ss

165 · Two Brothers · Malcolm Devlin · ss

183 · The Lake · Daniel Mills · ss

196 · A Change of Scene · Nina Allan · nv

239 · The Book That Finds You · Lisa Tuttle · ss

Shadow’s Edge ed. Simon Strantzas (Gray Friar Press, March 2013, 978-1-906331-36-8, £8.99, vii+186pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Bor Urus · John Langan · nv

· Prologue: The Nineteenth Step · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Echoland · Joel Lane · ss

· The Penury · Michael Cisco · ss

· Tinder Row · Richard Gavin · ss

· The Falling Dark · Daniel Mills · ss

· The Old Church · Gary McMahon · ss

· …he was water before he was fire… · D. P. Watt · ss

· False North · Ian Rogers · ss

· Morning Passages · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

· At the End of the World · R. B. Russell · ss

· Within One Ruined Realm · W. H. Pugmire · ss

· Stabilimentum · Livia Llewellyn · ss

· Some Other You · Michael Kelly · ss

· Lost in the Garden of Earthly Delights · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

· The True Edge of the World · Peter Bell · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume Three ed. Simon Strantzas & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

Stories of the Sand by Dirk Strasser (Satalyte Publishing, November 2014, 978-0-9925580-3-1, A$29.99, tp, co, cover by Andrew J. McKiernan)
Details taken from online listing.

· Singing the Songs of… · Jack Dann · in

· Stories of the Sand · Dirk Strasser · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2009

· The Dark Under the Skin · Dirk Strasser · ss Eidolon Spring 1997

· Nullarbor Lights · Dirk Strasser · ss

· Conquist · Dirk Strasser · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008

· Primal · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #38/39, December 2007

· The Doppelgänger Effect · Dirk Strasser · ss Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Voyager Australia, 1998

· Waiting for the Rain · Dirk Strasser · ss Universe 2 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Bantam Spectra, 1992

· Steering the Waters · Dirk Strasser · ss The Patternmaker ed. Lucy Sussex, Omnibus, 1994

· At Rain’s Grey Remembering · Dirk Strasser · ss Alien Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, 1994

· Watching the Soldiers · Dirk Strasser · ss Borderlands 4 ed. Elizabeth & Thomas Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994

· The Jesus Particle · Dirk Strasser · ss

· The Tale of Valkyra and Verlinden [Ascension] · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #12, 1993

· The Vigilant · Dirk Strasser · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #29, August 2009

· The Final Birthplace [The Run People] · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· Dear Reader · Dirk Strasser · ss Terror Australis ed. Leigh Blackmore, Coronet Australia, 1993

· In Theory · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #20/21, 1998

· 2084 · Dirk Strasser · ss

· The Skerricks of Truth · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #27/28, 2001

Aurealis: The Collectors’ Edition ed. Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins (Chimaera Publications, 2002, $19.95, tp, an)
Reprints the first four issues of Aurealis with a new introduction by George Turner.
Details taken from AustLit.

· Introduction · George Turner · in

· Talent · Michael Pryor · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· “…And They Shall Wander All Their Days” · David Tansey · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· Nightwings · Sue Isle · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· In the Dark Rush · Terry Dowling · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· 5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes · Geoffrey Maloney · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· Australia’s Grand Master: An Interview with George Turner · Dirk Strasser · iv Aurealis #1, 1990 [Ref. George Turner]

· Do We Love? · Dianne M. Speter · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· Matter of Mind · Jai S. Russell · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· I Still Call Australia Home · George Turner · ss Aurealis #1, 1990

· But Smile No More · Stephen Dedman · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· The Tree · Jodie Kewley · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· The Sea’s Nearest Shore · Damien Broderick · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· One Day Soon · Paul Collins · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· Infernal Hallucinations · Pauline Ranscombe · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· Vignette · Stephen Higgins · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· Rain from the New God · Simon Brown · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· The Hunt · Peter Trueman · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· Hovering Rock · Rosaleen Love · ss Aurealis #2, 1990

· The Moat · Greg Egan · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· The Tourist · E. R. Van Helden · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· Is There a Fate Worse Than Death? · Marilynne Cromarty · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· Dawn · Andrew McBurnie · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· Streetdreams · Andrea Gawthorne · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· The Final Machine · Simon Brown · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· The Day of the Sun · Maria McKernan · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· A Shadow Guard’s Passing · John T. Stolarczyk · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· Pieces of Paul · Scott Mendham · ss Aurealis #3, 1991

· From Sea to Shining Star · George Turner · br Aurealis #3, 1991 [Ref. A. Bertram Chandler]

· Softly They Go Feral in the Night · Michael Pryor · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· At Bright Star’s Coming · Jai S. Russell · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· Remembering Names · Sue Isle · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· Manoeuvres Off the Great Attractor · David Tansey · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· All Their Worldly Goods · Lesley Foley · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· Twenty-First Century Dreamtime · Grai Hughes · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· Log Recording Found in a Dead Man’s Gut · Rick Kennett · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

· The Dominant Style · Sean McMullen · ss Aurealis #4, 1991

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