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The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 24, 2021, 979-853270480-0, $17.99, 300pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Urania #1342 Supplement 1998)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Come the Revolution [The Alchemy Wars] · Ian Tregillis · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020 55 · “Knock, Knock” Said the Ship · Rati Mehrotra · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2020 73 · Midstrathe Exploding · Andy Dudak · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020 83 · Beyond the Dragon’s Gate · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com May 20 2020 95 · Pax Mongolica · Evan Marcroft · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2020 107 · Words We Say Instead · Brit E. B. Hvide · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 121 · Father [Disintegration Loops] · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 141 · Exile’s End · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv Tor.com August 12 2020 179 · Laws of Impermanence · Kenneth Schneyer · ss Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020 191 · Sinew and Steel and What They Told [Graff] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Tor.com February 26 2020 205 · Not This Tide · Sheila Finch · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 13, 2022, $17.99, 280pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · A Rocket for Dimitrios [Disintegration Loops] · Ray Nayler · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2021 53 · Dream Atlas · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 59 · Mulberry and Owl [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Uncanny Magazine #42, September/October 2021 81 · Antonia and the Stranger Who Came to Rancho Los Feliz · Lisa Morton · ss Speculative Los Angeles ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books, 2021 95 · The Station of the Twelfth · Chaz Brenchley · ss Tor.com September 8 2021 103 · The Burning Girl · Carrie Vaughn · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies #340, October 7 2021 131 · Sleep and the Soul · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2021 183 · A Pall of Moondust · Nick Wood · ss Omenana #17, April 2021 191 · Re: Bubble 476 · A. T. Greenblatt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 209 · The Dark Ride · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2021

The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 2023, 978-1-884612-64-0, $18.99, 309pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Bishop’s Opening · R. S. A. Garcia · na Clarkesworld #184, January 2022 67 · The Beast of Tara · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 77 · The Mercy of the Sandsea · T. L. Huchu · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2022 97 · The Lonely Time Traveler of Kentish Town · Nadia Afifi · ss Clarkesworld #194, November 2022 119 · Proof of Concept [Tohrroid] · Auston Habershaw · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2022 139 · The Sufficient Loss Protocol · Kemi Ashing-Giwa · ss Tor.com November 2 2022 157 · The Chronologist · Ian R. MacLeod · ss Tor.com February 9 2022 175 · An Expression of Silence · Beth Goder · ss Clarkesworld #187, April 2022 193 · A Letter to Merlin · Theodora Goss · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2022 207 · Boy in the Key of Forsaken [Locke] · Eric Del Carlo · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2022 223 · Of All the New Yorks in All the Worlds · Indrapramit Das · ss Tor.com October 19 2022 239 · Kingsbury 1944 · Michael Cassutt · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 21, 2009, 978-1-884612-85-5, $32.99, audio CD, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     This first volume in the series was only released as an audio CD or download, narrated by Tom Dheere. Details taken from online listing. · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 · Five Thrillers · Robert Reed · gp The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ill-Fated Mission · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · Natural Killer · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ticking Bomb · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Assassin · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · World’s End · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 · The Art of Alchemy · Ted Kosmatka · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008 · Shoggoths in Bloom · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 · The Dream of Reason · Jeffrey Ford · ss Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 · City of the Dead [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · nv Postscripts #15, Summer 2008

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 17, 2010, 978-1-884612-93-0, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 · This Peaceable Land, or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009 · Before My Last Breath · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 · A Story, with Beans [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2009 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009 · As Women Fight · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009 · On the Human Plan · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #31, February 2009 · Crimes and Glory [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2009

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 29, 2011, $2.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · A Letter from the Emperor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2010 · The Things · Peter Watts · nv Clarkesworld #40, January 2010 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 · Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010 · Re-Crossing the Styx · Ian R. MacLeod · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010 · Eight Miles · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2010 · The Emperor of Mars [Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2010 · Elegy for a Young Elk · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 · The Shipmaker [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Interzone #231, November/December 2010 · Alone [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 29, 2012, $2.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · After the Apocalypse · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, 2011 · At Play in the Fields · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 · For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2011 · Martian Heart · John Barnes · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 · Bit Rot [Saturn’s Children] · Charles Stross · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 · Purple · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2011 · Dying Young · Peter M. Ball · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 · Canterbury Hollow · Chris Lawson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 · The Choice [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · na Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2011

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, July 9, 2013, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 · Tyche and the Ants · Hannu Rajaniemi · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 · Scout · Bud Sparhawk · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 · The Contrary Gardener · Christopher Rowe · ss Eclipse Online October 8 2012 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2012 · The Man [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · ss Arc May 2012 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 · Invisible Men · Christopher Barzak · ss Eclipse Online December 10 2012 · Arbeitskraft · Nick Mamatas · nv The Mammoth Book of Steampunk ed. Sean Wallace, Robinson, 2012 · Katabasis [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2012

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 4, 2014, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Pathways · Nancy Kress · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013 · Martian Blood · Allen Steele · nv Old Mars ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2013 · The Best We Can · Carrie Vaughn · ss Tor.com July 17 2013 · The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin · Michael Swanwick · ss Shadows of the New Sun ed. J. E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, Tor, 2013 · The Irish Astronaut · Val Nolan · nv Electric Velocipede #26, 2013 · Zero for Conduct · Greg Egan · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013 · Among Us · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2013 · Exit, Interrupted · C. W. Johnson · ss The Other Half of the Sky ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam, 2013 · A Map of Mercury · Alastair Reynolds · nv Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2013 · Entangled · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2013

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 14, 2015, $4.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Marielena · Nina Allan · ss Interzone #254, September/October 2014 · The Magician and Laplace’s Demon · Tom Crosshill · nv Clarkesworld #99, December 2014 · The Sarcophagus [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss Upgraded ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing, 2014 · Covenant · Elizabeth Bear · ss Hieroglyph ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Morrow, 2014 · Sadness · Timons Esaias · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2014 · Red Lights, and Rain · Gareth L. Powell · ss Solaris Rising 3 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2014 · In Babelsberg · Alastair Reynolds · ss Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014 · Amicae Aeternum · Ellen Klages · ss Reach for Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2014 · Passage of Earth · Michael Swanwick · ss Clarkesworld #91, April 2014 · The Colonel [Firefall] · Peter Watts · ss Tor.com July 29 2014

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, August 25, 2016, 978-1-5368-9840-8, $15.99, viii+268pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Today I Am Paul [Today I Am] · Martin L. Shoemaker · ss Clarkesworld #107, August 2015 15 · My Last Bringback · John Barnes · nv Meeting Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2015 39 · The Audience · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015 69 · Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015 91 · Two-Year Man · Kelly Robson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2015 105 · A Murmuration · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #257, March/April 2015 127 · The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss · David Brin · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015 169 · Damage · David D. Levine · ss Tor.com January 21 2015 191 · Empty · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2015 221 · Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan · Ian McDonald · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 9 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 20, 2017, 978-1-5481-8298-4, $15.99, 266pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Touring with the Alien · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv Clarkesworld #115, April 2016 37 · Patience Lake · Matthew Claxton · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2016 63 · Terminal · Lavie Tidhar · ss Tor.com April 13 2016 81 · Elves of Antarctica · Paul McAuley · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 101 · Red in Tooth and Cog · Cat Rambo · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2016 123 · Prodigal · Gord Sellar · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2016 153 · Parables of Infinity [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 171 · My Generations Shall Praise · Samantha Henderson · ss Interzone #267, November/December 2016 187 · They Have All One Breath · Karl Bunker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2016 221 · The Art of Space Travel · Nina Allan · nv Tor.com July 27 2016

The Year’s Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, May 17, 2018, 978-1-71929-929-9, $15.99, 211pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Martian Obelisk · Linda Nagata · ss Tor.com July 19 2017 25 · Dear Sarah · Nancy Kress · ss Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 37 · An Evening with Severyn Grimes · Rich Larson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017 57 · The Chameleon’s Gloves [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 77 · The Residue of Fire [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 95 · The Moon Is Not a Battlefield · Indrapramit Das · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 113 · My English Name · R. S. Benedict · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 139 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017 159 · Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 177 · Night Passage [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017

The Animal Bridegroom by Sandra Kasturi (Tightrope Books, July 2007, 978-0-9738645-6-4, $12.95, 91pp, tp, co, cover by Kristi-ly Green)     Collection of 37 fantastic poems with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. 9 · A Brief Introduction · Neil Gaiman · in · Into the Woods 13 · The Burning Woman · Sandra Kasturi · pm Contemporary Verse Winter 1995 14 · Chaos Theory · Sandra Kasturi · pm Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 18 · The Gretel Papers · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1995 20 · The Birch Tree · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 21 · Verses for the Lost · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 22 · Estonian Witches · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1996 24 · Cadmus Reminisces · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 25 · Sea Wrack · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Spring 1999 26 · Spring Has Slipped Behind a Chair, Forgotten · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) · Lying with Wolves 31 · Lying with Wolves · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Fall 1999 33 · Five Cantos from the Prayer Book of Aphrodite · Sandra Kasturi · pm TransVersions #2, 1995 34 · Carnaval Perpetuel · Sandra Kasturi · pm Strange Horizons March 18 2002 38 · Faustus Tigris · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 40 · The Stars as Seen from Alberta · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 44 · Skinchanger · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 45 · Berry Picking with Jane · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 47 · Love with a Mermaid · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 48 · The Left Love Department · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 53 · Things the Rose Tree Knows in Spring · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 55 · A Daughter’s a Daughter · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 57 · Taken Root · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 58 · The Fisherman’s Wife Revisited · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 59 · Joanne Ironing · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 62 · The Changeling · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Winter 1995 64 · Frankenstein’s Monster’s Wife’s Therapist · Sandra Kasturi · pm Star*Line March/April 2005 65 · The Swan Maiden’s Tale · Sandra Kasturi · pm Daughter of Dangerous Dames ed. Tina L. Jens, 11th Hour Productions, 2000 · The Unbinding of Spirits 71 · I Speak for the Serpent · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 73 · After Misreading Emerson · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 74 · Merlin to Nimue · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 76 · Seven Poems · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 77 · Gaslight Elegy · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 80 · The Flayed Woman · Sandra Kasturi · pp Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 81 · After the Flood · Sandra Kasturi · pm On Spec Summer 1998 82 · Old Men, Smoking · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 84 · The Unbinding of Spirits · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 85 · On Writing an Elegy for You, Whom I Have Lost · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 87 · Falling · Sandra Kasturi · pm (r) 89 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r) 90 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms (r) 93 · Author Bio · [uncredited] · bg (r)