Year Author(s) Novelette Publisher or publication Ref. 1966 Roger Zelazny *" The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 5] James Blish "The Shipwrecked Hotel " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 5] Norman L. Knight Jonathan Brand "Vanishing Point" If [ 5] Thomas M. Disch "102 H-Bombs" Fantastic [ 5] R. C. Fitzpatrick "Half a Loaf" Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 5] Joseph Green "The Decision Makers " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 5] Norman Kagan "At the Institute" Worlds of Tomorrow [ 5] Norman Kagan "The Earth Merchants " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 5] Norman Kagan "Laugh Along with Franz" Galaxy Science Fiction [ 5] Michael Karageorge "The Life of Your Time " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 5] Fritz Leiber "Four Ghosts In Hamlet" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 5] E. Clayton McCarty "Small One" If [ 5] Mack Reynolds "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 5] Fred Saberhagen "Masque of the Red Shift" If [ 5] James H. Schmitz "Goblin Night" Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 5] James H. Schmitz "Planet of Forgetting" Galaxy Science Fiction [ 5] J. W. Schutz "Maiden Voyage" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 5] Robert Sheckley "Shall We Have a Little Talk? " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 5] William Tenn "The Masculinist Revolt " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 5] 1967 Gordon R. Dickson *"Call Him Lord " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 6] Robert M. Green, Jr. "Apology to Inky" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 6] Charles L. Harness "An Ornament to His Profession " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 6] Hayden Howard "The Eskimo Invasion " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 6] Roger Zelazny "This Moment of the Storm" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 6] 1968 Fritz Leiber *"Gonna Roll the Bones " Dangerous Visions [ 7] Harlan Ellison "Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes" Knight [ 7] Larry Niven "Flatlander " If [ 7] Roger Zelazny "The Keys to December " New Worlds [ 7] Roger Zelazny "This Mortal Mountain" If [ 7] 1969 Richard Wilson *"Mother to the World " Orbit 3 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 8] Brian W. Aldiss "Total Environment" Galaxy Science Fiction [ 8] Poul Anderson " The Sharing of Flesh " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 8] James Gunn " The Listeners " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 8] H. H. Hollis "The Guerrilla Trees " If [ 8] Keith Laumer "Once There Was a Giant" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 8] Barry N. Malzberg "Final War " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 8] 1970 Samuel R. Delany *"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones " New Worlds [ 9] Gregory Benford "Deeper than the Darkness" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 9] Ursula K. Le Guin "Nine Lives " Playboy [ 9] Norman Spinrad "The Big Flash " Orbit 5 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 9] 1971 Theodore Sturgeon *"Slow Sculpture " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 10] Thomas M. Disch "The Asian Shore " Orbit 6 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 10] Gordon Eklund "Dear Aunt Annie" Fantastic [ 10] Gerald Jonas "The Shaker Revival " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 10] R. A. Lafferty "Continued on Next Rock" Orbit 7 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 10] Joanna Russ "The Second Inquisition " Orbit 6 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 10] 1972 Poul Anderson *" The Queen of Air and Darkness " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 11] Gardner Dozois "A Special Kind of Morning " New Dimensions 1 (Doubleday ) [ 11] Edgar Pangborn "Mount Charity" Universe 1 (Ace Books ) [ 11] Joanna Russ "Poor Man, Beggar Man" Universe 1 (Ace Books ) [ 11] Kate Wilhelm "The Encounter " Orbit 8 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 11] 1973 Poul Anderson *"Goat Song " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 12] Alfred Bester "The Animal Fair " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 12] Gardner Dozois "A Kingdom by the Sea " Orbit 10 (G. P. Putnam's Sons ) [ 12] Harlan Ellison "Basilisk" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 12] David Gerrold "In the Deadlands" With a Finger In My I (Ballantine Books ) [ 12] William Rotsler "Patron of the Arts" Universe 2 (Ace Books ) [ 12] Kate Wilhelm "The Funeral " Again, Dangerous Visions (Doubleday ) [ 12] 1974 Vonda N. McIntyre *"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 13] Harlan Ellison " The Deathbird " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 13] Theodore Sturgeon "Case and the Dreamer" Galaxy Science Fiction [ 13] James Tiptree, Jr. " The Girl Who Was Plugged In " New Dimensions 3 (Doubleday ) [ 13] 1975 Gordon Eklund *"If the Stars Are Gods " Universe 4 (Random House ) [ 14] Gregory Benford * Charles L. Grant "The Rest Is Silence " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 14] Tom Reamy "Twilla" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 14] 1976 Tom Reamy *"San Diego Lightfoot Sue " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] Eleanor Arnason "The Warlord of Saturn's Moons " New Worlds 6 (Sphere Books ) [ 15] Michael Bishop "Blooded on Arachne" Epoch (Berkley Books ) [ 15] Richard Cowper "The Custodians " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] Jack Dann "The Dybbuk Dolls " New Dimensions 5 (Harper & Row ) [ 15] Avram Davidson "Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] Randall Garrett "The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhail " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] Ursula K. Le Guin "The New Atlantis " The New Atlantis (Hawthorn Books) [ 15] Barry N. Malzberg "A Galaxy Called Rome " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] Craig Strete "The Bleeding Man " Galaxy Science Fiction [ 15] John Varley "Retrograde Summer" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 15] 1977 [ a] Isaac Asimov *" The Bicentennial Man " Stellar 2 (Ballantine Books ) [ 18] Grant Carrington "His Hour Upon the Stage" Amazing Stories [ 18] Steven Utley "Custer's Last Jump" Universe 6 (Doubleday ) [ 18] Howard Waldrop John Varley "In the Bowl" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 18] 1978 Alice Sheldon *" The Screwfly Solution " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 19] Edward Bryant "Particle Theory" Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 19] Fritz Leiber "A Rite of Spring " Universe 7 (Doubleday ) [ 19] George R. R. Martin "The Stone City " New Voices in Science Fiction (Macmillan Publishers ) [ 19] Carter Scholz " The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs " Universe 7 (Ace Books ) [ 19] 1979 Charles L. Grant *" A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye " Graven Images (Thomas Nelson ) [ 20] Orson Scott Card "Mikal's Songbird " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 20] Dean Ing "Devil You Don't Know " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 20] 1980 George R. R. Martin *"Sandkings " Omni [ 21] Poul Anderson "The Ways of Love " Destinies [ 21] Jack Dann "Camps" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 21] Ursula K. Le Guin "The Pathways of Desire " New Dimensions 9 (Harper & Row ) [ 21] Michael Shea "The Angel of Death " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 21] John Varley "Options" Universe 9 (Doubleday ) [ 21] 1981 Howard Waldrop *" The Ugly Chickens " Universe 10 (Doubleday ) [ 22] Edward Bryant "Strata" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 22] Stephen King " The Way Station " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 22] Michael Swanwick "The Feast of Saint Janis " New Dimensions 11 (Pocket Books ) [ 22] Michael Swanwick "Ginungagap" TriQuarterly [ 22] John Varley "Beatnik Bayou" New Voices 3 (Berkley Books ) [ 22] 1982 Michael Bishop *" The Quickening " Universe 11 (Doubleday ) [ 23] Mildred Downey Broxon "Sea Changeling" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 23] Edward Bryant "The Thermals of August " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 23] Parke Godwin "The Fire When It Comes " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 23] Michael Swanwick "Mummer Kiss" Universe 11 (Doubleday ) [ 23] James Tiptree, Jr. "Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 23] 1983 Connie Willis *"Fire Watch " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 24] J. G. Ballard "Myths of the Near Future" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 24] Thomas M. Disch "Understanding Human Behavior" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 24] William Gibson "Burning Chrome " Omni [ 24] Joanna Russ "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman " Speculations (Houghton Mifflin ) [ 24] Bruce Sterling "Swarm " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 24] 1984 Greg Bear *"Blood Music " Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 25] Jack Dann "Blind Shemmy" Omni [ 25] George R. R. Martin "The Monkey Treatment " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 25] Kim Stanley Robinson "Black Air" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 25] Bruce Sterling "Cicada Queen" Universe 13 (Doubleday ) [ 25] Ian Watson "Slow Birds" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 25] Connie Willis "The Sidon in the Mirror " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 25] 1985 Octavia E. Butler *"Bloodchild " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 26] Jack Dann "Bad Medicine" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 26] James Patrick Kelly "Saint Theresa of the Aliens" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 26] Kim Stanley Robinson "The Lucky Strike " Universe 14 (Doubleday ) [ 26] Lucius Shepard "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 26] Michael Swanwick "Trojan Horse" Omni [ 26] 1986 George R. R. Martin *"Portraits of His Children " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 27] Michael Bishop "A Gift from the GrayLanders " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 27] Orson Scott Card "The Fringe " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 27] Harlan Ellison "Paladin of the Lost Hour " Universe 15 (Doubleday ) [ 27] Michael Swanwick "Dogfight " Omni [ 27] William Gibson Lucius Shepard "The Jaguar Hunter " The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 27] S. C. Sykes "Rockabye Baby" Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 27] 1987 Kate Wilhelm *" The Girl Who Fell into the Sky " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 28] Orson Scott Card "Hatrack River" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 28] Suzy McKee Charnas "Listening to Brahms" Omni [ 28] William Gibson " The Winter Market " Stardate [ 28] Judith Moffett "Surviving" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 28] Lucius Shepard "Aymara" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 28] Roger Zelazny "Permafrost " Omni [ 28] 1988 Pat Murphy *"Rachel in Love " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 29] Octavia E. Butler "The Evening and the Morning and the Night " Omni [ 29] Ursula K. Le Guin "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 29] Bruce McAllister "Dream Baby" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 29] Bruce Sterling "Flowers of Edo" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 29] Connie Willis "Schwarzschild Radius" The Universe (Bantam Spectra ) [ 29] 1989 George Alec Effinger *"Schrödinger's Kitten " Omni [ 30] Neal Barrett, Jr. "Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 30] Steven Gould "Peaches for Mad Molly" Analog Science Fact & Fiction [ 30] Ian McDonald "Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh" Empire Dreams (Bantam Spectra ) [ 30] Judith Moffett "The Hob " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 30] Mike Resnick "Kirinyaga " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 30] Howard Waldrop "Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 30] 1990 Connie Willis *"At the Rialto " Omni [ 31] Greg Bear "Sisters" Tangents (Warner Books ) [ 31] Megan Lindholm "Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 31] Mike Resnick "For I Have Touched the Sky " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 31] Kristine Kathryn Rusch "Fast Cars" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 31] Robert Silverberg "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 31] 1991 Ted Chiang *"Tower of Babylon " Omni [ 32] Dafydd ab Hugh " The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 32] Ursula K. Le Guin " The Shobies' Story " Universe 1 (Doubleday ) [ 32] Ian R. MacLeod "1/72nd Scale" Weird Tales [ 32] Mike Resnick " The Manamouki " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 32] Kristine Kathryn Rusch "A Time for Every Purpose " Amazing Stories [ 32] Susan Shwartz "Loose Cannon" What Might Have Been? Vol. 2: Alternate Heroes (Bantam Spectra ) [ 32] Martha Soukup "Over the Long Haul" Amazing Stories [ 32] 1992 Michael Conner *"Guide Dog " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 33] Ray Aldridge "Gate of Faces" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 33] Karen Joy Fowler "Black Glass" Full Spectrum 3 (Doubleday ) [ 33] Lucius Shepard "The All-Consuming " Playboy [ 33] Robert Frazier James Patrick Kelly "Standing In Line with Mister Jimmy" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 33] Jonathan Lethem "The Happy Man " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 33] Susan Shwartz "Getting Real" Newer York (New American Library ) [ 33] 1993 Pamela Sargent *"Danny Goes to Mars " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 34] Gregory Benford "Matter's End" Full Spectrum 3 (Doubleday ) [ 34] S. N. Dyer " The July Ward " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 34] Carolyn Ives Gilman "The Honeycrafters " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 34] Susan Shwartz "Suppose They Gave a Peace..." Alternate Presidents (Tor Books ) [ 34] Walter Jon Williams "Prayers on the Wind" When the Music's Over (Bantam Spectra ) [ 34] 1994 Charles Sheffield *"Georgia on My Mind " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 35] Terry Bisson "England Underway" Omni [ 35] Janet Kagan " The Nutcracker Coup " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 35] John Kessel "The Franchise " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 35] Martha Soukup "Things Not Seen" Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 35] Connie Willis "Death on the Nile" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 35] 1995 David Gerrold *" The Martian Child " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 36] Terry Bisson "Necronauts" Playboy [ 36] Nina Kiriki Hoffman "The Skeleton Key " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 36] Geoffrey A. Landis " The Singular Habits of Wasps " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 36] Ursula K. Le Guin "The Matter of Seggri " Crank! [ 36] Maureen F. McHugh "Nekropolis" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 36] 1996 Ursula K. Le Guin *"Solitude " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 37] Dale Bailey "The Resurrection Man's Legacy " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 37] Michael G. Coney "Tea and Hamsters" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 37] Esther M. Friesner "Jesus at the Bat" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 37] Nina Kiriki Hoffman "Home for Christmas" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 37] James Patrick Kelly "Think Like a Dinosaur " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 37] Mike Resnick "When the Old Gods Die" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 37] 1997 Bruce Holland Rogers *"Lifeboat on a Burning Sea " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 38] John M. Ford "Erase/Record/Play" Starlight 1 (Tor Books ) [ 38] George Guthridge "Mirror of Lop Nor" Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (HarperPrism ) [ 38] Paul Levinson "The Chronology Protection Case " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 38] Harry Turtledove "Must and Shall" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 38] Robert Charles Wilson "The Perseids " Realms of Fantasy [ 38] Dave Wolverton "After a Lean Winter" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 38] 1998 Nancy Kress *" The Flowers of Aulit Prison " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] Eleanor Arnason "The Dog's Story " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] James Alan Gardner "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] Bill Johnson "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] John Kessel "The Miracle of Ivar Avenue " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] Paul Levinson "The Copyright Notice Case " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 39] William Sanders " The Undiscovered " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 39] 1999 Jane Yolen *"Lost Girls " Realms of Fantasy [ 40] Gregory Feeley "The Truest Chill " Science Fiction Age [ 40] Ellen Klages "Time Gypsy" Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (The Overlook Press ) [ 40] Mark J. McGarry "The Mercy Gate " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 40] Kristine Kathryn Rusch "Echea" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 40] Walter Jon Williams "Lethe" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 40] 2000 Mary A. Turzillo *"Mars Is No Place for Children " Science Fiction Age [ 41] Phyllis Eisenstein "The Island in the Lake " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 41] Esther M. Friesner "How to Make Unicorn Pie" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 41] Brian A. Hopkins "Five Days in April" Chiaroscuro [ 41] Stanley Schmidt "Good Intentions" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 41] Jack McDevitt Bruce Sterling "Taklamakan " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 41] 2001 Walter Jon Williams *"Daddy's World " Not of Woman Born (New American Library ) [ 42] Eleanor Arnason "Stellar Harvest" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 42] Gardner Dozois "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 42] Greer Ilene Gilman "Jack Daw's Pack" Century [ 42] Mike Moscoe "A Day's Work on the Moon " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 42] Bruce Holland Rogers "How the Highland People Came to Be" Realms of Fantasy [ 42] Stanley Schmidt "Generation Gap" Artemis [ 42] 2002 Kelly Link *"Louise's Ghost " Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press ) [ 43] Amy Sterling Casil "To Kiss the Star" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 43] Andy Duncan "The Pottawatomie Giant " Sci Fiction [ 43] James Patrick Kelly "Undone" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 43] James Morrow "Auspicious Eggs" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 43] William Shunn "Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites " Vanishing Acts (Tor Books ) [ 43] 2003 Ted Chiang *"Hell Is the Absence of God " Starlight 3 (Tor Books ) [ 44] M. Shayne Bell "The Pagodas of Ciboure " The Green Man: Tales From the Mythic Forest (Viking Press ) [ 44] Richard Bowes " The Ferryman's Wife " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 44] Gregory Frost "Madonna of the Maquiladora" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 44] Allen Steele "The Days Between " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 44] Charles Stross "Lobsters " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 44] 2004 Jeffrey Ford *" The Empire of Ice Cream " Sci Fiction [ 45] Richard Bowes " The Mask of the Rex " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 45] Adam-Troy Castro "Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs" Imaginings: An Anthology of Long Short Fiction (Pocket Books ) [ 45] Cory Doctorow "0wnz0red" Salon [ 45] Ray Vukcevich " The Wages of Syntax " Sci Fiction [ 45] 2005 Ellen Klages *"Basement Magic " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 46] Andy Duncan "Zora and the Zombie" Sci Fiction [ 46] Christopher Rowe "The Voluntary State " Sci Fiction [ 46] William Sanders "Dry Bones" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 46] Lois Tilton "The Gladiator's War: A Dialogue " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 46] 2006 Kelly Link *" The Faery Handbag " The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (Viking Press ) [ 47] Daniel Abraham "Flat Diane " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 47] James Patrick Kelly "Men Are Trouble" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 47] Eileen Gunn "Nirvana High " Stable Strategies and Others (Tachyon Publications ) [ 47] Leslie What Paolo Bacigalupi " The People of Sand and Slag " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 47] 2007 Peter S. Beagle *"Two Hearts " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 48] Christopher Barzak "The Language of Moths " Realms of Fantasy [ 48] Delia Sherman "Walpurgis Afternoon" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 48] M. Rickert "Journey into the Kingdom" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 48] Vonda N. McIntyre "Little Faces" Sci Fiction [ 48] 2008 Ted Chiang *" The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 49] Robin Wayne Bailey "The Children's Crusade " Heroes in Training (DAW Books ) [ 49] Terry Bramlett "Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone" Jim Baen's Universe [ 49] Kij Johnson " The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change " The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (Viking Press ) [ 49] Nancy Kress "Safeguard" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 49] Delia Sherman "The Fiddler of Bayou Teche " The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (Viking Press ) [ 49] Geoff Ryman "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 49] 2009 John Kessel *"Pride and Prometheus " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 50] Richard Bowes "If Angels Fight" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 50] James Alan Gardner " The Ray-Gun: A Love Story " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 50] Lisa Goldstein "Dark Rooms" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 50] Mary Rosenblum "Night Wind" Lace and Blade (Leda ) [ 50] Johanna Sinisalo "Baby Doll" The SFWA European Hall of Fame (Tor Books ) [ 50] K. D. Wentworth "Kaleidoscope" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 50] 2010 Eugie Foster *"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast " Interzone [ 51] Paolo Bacigalupi " The Gambler " Fast Forward 2 (Pyr ) [ 51] Michael Bishop "Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 51] Richard Bowes "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 51] Ted Kosmatka "Divining Light" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 51] Rachel Swirsky "A Memory of Wind " Tor.com [ 51] 2011 Eric James Stone *"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made " Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 52] Christopher Barzak "Map of Seventeen" The Beastly Bride (Viking Press ) [ 52] Aliette de Bodard "The Jaguar House, in Shadow " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 52] Christopher Kastensmidt "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara " Realms of Fantasy [ 52] James Patrick Kelly "Plus or Minus" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 52] Shweta Narayan "Pishaach" The Beastly Bride (Viking Press ) [ 52] Caroline M. Yoachim "Stone Wall Truth" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 52] 2012 Geoff Ryman *"What We Found " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 53] Rachel Swirsky "Fields of Gold " Eclipse 4 (Night Shade Books ) [ 53] Brad R. Torgersen "Ray of Light" Analog Science Fiction and Fact [ 53] Ferrett Steinmetz "Sauerkraut Station" Giganotosaurus [ 53] Charlie Jane Anders "Six Months, Three Days " Tor.com [ 53] Katherine Sparrow "The Migratory Pattern of Dancers " Giganotosaurus [ 53] Jake Kerr "The Old Equations " Lightspeed [ 53] 2013 Andy Duncan *"Close Encounters " The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories (PS Publishing ) [ 54] Catherine Asaro "The Pyre of New Day " The Mammoth Books of SF Wars (Robinson ) [ 54] Ken Liu "The Waves " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 54] Lee Mandelo "The Finite Canvas " Tor.com [ 54] Meghan McCarron "Swift, Brutal Retaliation" Tor.com [ 54] Rachel Swirsky "Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia" Tor.com [ 54] Catherynne M. Valente "Fade to White" Clarkesworld Magazine [ 54] 2014 Aliette de Bodard *" The Waiting Stars " The Other Half of the Sky (Candlemark & Gleam) [ 55] Christopher Barzak "Paranormal Romance" Lightspeed [ 55] Alaya Dawn Johnson "They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 55] Henry Lien "Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 55] Ken Liu "The Litigation Master and the Monkey King " Lightspeed [ 55] Sarah Pinsker "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" Strange Horizons [ 55] 2015 Alaya Dawn Johnson *" A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 56] Richard Bowes "Sleep Walking Now and Then" Tor.com [ 56] Tom Crosshill "The Magician and Laplace's Demon " Clarkesworld Magazine [ 56] Carmen Maria Machado "The Husband Stitch " Granta [ 56] Sam J. Miller "We Are the Cloud" Lightspeed [ 56] Kai Ashante Wilson "The Devil in America " Tor.com [ 56] 2016 Sarah Pinsker *"Our Lady of the Open Road " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 57] Brooke Bolander "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" Lightspeed [ 57] Tamsyn Muir "The Deepwater Bride " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 57] Rose Lemberg "Grandmother-nai-Laylit's Cloth of Winds" Beneath Ceaseless Skies [ 57] Henry Lien "The Ladies' Aquatic Gardening Society " Asimov's Science Fiction [ 57] Michael Bishop "Rattlesnakes and Men" Asimov's Science Fiction [ 57] 2017 William Ledbetter *"The Long Fall Up " Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 58] Sarah Pinsker "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea" Lightspeed [ 58] Jason Sanford "Blood Grains Speak Through Memories" Beneath Ceaseless Skies [ 58] Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam "The Orangery" Beneath Ceaseless Skies [ 58] Fran Wilde The Jewel and Her Lapidary Tor.com Publishing [ 58] Alyssa Wong "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" Uncanny Magazine [ 58] 2018 Kelly Robson *"A Human Stain " Tor.com [ 59] Richard Bowes "Dirty Old Town" Fantasy & Science Fiction [ 59] Jonathan P. 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