Yoon Ha Lee

S. Qiouyi Lu

Melissa Marr

Charlie Jane Anders

Stephen Graham Jones

Usman T. Malik

Sarah Pinsker

Brian Evenson

K.M. Szpara

Lavie Tidhar

Maria Dahvana Headley

Rich Larson

Tamsyn Muir

Fran Wilde

Carrie Vaughn

Rachel Swirsky

C. L. Polk

Maureen F. McHugh

Naomi Kritzer

Katharine Duckett

Zin E. Rocklyn

G. V. Anderson

Carolyn Ives Gilman

M. Rickert

Matthew Pridham

Gregory Norman Bossert

Claire Wrenwood

Jeremy Packert Burke

Justin C. Key

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020. Includes stories by: Charlie Jane Anders G. V. Anderson Gregory Norman Bossert Jeremy Packert Burke Katharine Duckett Brian Evenson Carolyn Ives Gilman Maria Dahvana Headley Stephen Graham Jones Justin C. Key Naomi Kritzer Rich Larson Yoon Ha Lee S. Qiouyi Lu Usman T. Malik Melissa Marr Maureen McHugh Tamsyn Muir Sarah Pinsker C. L. Polk Matthew Pridham M. Rickert Zin E. Rocklyn Rachel Swirsky Lavie Tidhar Carrie Vaughn Fran Wilde Claire Wrenwood At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Tor.com Original

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition

A Tor.com original story from World Fantasy Award-winning author Gregory Norman Bossert. The Night Soil Salvagers no longer need to perform the service they have provided for longer than memory can account for. Instead, they pass the nights in playful and profound acts of artistry, music, trickery, gardening, and honoring the city they know and belong to more so than anyone. Uncover the heart of this mysterious community through the tales they tell each other, the tales that others tell of them, and the scores of their Dadaesque nocturnes, as they strive to lessen the burden of the city on the Earth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Night Soil Salvagers

Ken Liu

Aliette de Bodard

Tade Thompson

Indrapramit Das

Vandana Singh

Karl Schroeder

Hao Jingfang

Neil Clarke

Robert Reed

Hannu Rajaniemi

Anil Menon

Suzanne Palmer

Meg Elison

Octavia Cade

Mary Anne Mohanraj

Regina Kanyu Wang

José Pablo Iriarte

Grace Chan

An Owomoyela

Kim Bo-young

Shiv Ramdas

Cooper Shrivastava

Ray Nayler

R.S.A. Garcia

Alice Towey

Shauna O'Meara

Erin Barbeau

S. Qiouyi Liu

A remote village is determined to keep their robot teacher from being fired. A poetry-loving AI controls the wastewater treatment facility, but a series of malfunctions are beginning to cause concern. The biggest pop idol of the twenty-second century is trapped on Enceladus, and deeply alone. Latchko can talk to the banned AIs and now that his secret is out things are about to get complicated. A former child soldier is raised by a plant-like species but struggles to understand them. Ice fishing on Europa just keeps turning up rocks and things just got worse ... something is changing the world, making it better, but for whom? Short fiction is the heart of science fiction, introducing new voices, experimenting with ideas and technique, and paving the way for the future of the field. Thousands of stories are published every year in the many genre magazines, anthologies, collections, podcasts, and websites, as well as other less common venues. Each year, Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke sifts through the myriad of offerings to select works that represent the best and the brightest, report on the state of the field, and recommend additional stories for further reading. In this volume, covering 2021, you'll find works by Aliette de Bodard, Meg Elison, Rich Larson, Ken Liu, Ray Nayler, Suzanne Palmer, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Karl Schroeder, Vandana Singh, Tade Thompson, and many more.

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7

Gregory Norman Bossert

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