Highest Ranked Short Fiction published in 2004

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.

Place	Score	Title	Type	Authors
1	358	Singing My Sister Down	SHORTFICTION	Margo Lanagan
2	255	The Faery Handbag	SHORTFICTION	Kelly Link
3	170	Travels with My Cats	SHORTFICTION	Mike Resnick
4	124	The Voluntary State	SHORTFICTION	Christopher Rowe
5	115	Sergeant Chip	SHORTFICTION	Bradley Denton
6	105	My Death	SHORTFICTION	Lisa Tuttle
7	105	Northwest Passage	SHORTFICTION	Barbara Roden
8	100	The Last Days of Kali Yuga	SHORTFICTION	Paul Haines
9	99	Flat Diane	SHORTFICTION	Daniel Abraham
10	93	Men Are Trouble	SHORTFICTION	James Patrick Kelly
11	92	Elector	SHORTFICTION	Charles Stross
12	89	Zora and the Zombie	SHORTFICTION	Andy Duncan
13	87	The People of Sand and Slag	SHORTFICTION	Paolo Bacigalupi
14	85	Catabolic Magic	SHORTFICTION	Richard Harland
15	85	Die Asche des Paradieses	SHORTFICTION	Karl Michael Armer
16	85	The Growlimb	SHORTFICTION	Michael Shea
17	85	Reports of Certain Events in London	SHORTFICTION	China Miéville^?China Mieville
18	85	Golden City Far	SHORTFICTION	Gene Wolfe
19	85	The Concrete Jungle	SHORTFICTION	Charles Stross
20	82	The Clapping Hands of God	SHORTFICTION	Michael F. Flynn
21	80	Das Geschmeide	SHORTFICTION	Wolfgang Jeschke
22	79	Sisyphus and the Stranger	SHORTFICTION	Paul Di Filippo
23	78	Mayflower II	SHORTFICTION	Stephen Baxter
24	72	The Gladiator's War: A Dialog	SHORTFICTION	Lois Tilton
25	70	Mr. Lincoln fährt nach Friedrichsburg	SHORTFICTION	Oliver Henkel
26	70	The Interminable Suffering of Mysterious Mr. Wu	SHORTFICTION	Rjurik Davidson
27	70	Dead Man's Hand	SHORTFICTION	Tim Lebbon
28	70	The End of the World as We Know It	SHORTFICTION	Dale Bailey
29	70	Home by the Sea	SHORTFICTION	Cat Sparks
30	65	Clay's Pride	SHORTFICTION	Bud Sparhawk
31	64	Quantenmüll^?Quantenmuell	SHORTFICTION	Andreas Eschbach
32	64	The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz	SHORTFICTION	Howard Waldrop
33	63	Pulp Cover	SHORTFICTION	Gene Wolfe
34	63	Desiderius Felix	SHORTFICTION	Erik Simon
35	63	Time Ablaze	SHORTFICTION	Michael A. Burstein
36	61	Harmagedon – Reinhold Messner überlebt den Dritten Weltkrieg	SHORTFICTION	Marcus Hammerschmitt
37	60	A Princess of Earth	SHORTFICTION	Mike Resnick
38	59	Die Ausgesetzten	SHORTFICTION	Michael Marrak
39	58	The Best Christmas Ever	SHORTFICTION	James Patrick Kelly
40	56	All of Us Can Almost ...	SHORTFICTION	Carol Emshwiller
41	56	PeriAndry's Quest	SHORTFICTION	Stephen Baxter
42	55	The Gods of a Lesser Creation	SHORTFICTION	William Barton
43	53	Shadow Twin	SHORTFICTION	Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin
44	53	The Héloïse Archive	SHORTFICTION	L. Timmel Duchamp
45	52	Long Voyage Home	SHORTFICTION	R. Garcia y Robertson
46	52	The Tribes of Bela	SHORTFICTION	Albert E. Cowdrey
47	51	The Algorithms for Love	SHORTFICTION	Ken Liu
48	50	Breathe	SHORTFICTION	Christopher Fowler
49	50	Nimitseahpah	SHORTFICTION	Nancy Etchemendy
50	50	When the Morning Stars Sang Together	SHORTFICTION	Isaac Szpindel
51	50	Vrouwe van Excalibur	SHORTFICTION	Jaap Boekestein
52	50	La niña muerta	SHORTFICTION	José Antonio Cotrina
53	50	Liberation Day	SHORTFICTION	Allen Steele
54	50	Amanecer	SHORTFICTION	José Antonio Cotrina
55	50	Coming to Terms	SHORTFICTION	Eileen Gunn
56	50	Short Line Loco	SHORTFICTION	Stephen L. Burns
57	50	Weavers of the Twilight	SHORTFICTION	Louise Katz
58	50	When Dragons Dream	SHORTFICTION	Kevin G. Maclean
59	50	Serpentine	SHORTFICTION	Mélanie Fazi^?Melanie Fazi
60	50	Come to Daddy	SHORTFICTION	Brendan Duffy
61	50	Black Static	SHORTFICTION	Paul Meloy
62	50	Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire	SHORTFICTION	Neil Gaiman
63	50	The Garcia Narrows Bridge	SHORTFICTION	Allen Steele
64	50	Beneath the Surface	SHORTFICTION	Gary Crew
65	50	Layna's Mirror	SHORTFICTION	Rajnar Vajra
66	50	A Pace of Change	SHORTFICTION	Don Tumasonis
67	49	Under the Flag of Night	SHORTFICTION	Ian McDowell
68	43	Mere	SHORTFICTION	Robert Reed
69	42	Red Hands, Black Hands	SHORTFICTION	Chris Roberson
70	36	The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann	SHORTFICTION	Mike Shepherd
71	36	Embracing-the-New	SHORTFICTION	Benjamin Rosenbaum
72	35	Caniculaire	SHORTFICTION	Elisabeth Ebory
73	35	Delhi	SHORTFICTION	Vandana Singh
74	35	Just Out of Reach	SHORTFICTION	Gary A. Braunbeck
75	35	Jigsaw	SHORTFICTION	Douglas Smith
76	35	Imágenes	SHORTFICTION	Santiago Eximeno
77	35	You Will Hear the Locust Sing	SHORTFICTION	Joe Hill
78	35	A Change of Mind	SHORTFICTION	Robert Reed
79	35	Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship	SHORTFICTION	Duncan Ball
80	35	Point of No Return	SHORTFICTION	Jon Courtenay Grimwood
81	35	Peter Paon et la fée Crochette	SHORTFICTION	Francis Berthelot
82	35	Der Atem Gottes	SHORTFICTION	Thorsten Küper^?Thorsten Kueper
83	35	The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard	SHORTFICTION	Gregory Rogers
84	35	The Problem of Susan	SHORTFICTION	Neil Gaiman
85	35	Die unbefleckte Empfängnis der Angelina de Castillo y Cortez	SHORTFICTION	Rainer Erler
86	35	La faim du monde	SHORTFICTION	Xavier Mauméjean^?Xavier Maumejean
87	35	Stimme des Gewissens	SHORTFICTION	Helmuth W. Mommers
88	35	Bulldozer	SHORTFICTION	Laird Barron
89	35	Fuckin' Lie Down Already	SHORTFICTION	Tom Piccirilli
90	35	Pájaro en mano	SHORTFICTION	Eduardo Gallego and Guillem Sánchez
91	35	The Wings of Meister Wilhelm	SHORTFICTION	Theodora Goss
92	35	Rite of Spring	SHORTFICTION	Margo Lanagan
93	35	Mikeys	SHORTFICTION	Robert J. Sawyer
94	35	Alles wandelt sich	SHORTFICTION	Antje Ippensen
95	35	Fallstudie: Terroristin Jenny S.	SHORTFICTION	Heidrun Jänchen^?Heidrun Jaenchen
96	35	Für eine Faust voll Euros	SHORTFICTION	Malte S. Sembten
97	35	The Smile on the Face	SHORTFICTION	Nalo Hopkinson
98	35	The Luck of Willie Lumen	SHORTFICTION	Hayden Trenholm
99	35	Five Guys Named Moe	SHORTFICTION	Sean Klein
100	35	L'accroissement mathématique du plaisir	SHORTFICTION	Catherine Dufour
101	35	Chimères !	SHORTFICTION	Ugo Bellagamba
102	35	Doof Doof Doof	SHORTFICTION	Paul Haines
103	35	Family Bed	SHORTFICTION	Kit Reed
104	35	Reflejos	SHORTFICTION	Pablo Castro Hermosilla
105	35	The Black Phone	SHORTFICTION	Joe Hill
106	35	Soho Golem	SHORTFICTION	Kim Newman
107	35	Don't Make Me Come Down There	SHORTFICTION	Christian Fischer
108	35	R	SHORTFICTION	Ben Peek
109	35	The Border	SHORTFICTION	Richard Harland
110	35	Water Babies	SHORTFICTION	Simon Brown
111	35	The Glass Flower	SHORTFICTION	Chris Barnes
112	35	The Gift of Hindsight	SHORTFICTION	Paul Haines
113	35	Eight-Beat Bar	SHORTFICTION	Chuck McKenzie
114	35	The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella	SHORTFICTION	John Connolly
115	35	Absolution	SHORTFICTION	Barbara Robson
116	35	The Forgotten Ones	SHORTFICTION	Karin Lowachee
117	35	The Whole of the Law	SHORTFICTION	Stephen Dedman
118	35	Enlightenment	SHORTFICTION	Douglas Smith
119	35	The Ice Maiden	SHORTFICTION	Paul Lewis and Steve Lockley
120	35	Nirvana High	SHORTFICTION	Eileen Gunn and Leslie What
121	35	A Madness of Starlings	SHORTFICTION	Douglas Clegg
122	35	... auf daß er die Menschen erlöse	SHORTFICTION	Oliver Henkel
123	35	Der Adler ist gelandet	SHORTFICTION	Oliver Henkel
124	35	The Slow Train	SHORTFICTION	Don Sakers
125	35	Number 3 Raw Place	SHORTFICTION	Deborah Biancotti
126	35	Ein Brief für Herrn Berger	SHORTFICTION	Astrid Nikodem
127	35	Robot Santa	SHORTFICTION	Dean R. Koontz
128	35	Wooden Bride	SHORTFICTION	Margo Lanagan
129	35	There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi	SHORTFICTION	Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg
130	35	Crazy Hair	SHORTFICTION	Neil Gaiman
131	35	Alsiso	SHORTFICTION	K. J. Bishop
132	35	Lisey and the Madman	SHORTFICTION	Stephen King
133	35	The Ashbazu Effect	SHORTFICTION	John G. McDaid
134	35	Guts	SHORTFICTION	Chuck Palahniuk
135	35	Tales of Nireym	SHORTFICTION	Lee Battersby
136	35	Ein Programm zum Verlieben	SHORTFICTION	Helmuth W. Mommers
137	35	In the Palace of Repose	SHORTFICTION	Holly Phillips
138	35	Empfänger	SHORTFICTION	Robert Kerber
139	35	Roads Were Burning	SHORTFICTION	Adam Roberts
140	35	Restraint	SHORTFICTION	Stephen Gallagher
141	35	Left of the Dial	SHORTFICTION	Paul Witcover
142	35	La perruque du juge	SHORTFICTION	Catherine Dufour
143	35	Kissing Frogs	SHORTFICTION	Jaye Lawrence
144	35	Twilight of Idols	SHORTFICTION	Stephen Dedman
145	35	The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole	SHORTFICTION	Bill Congreve
146	35	The Christmas Tree	SHORTFICTION	Peter Friend
147	35	Biographical Notes to "A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes" by Benjamin Rosenbaum	SHORTFICTION	Benjamin Rosenbaum
148	30	Finding the Book of Sand	SHORTFICTION	Rhys Hughes
149	30	'Tis the Season	SHORTFICTION	China Miéville^?China Mieville
150	30	El hombre que se burlaba del tiempo	SHORTFICTION	José Carlos Canalda
151	30	Quarry	SHORTFICTION	Peter S. Beagle
152	30	Sueños de interfaz	SHORTFICTION	Vladimir Hernández^?Vladimir Hernandez
153	30	Viewschool	SHORTFICTION	Rajnar Vajra
154	30	Dibs	SHORTFICTION	Brian Plante
155	30	Incident at Goat Kill Creek	SHORTFICTION	Allen Steele
156	29	Punto de entrega	SHORTFICTION	Vladimir Hernández^?Vladimir Hernandez
157	29	Reciclador	SHORTFICTION	Víctor M. Ánchel
158	29	Baby on Board	SHORTFICTION	Ken Brady
159	29	The Third Party	SHORTFICTION	David Moles
160	29	Strength Alone	SHORTFICTION	Paul Melko
161	29	Three Days in a Border Town	SHORTFICTION	Jeff VanderMeer
162	29	The Bambi Project	SHORTFICTION	Grey Rollins
163	28	To Emily on the Ecliptic	SHORTFICTION	Thomas R. Dulski
164	28	Gun Control	SHORTFICTION	Edward Muller
165	28	Traficantes de leyendas	SHORTFICTION	Jordi Font-Agustí
166	28	Los hijos de nuestros hijos	SHORTFICTION	José Antonio del Valle
167	28	The Annals of Eelin-Ok	SHORTFICTION	Jeffrey Ford
168	28	Moreau²	SHORTFICTION	Allen Steele
169	28	Decisions	SHORTFICTION	Michael A. Burstein
170	27	Faust	SHORTFICTION	Armin Rößler^?Armin Roessler
171	27	Faces	SHORTFICTION	Joe Haldeman
172	26	The Last Geek	SHORTFICTION	Michael Swanwick
173	26	The Rapture of the Nerds: Jury Duty and Appeals Court	SHORTFICTION	Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
174	25	The Gorgon in the Cupboard	SHORTFICTION	Patricia A. McKillip
175	25	Observable Things	SHORTFICTION	Paul Di Filippo
176	25	Motormond	SHORTFICTION	Jörg Isenberg^?Joerg Isenberg
177	25	Scout's Honor	SHORTFICTION	Terry Bisson
178	24	The Word That Sings the Scythe	SHORTFICTION	Michael Swanwick
179	24	The Lost Pilgrim	SHORTFICTION	Gene Wolfe
180	22	Vaucansons Ente	SHORTFICTION	Marcus Hammerschmitt
181	22	Arabian Wine	SHORTFICTION	Gregory Feeley
182	22	The Wreck of the Godspeed	SHORTFICTION	James Patrick Kelly
183	21	Hinter dem Gargoynenstern	SHORTFICTION	Jörg Isenberg^?Joerg Isenberg
184	21	The Little Stranger	SHORTFICTION	Gene Wolfe
185	21	Vor dem Sturm	SHORTFICTION	Heidrun Jänchen^?Heidrun Jaenchen
186	20	Die verbesserte Universalfernbedienung	SHORTFICTION	Bernhard Brunner
187	20	A Night in the Tropics	SHORTFICTION	Jeffrey Ford
188	20	Oversite	SHORTFICTION	Maureen F. McHugh
189	19	The Catch	SHORTFICTION	Kage Baker
190	19	No Traveller Returns	SHORTFICTION	Paul Park
191	18	The Silver Dragon	SHORTFICTION	Elizabeth A. Lynn
192	18	Luciferase	SHORTFICTION	Bruce Sterling
193	17	Gliders Though They Be	SHORTFICTION	Carol Emshwiller
194	17	The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid	SHORTFICTION	Walter Jon Williams
195	16	The Bad Hamburger	SHORTFICTION	Matthew Jarpe and Jonathan Andrew Sheen
196	16	Leaving His Cares Behind Him	SHORTFICTION	Kage Baker
197	16	The Mission	SHORTFICTION	Jack McDevitt
198	15	Super 8	SHORTFICTION	Terry Bisson
199	15	Giliad	SHORTFICTION	Gregory Feeley
200	15	Hula Ville	SHORTFICTION	James P. Blaylock
201	14	Strood	SHORTFICTION	Neal Asher
202	13	The Baum Plan for Financial Independence	SHORTFICTION	John Kessel
203	13	Synthetic Serendipity	SHORTFICTION	Vernor Vinge
204	13	Giant Land	SHORTFICTION	Jeffrey Ford
205	11	Skindancing	SHORTFICTION	Liz Williams
206	11	The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance	SHORTFICTION	Eleanor Arnason
207	11	The Fear Gun	SHORTFICTION	Judith Berman
208	9	Tourism	SHORTFICTION	M. John Harrison
209	9	Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle	SHORTFICTION	Peter Straub
210	8	Q	SHORTFICTION	John Grant
211	8	The Green Glass Sea	SHORTFICTION	Ellen Klages
212	7	The Dragons of Summer Gulch	SHORTFICTION	Robert Reed
213	6	Pat Moore	SHORTFICTION	Tim Powers
214	6	Wonderwall	SHORTFICTION	Elizabeth Hand
215	5	Stone Animals	SHORTFICTION	Kelly Link
216	5	Opal Ball	SHORTFICTION	Robert Reed
217	5	The Night Market	SHORTFICTION	Holly Black
218	4	Start the Clock	SHORTFICTION	Benjamin Rosenbaum
219	3	Riding the White Bull	SHORTFICTION	Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
220	2	The Seal Hunter	SHORTFICTION	Charles Coleman Finlay
221	2	Cold Fires	SHORTFICTION	M. Rickert
222	1	Dust	SHORTFICTION	Peter Barber
223	1	Alone in the House of Mims	SHORTFICTION	Barth Anderson
224	1	The Magical Negro	SHORTFICTION	Nnedi Okorafor
225	1	How Green Was Their Love	SHORTFICTION	Tess Williams
226	1	Savant Songs	SHORTFICTION	Brenda Cooper
227	1	The Risk-Taking Gene as Expressed in Some Asian Subjects	SHORTFICTION	Steve Tomasula
228	1	They Say It's Other People	SHORTFICTION	Paul Haines
229	1	Inappropriate Behavior	SHORTFICTION	Pat Murphy
230	1	Dinosaur Songs	SHORTFICTION	Kathleen Ann Goonan
231	1	Venus Flowers at Night	SHORTFICTION	Pamela Sargent
232	1	Zero's Twin	SHORTFICTION	A. A. Attanasio
233	1	A Roomful of Magic	SHORTFICTION	John Marsden
234	1	CATNYP	SHORTFICTION	Delia Sherman
235	1	Leviathan Wept	SHORTFICTION	Daniel Abraham
236	1	Dancer in the Dark	SHORTFICTION	David Gerrold
237	1	Invisible Kingdoms	SHORTFICTION	Steven Utley
238	1	An Appeal to Adolf	SHORTFICTION	Ian Watson
239	1	Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole	SHORTFICTION	James Morrow
240	1	The Deviation Road	SHORTFICTION	Greg Guerin

Highest Ranked Short Fiction published in 2004

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