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• 9 • Preface (Best American Fantasy 2) • essay by Matthew Cheney
• 11 • Introduction (Best American Fantasy 2) • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
• 15 • Bufo Rex • (2007) • short story by Erik Amundsen
• 23 • The Seven Deadly Hotels • short fiction by Bruce Holland Rogers
• 55 • The Revisionist • (2007) • short fiction by Miranda Mellis
• 63 • The Ruby Incomparable • [Anvil of the World Universe] • (2007) • short story by Kage Baker
• 83 • Interval • (2007) • short fiction by Aimee Bender
• 93 • Memoir of a Deer Woman • (2007) • short story by M. Rickert
• 105 • In the Middle of the Woods • (2007) • short fiction by Christian Moody
• 117 • Story with Advice II: Back from the Dead • (2007) • short fiction by Rick Moody
• 133 • Logorrhea • (2007) • short story by Michelle Richmond
• 151 • Ave Maria • (2007) • short fiction by Micaela Morrissette
• 173 • Chainsaw on Hand • (2007) • short story by Deborah Coates
• 191 • The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French • (2008) • short story by Peter S. Beagle (variant of The Last and Only or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French 2007)
• 211 • Minus, His Heart • (2007) • short fiction by Jedediah Berry
• 225 • Abroad • (2007) • short story by Judy Budnitz
• 241 • Mario's Three Lives • (2007) • short story by Matt Bell
• 245 • The Naming of the Islands • (2007) • short fiction by David Hollander
• 259 • The Drowned Life • (2007) • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 285 • Light • (2007) • novelette by Kelly Link
• 323 • How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth • (2007) • short story by Rachel Swirsky