Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• ix • Foreword (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• xvi • Introduction (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by Karen Joy Fowler
• 1 • Meet Me in Iram • (2015) • short story by Sofia Samatar
• 10 • The Game of Smash and Recovery • (2015) • short story by Kelly Link
• 25 • Interesting Facts • (2015) • novelette by Adam Johnson
• 46 • Planet Lion • (2015) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• 63 • The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary • (2015) • short story by Kij Johnson
• 75 • By Degrees and Dilatory Time • (2015) • short story by S. L. Huang
• 87 • The Mushroom Queen • (2015) • short story by Liz Ziemska
• 101 • The Daydreamer by Proxy • (2015) • short story by Dexter Palmer
• 107 • Tea Time • (2015) • short story by Rachel Swirsky
• 122 • Headshot • (2015) • short story by Julian Mortimer Smith
• 127 • The Duniazát • (2015) • short story by Salman Rushdie
• 137 • No Placeholder for You, My Love • (2015) • novelette by Nick Wolven
• 158 • The Thirteen Mercies • (2015) • short story by Maria Dahvana Headley
• 174 • Lightning Jack's Last Ride • (2015) • novelette by Dale Bailey
• 196 • Things You Can Buy for a Penny • (2015) • short story by Will Kaufman
• 207 • Rat Catcher's Yellows • (2015) • short story by Charlie Jane Anders
• 219 • The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History • (2015) • short story by Sam J. Miller
• 234 • Three Bodies at Mitanni • (2015) • short story by Seth Dickinson
• 254 • Ambiguity Machines: An Examination • (2015) • novelette by Vandana Singh
• 273 • The Great Silence • (2015) • short story by Allora and Calzadilla and Ted Chiang [as by Ted Chiang]
• 279 • Contributors' Notes (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by uncredited
• 291 • Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2015 • essay by John Joseph Adams