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• 1 • Introduction (Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
• 5 • Two Hearts • [The Last Unicorn] • (2005) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 37 • Snowball's Chance • (2005) • short story by Charles Stross
• 47 • Sunbird • (2005) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 65 • A Knot of Toads • (2005) • novelette by Jane Yolen
• 87 • Boatman's Holiday • (2005) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 101 • The Language of Moths • (2005) • novelette by Christopher Barzak
• 125 • Anyway • (2005) • short story by M. Rickert
• 141 • The Emperor of Gondwanaland • (2005) • short story by Paul Di Filippo
• 157 • The Pirate's True Love • (2005) • short story by Seana Graham
• 163 • Intelligent Design • (2005) • short story by Ellen Klages
• 167 • Pip and the Fairies • (2005) • short story by Theodora Goss
• 175 • Leviathan • (2005) • short story by Simon Brown
• 191 • The Denial • (2005) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 207 • The Farmer's Cat • (2005) • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• 213 • There's a Hole in the City • [Dust Devil] • (2005) • short story by Richard Bowes
• 229 • Monster • (2005) • novelette by Kelly Link