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• ix • Introduction (Science Fiction: The Best of 2003) • essay by Karen Haber
• 1 • The Fluted Girl • (2003) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• 34 • A Study in Emerald • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 63 • Flowers from Alice • (2003) • short story by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
• 82 • The Tale of the Golden Eagle • (2003) • short story by David D. Levine
• 106 • Bernardo's House • (2003) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• 134 • Confusions of Uñi • (2003) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 149 • Jon • (2003) • novelette by George Saunders
• 184 • The Cookie Monster • (2003) • novella by Vernor Vinge
• 253 • Legions in Time • (2003) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 286 • The Chop Line • [Xeelee] • (2003) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
• 326 • Calling Your Name • (2003) • short story by Howard Waldrop
• 344 • The Empire of Ice Cream • (2003) • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 380 • Bump Ship • (2003) • short story by Susan Mosser (variant of Bumpship)
• 401 • Only Partly Here • (2003) • novelette by Lucius Shepard