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• 7 • Preface: Best American Fantasy • essay by Matthew Cheney
• 11 • Introduction: Fantasy and the Imagination • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
• 17 • A Hard Truth About Waste Management • (2006) • short story by Sumanth Prabhaker
• 25 • The Stolen Father • (2006) • short story by Eric Roe
• 39 • The Saffron Gatherers • (2006) • short story by Elizabeth Hand
• 59 • The Whipping • (2006) • short story by Julia Elliott
• 75 • A Better Angel • (2006) • short story by Chris Adrian
• 95 • Draco Campestris • (2006) • short story by Sarah Monette
• 105 • Geese • (2006) • short fiction by Daniel Coudriet
• 106 • The Chinese Boy • (2006) • novelette by Ann Stapleton
• 131 • The Flying Woman • (2006) • short story by Meghan McCarron
• 139 • First Kisses from Beyond the Grave • (2006) • novelette by Nik Houser
• 187 • Song of the Selkie • (2006) • short story by Gina Ochsner
• 205 • A Troop [sic] of Baboons • (2006) • short story by Tyler Smith
• 210 • Pieces of Scheherazade • (2006) • short story by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• 224 • Origin Story • (2006) • novelette by Kelly Link
• 251 • An Experiment in Governance • (2006) • short fiction by E. M. Schorb
• 252 • The Next Corpse Collector • (2006) • novelette by Ramola D
• 277 • Village of Ardakmoktan • (2006) • short story by Nicole Derr
• 282 • The Man Who Married a Tree • (2006) • short story by Tony D'Souza
• 300 • A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets • (2006) • short story by Kevin Brockmeier
• 308 • Pregnant • (2006) • short story by Catherine Zeidler
• 318 • The Warehouse of Saints • (2006) • short story by Robin Hemley
• 331 • The Ledge • (2006) • novelette by Austin Bunn
• 353 • Lazy Taekos • (2006) • short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 363 • For the Love of Paul Bunyan • (2006) • short story by Fritz Swanson
• 366 • An Accounting • (2006) • short story by Brian Evenson
• 379 • Abraham Lincoln Has Been Shot • (2006) • short story by Daniel Alarcón
• 388 • Bit Forgive • (2006) • short story by Maile Chapman
• 407 • The End of Narrative (1-29; or 29-1) • (2006) • novelette by Peter LaSalle
• 435 • Kiss • (2006) • short fiction by Melora Wolff
• 437 • Contributor Notes (Best American Fantasy) • (2007) • essay by uncredited
• 446 • Recommended Reading (Best American Fantasy) • (2007) • essay by uncredited
• 449 • Publications Received (Best American Fantasy) • (2007) • essay by uncredited