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• 6 • Introduction (Year's Best Fantasy 9) • essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
• 9 • Shoggoths In Bloom • (2008) • novelette by Elizabeth Bear
• 27 • The Rabbi's Hobby • (2008) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 51 • Running the Snake • (2008) • short story by Kage Baker
• 67 • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • (2008) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
• 86 • Reader's Guide • (2008) • short story by Lisa Goldstein
• 93 • The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. • (2008) • novelette by Al Michaud
• 132 • Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake • (2008) • short story by Naomi Novik
• 149 • A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica • (2008) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente (variant of A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antartica)
• 158 • From the Clay of His Heart • (2008) • novelette by John Brown
• 183 • If Angels Fight • (2008) • novelette by Richard Bowes
• 207 • 26 Monkeys & the Abyss • short story by Kij Johnson (variant of 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss 2008)
• 217 • Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita • (2008) • short fiction by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald [as by Debra Doyle and James Macdonald]
• 232 • The Film-Makers of Mars • (2008) • short story by Geoff Ryman
• 241 • Childrun • [Gorlen Vizenfirth • 3] • (2008) • novelette by Marc Laidlaw
• 264 • Queen of the Sunlit Shore • (2008) • short story by Liz Williams
• 272 • Lady Witherspoon's Solution • (2008) • novelette by James Morrow
• 296 • Dearest Cecily • (2008) • short fiction by Kris Dikeman [as by Kristine Dikeman]
• 303 • Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta • (2008) • short fiction by Randy McCharles (variant of Ringing the Changes in Okotoks Alberta)
• 330 • Caverns of Mystery • (2008) • short story by Kage Baker
• 346 • Skin Deep • (2008) • novelette by Richard Parks
• 366 • King Pelles the Sure • (2008) • short story by Peter S. Beagle
• 376 • A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead • (2008) • short story by Richard Harland
• 386 • Avast, Abaft! • (2008) • short story by Howard Waldrop
• 395 • Gift from a Spring • (2008) • novelette by Delia Sherman
• 415 • The First Editions • (2008) • novelette by James Stoddard
• 442 • The Olverung • (2008) • short story by Stephen Woodworth
• 456 • Daltharee • (2008) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 464 • The Forest • (2008) • short story by Kim Wilkins