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• ix • Foreword (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• xvii • Introduction (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019) • essay by Carmen Maria Machado
• 1 • Pitcher Plant • (2018) • short story by Adam-Troy Castro
• 15 • What Everyone Knows • (2018) • short story by Seanan McGuire
• 29 • The Storyteller's Replacement • (2018) • short story by N. K. Jemisin
• 39 • Poor Unfortunate Fools • (2018) • novelette by Silvia Park
• 61 • Six Hangings in the Land of Unkillable Women • (2018) • short story by Theodore McCombs
• 74 • Hard Mary • (2018) • novelette by Sofia Samatar
• 112 • Variations on a Theme from Turandot • (2018) • short story by Ada Hoffmann
• 132 • Through the Flash • (2018) • novelette by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• 154 • Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie Sing the Stumps Down Good • (2018) • novelette by LaShawn M. Wanak
• 192 • The Kite Maker • (2018) • short story by Brenda Peynado
• 209 • The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington • (2018) • short story by
  P. Djèlí Clark^?P. Djeli Clark
• 218 • When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis • (2018) • short story by Annalee Newitz
• 233 • Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung • (2018) • novelette by Usman T. Malik
• 265 • STET • (2018) • short story by Sarah Gailey
• 271 • What Gentle Women Dare • (2018) • short story by Kelly Robson
• 289 • Nine Last Days on Planet Earth • (2018) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
• 321 • Dead Air • (2018) • novelette by Nino Cipri
• 349 • Skinned • (2018) • short story by Lesley Nneka Arimah
• 366 • Godmeat • (2018) • short story by Martin Cahill
• 383 • On the Day You Spend Forever with Your Dog • (2018) • short story by Adam R. Shannon
• 395 • Contributors' Notes (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019) • essay by various
• 409 • Other Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2018 • essay by John Joseph Adams [as by Adams, John Joseph]