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• ix • Introduction: The State of the Short SF Field in 2019 • (2020) • essay by Neil Clarke
• 1 • The Painter of Trees • (2019) • short story by Suzanne Palmer
• 11 • Emergency Skin • (2019) • novelette by N. K. Jemisin
• 33 • In the Stillness Between the Stars • (2019) • novelette by Mercurio D. Rivera
• 57 • Sympathizer • (2019) • short fiction by Karin Lowachee
• 73 • Knit Three, Save Four • (2019) • short story by Marie Vibbert
• 87 • Moonlight • (2019) • short story by Cixin Liu (trans. of
  月夜^?yuè yè
  yue ye
  2009) [as by Liu Cixin]
• 101 • By the Warmth of Their Calculus • (2019) • novelette by Tobias S. Buckell
• 121 • Deriving Life • (2019) • novelette by Elizabeth Bear
• 145 • The Little Shepherdess • (2019) • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 155 • Such Thoughts Are Unproductive • (2019) • short story by Rebecca Campbell
• 171 • The River of Blood and Wine • (2019) • novelette by Kali Wallace
• 189 • One Thousand Beetles in a Jumpsuit • [Robot Country] • (2019) • novelette by Dominica Phetteplace
• 211 • Permafrost • (2019) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
• 299 • The Work of Wolves • (2019) • novella by Tegan Moore
• 343 • Song Xiuyun • (2019) • novelette by
  阿缺^?A Que
  (trans. of
  宋秀云^?Song Xiuyun
  2018) [as by A Que]
• 367 • Mother Ocean • (2019) • short story by Vandana Singh
• 381 • Cratered • (2019) • novelette by Karen Osborne
• 399 • The Justified • (2019) • novelette by Ann Leckie
• 417 • Old Media • (2019) • short story by Annalee Newitz
• 431 • At the Fall • (2019) • novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee
• 455 • The Ocean Between the Leaves • [Istanbul Protectorate • 3] • (2019) • novelette by Ray Nayler
• 473 • Rescue Party • [Universe of Xuya] • (2019) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard
• 497 • Close Enough for Jazz • (2019) • short fiction by John Chu
• 511 • On the Shores of Ligeia • (2019) • short story by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• 529 • The Empty Gun • (2019) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• 547 • Kali_Na • (2019) • short fiction by Indrapramit Das
• 565 • Painless • (2019) • short story by Rich Larson
• 579 • Give the Family My Love • (2019) • short story by A. T. Greenblatt
• 597 • 2019 Recommended Reading List (The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5) • (2020) • essay by Neil Clarke
• 600 • About the Editor (The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5) • (2020) • essay by uncredited