Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• Foreword (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• Introduction (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by Karen Joy Fowler
• Meet Me in Iram • (2015) • short story by Sofia Samatar
• The Game of Smash and Recovery • (2015) • short story by Kelly Link
• Interesting Facts • (2015) • novelette by Adam Johnson
• Planet Lion • (2015) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary • (2015) • short story by Kij Johnson
• By Degrees and Dilatory Time • (2015) • short story by S. L. Huang
• The Mushroom Queen • (2015) • short story by Liz Ziemska
• The Daydreamer by Proxy • (2015) • short story by Dexter Palmer
• Tea Time • (2015) • short story by Rachel Swirsky
• Headshot • (2015) • short story by Julian Mortimer Smith
• The Duniazát • (2015) • short story by Salman Rushdie
• No Placeholder for You, My Love • (2015) • novelette by Nick Wolven
• The Thirteen Mercies • (2015) • short story by Maria Dahvana Headley
• Lightning Jack's Last Ride • (2015) • novelette by Dale Bailey
• Things You Can Buy for a Penny • (2015) • short story by Will Kaufman
• Rat Catcher's Yellows • (2015) • short story by Charlie Jane Anders
• The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History • (2015) • short story by Sam J. Miller
• Three Bodies at Mitanni • (2015) • short story by Seth Dickinson
• Ambiguity Machines: An Examination • (2015) • novelette by Vandana Singh
• The Great Silence • (2015) • short story by Allora and Calzadilla and Ted Chiang [as by Ted Chiang]
• Contributors' Notes (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016) • essay by uncredited
• Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2015 • essay by John Joseph Adams