year’s best – Neil Clarke

Year’s Best Picks from Clarkesworld

On 01/07/2013

After a distressing trip to the electro-cardiologist (stats can be frightening), I decided that I needed to focus on some good news, so here is a list of the 2012 Clarkesworld stories that have been selected for year’s best anthologies:

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois ed.

“Astrophilia” by Carrie Vaughn (audio)

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven, Jonathan Strahan ed.

“Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard (audio)
“Mantis Wives” by Kij Johnson (audio)
“Fade to White” by Catherynne M. Valente (audio)
“A Bead of Jasper by Four Small Stones” by Genevieve Valentine (audio)

The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2013 Edition, Rich Horton ed.

“Scattered Along the River of Heaven” by Aliette de Bodard (audio)
“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia (audio)
“Prayer” by Robert Reed (audio)
“Honey Bear” by Sofia Samatar (audio)

Clarkesworld Stories in Strahan’s Best of the Year Anthology

By Neil Clarke

On 11/28/2012

In clarkesworld magazine

The following 2012 stories from Clarkesworld Magazine has been selected to appear in THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR: VOLUME 7 edited by Jonathan Strahan:

“Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (June)
“Mantis Wives”, Kij Johnson (August)
“Fade to White”, Catherynne M. Valente (August)
“A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones”, Genevieve Valentine (October)

Congratulations to Aliette, Kij, Catherynne and Genevieve!

You can find a complete table of contents for Jonathan’s book here.

Clarkesworld and Dozois’ Years’s Best #29

By Neil Clarke

On 12/10/2011

In Uncategorized

The table of contents for Gardner Dozois’ Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection has been announced and the following Clarkesworld stories will be included:

"A Militant Peace" by David Klecha & Tobias S. Bucknell (November)
"Ghostweight" by Yoon Ha Lee (January)
"The Smell Of Orange Groves" by Lavie Tidhar (November)
"Silently and Very Fast" (Part I, Part II, Part III) by Catherynne M. Valente (October-December)

Congratulations to our authors and everyone else who has been selected this year!