The best stories of the year: here is a collection of the year's best fantasy stories, by some of the genre's greatest authors, and selected by Rich Horton, a contributing reviewer to many of the field's most respected magazines. In this volume you'll find stories Peter Beagle, Paul Di Filippo, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe and many more!

Complete contents:

PIP AND THE FAIRIES, by Theodora Goss

COMBER, by Gene Wolfe

THREE URBAN FOLK TALES, by Eric Schaller

WAX, by Elizabeth Bear

THE EMPEROR OF GONDWANALAND, by Paul Di Filippo

COMMCOMM, by George Saunders

FIVE WAYS JANE AUSTEN NEVER DIED, by Samantha Henderson

FANCY BREAD, by Gregory Feeley

SUNBIRD, by Neil Gaiman

THE SECRET OF BROKEN TICKERS, by Joe Murphy

ON THE BLINDSIDE, by Sonya Taaffe

JANE, by Marc Laidlaw

IS THERE LIFE AFTER REHAB? by Pat Cadigan

TWO HEARTS, Peter S. Beagle

SUPER-VILLAINS, Michael Canfield

EMPTY PLACES, by Richard Parks

INVISIBLE, by Steve Rasnic Tem

BY THE LIGHT OF TOMORROW’S SUN, by Holly Phillips

THE GIST HUNTER, by Matthew Hughes