Best-of-the-year anthology of 23 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois.

• Papa by Ian R. MacLeod
• Sacred Cow by Bruce Sterling
• Dancing on Air by Nancy Kress
• A Visit to the Farside by Don Webb
• Alien Bootlegger by Rebecca Ore
• Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
• Friendship Bridge by Brian W. Aldiss
• Into the Miranda Rift by G. David Nordley
• Mwalimu in the Squared Circle by Mike Resnick
• Guest of Honor by Robert Reed
• Love Toys of the Gods by Pat Cadigan
• Chaff by Greg Egan
• Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield
• Cush by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• On the Collection of Humans by Mark Rich
• There and Then by Steven Utley
• The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady
• Feedback by Joe Haldeman
• Lieserl by Stephen Baxter
• Flashback by Dan Simmons
• A Child’s Christmas in Florida by William Browning Spencer
• Whispers by Maureen F. McHugh and David Kisor
• Wall, Stone, Craft by Walter Jon Williams

Edited by Gardner Dozois.