Contents:
xiii β’ Introduction (The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1) β’ essay by Jonathan Strahan
1 β’ The Bookstore at the End of America β’ (2019) β’ short story by Charlie Jane Anders
23 β’ The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex β’ (2019) β’ short story by Tobias S. Buckell
37 β’ Kali_Na β’ (2019) β’ short fiction by Indrapramit Das
59 β’ Song of the Birds β’ (2019) β’ short fiction by Saleem Haddad
77 β’ The Painter of Trees β’ (2019) β’ short story by Suzanne Palmer
91 β’ The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir β’ (2019) β’ short story by Karin Tidbeck
109 β’ Sturdy Lanterns and Ladders β’ (2019) β’ short story by Malka Older
123 β’ It's 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning β’ (2019) β’ short story by Ted Chiang
127 β’ Contagion's Eve at the House Noctambulous β’ (2019) β’ novelette by Rich Larson
151 β’ Submarines β’ (2019) β’ short story by Han Song (trans. of ζ½θ?
2014)
161 β’ As the Last I May Know β’ (2019) β’ short story by S. L. Huang
179 β’ A Catalog of Storms β’ (2019) β’ short story by Fran Wilde
193 β’ The Robots of Eden β’ (2019) β’ short story by Anil Menon
213 β’ Now Wait for This Week β’ (2019) β’ novelette by Alice Sola Kim
243 β’ Cyclopterus β’ (2019) β’ short story by Peter Watts
263 β’ Dune Song β’ (2019) β’ short story by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
277 β’ The Work of Wolves β’ (2019) β’ novella by Tegan Moore
331 β’ Soft Edges β’ (2019) β’ short story by Elizabeth Bear
343 β’ Emergency Skin β’ (2019) β’ novelette by N. K. Jemisin
371 β’ Thoughts and Prayers β’ (2019) β’ short story by Ken Liu
391 β’ At the Fall β’ (2019) β’ novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee
423 β’ Reunion β’ (2019) β’ short fiction by Vandana Singh
453 β’ Green Glass: A Love Story β’ (2019) β’ short story by E. Lily Yu
465 β’ Secret Stories of Doors β’ (2016) β’ short story by SofΓa Rhei
483 β’ This is Not the Way Home β’ (2019) β’ novelette by Greg Egan
507 β’ What the Dead Man Said β’ (2019) β’ short story by Chinelo Onwualu
523 β’ I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We're Getting Married β’ (2019) β’ short story by Fonda Lee
533 β’ The Archronology of Love β’ (2019) β’ short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
561 β’ Recommended Reading: 2019 β’ essay by Jonathan Strahan