Kelly Link. The Summer People. (The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2012)
A cracking little story, whose only drawback for me was the WTF moment when I turned a page to find there was only a half page left.
Kelly Link. The Cinderella Game. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four)
Nicely observed, but short, and not clear to me as to what Strahan saw in it to pick it for the volume.
Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.
A collection of excellent stories.
Kelly Link. Pretty Monsters. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 3).
A classy story, handling two intertwined narratives beautifully as hidden secrets gradually become lycanthropically clear.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005
David Gerrold. A Quantum Bit Exists in Two States Simultaneously : On This issue is
The Starry Rift. ed Jonathan Strahan, Viking , 2008
The stories are almost without exception an excellent introduction to the genre, covering a wide spread and with something for most readers. If your kids are past the Harry Potter stage, then give them this hefty volume to help them take a step (or rather, a giant leap) in the right direction.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two. ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008.
Stories by : Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Charles Stross, Greg Egan, Daryl Gregory, Jeffrey Ford, Holly Black, Ted Kosmatka, Alex Irvine, Daniel Abraham, Nancy Kress, Bruce Sterling, Theodore Goss, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken Macleod, Susan Palwick, Michael Swanwick, M. Rickert, Tony Daniel, Elizabeth Hand, Chris Roberson, Elizabeth Bear, Kelly Link.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume One. ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007.
Stories by : Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Cory Doctorow, Ellen Klages, Christopher Rowe, Margo Langanan, Walter Jon Williams, Jeffrey Ford, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Frances Hardinge, Tim Powers, Paolo Bacigalupi, Geoff Ryman, Jay Lake, Robert Charles Wilson, M. Rickert, Robert Reed, Kelly Link, Elizabeth Hand, Connie Willis, Paul Di Filippo, Gene Wolfe, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Ian McDonald
Nebula Awards Showcase, ed Mike Resnick, ROC, 2007
A must for anyone seriously into short SF, but if only the SFFWA could tighten up the rules to choose material from a given calendar year, and pick some more Science Fiction!
Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 – edited by Nancy Kress, Roc, April 2003
A handsome volume, but in terms of capturing the Year’s Best – not a patch on Dozois, Hartwell or Silverberg.