Megan Lindholm. Old Paint. (Asimovs July 2012).
Excellent, tender and affecting story with a node to Disney/Pixar Toy Story and Cars, with a bit of Wall-E thrown in. And Herbie.
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, May 2001 (Peanut Press edition)
Moby Quilt. Eleanor Arnason. Another formulaic Lydia Duluth story which gets perilously close to plot
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 7th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. 1990
Stories by : Alan Brennert, Alexander Jablokov, Avram Davidson, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Charles Sheffield, Connie Willis, Gregory Benford, Janet Kagan, John Crowley, Judith Moffett, Kathe Koja, Lucius Shepard, Megan Lindholm, Michael Swanwick, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Neal Barrett Jr, Robert Sampson, Robert Silverberg, S.P. Somtow, Steven Popkes, William King.
Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 – edited by Vonda N. McIntyre, Roc, April 2004
I can recommend this year’s ‘Showcase’ as being chock full of good stuff – a marked improvement over last year’s issue which didn’t have a whole lot of fiction in it to read