The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers. Featuring stories from Daniel Abraham , Charlie Jane Anders , Kelly Barnhill , R. S. Benedict , Tobias S. Buckell , Indrapramit Das , Samuel R. Delany , Greg Egan , Max Gladstone , Theodora Goss , Saad Z. Hossain , Dave Hutchinson , Kathleen Kayembe , Caitlin R Kiernan , Mary Robinette Kowal , Rich Larson , Yoon Ha Lee , Scott Lynch , Maureen McHugh , Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali , Linda Nagata , Suzanne Palmer , Vina Jie-Min Prasad , Alastair Reynolds , Karl Schroeder , Nick Wolven and Caroline M. Yoachim .