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• 1 • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two) • (2008) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
• 5 • The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate • (2007) • novelette by Ted Chiang
• 27 • The Last and Only, or Mr. Moskowitz Becomes French • (2007) • short fiction by Peter S. Beagle (variant of The Last and Only or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French)
• 41 • Trunk and Disorderly • (2007) • novelette by Charles Stross
• 73 • Glory • (2007) • novelette by Greg Egan
• 95 • Dead Horse Point • (2007) • short story by Daryl Gregory
• 109 • The Dreaming Wind • (2007) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 121 • The Coat of Stars • (2007) • short story by Holly Black
• 135 • The Prophet of Flores • (2007) • novelette by Ted Kosmatka
• 159 • Wizard's Six • [Borea • 1] • (2007) • novelette by Alex Irvine
• 181 • The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics • (2007) • novelette by Daniel Abraham
• 199 • By Fools Like Me • (2007) • short story by Nancy Kress
• 211 • Kiosk • (2007) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 247 • Singing of Mount Abora • (2007) • short story by Theodora Goss
• 261 • The Witch's Headstone • juvenile • [Bod Owens] • (2007) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 281 • Last Contact • (2007) • short story by Stephen Baxter
• 291 • Jesus Christ, Reanimator • (2007) • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 301 • Sorrel's Heart • (2007) • short story by Susan Palwick
• 311 • Urdumheim • (2007) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 337 • Holiday • (2007) • short story by M. Rickert
• 347 • The Valley of the Gardens • (2007) • novelette by Tony Daniel
• 375 • Winter's Wife • (2007) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• 403 • The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small • [Celestial Empire] • (2007) • novelette by Chris Roberson
• 425 • Orm the Beautiful • (2007) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• 433 • The Constable of Abal • (2007) • short story by Kelly Link
• 459 • Copyright Acknowledgments (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two) • (2008) • essay by uncredited