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• 1 • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
• 7 • The Case of Death and Honey • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2011) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 23 • The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees • (2011) • short story by E. Lily Yu
• 33 • Tidal Forces • (2011) • short story by
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• 49 • Younger Women • (2011) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• 57 • White Lines on a Green Field • (2011) • novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
• 75 • All That Touches the Air • (2011) • short story by An Owomoyela
• 93 • What We Found • (2011) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 121 • The Server and the Dragon • (2010) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• 131 • The Choice • [Jackaroo] • (2011) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 171 • Malak • (2010) • short story by Peter Watts
• 183 • Old Habits • (2011) • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• 193 • A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong • (2011) • novella by Tom Holt [as by K. J. Parker]
• 227 • Valley of the Girls • (2011) • short story by Kelly Link
• 241 • The Brave Little Toaster • (2011) • short story by Cory Doctorow
• 245 • The Dala Horse • (2011) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 257 • The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece • (2011) • short story by M. Rickert
• 271 • The Paper Menagerie • (2011) • short story by Ken Liu
• 283 • Steam Girl • (2011) • novelette by Dylan Horrocks
• 315 • After the Apocalypse • (2011) • short story by Maureen F. McHugh
• 333 • Underbridge • (2011) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 353 • Relic • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • (2011) • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 373 • The Invasion of Venus • (2010) • short story by Stephen Baxter
• 385 • Woman Leaves Room • (2011) • short story by Robert Reed
• 393 • Restoration • (2011) • short fiction by Robert Shearman
• 419 • The Onset of a Paranormal Romance • (2011) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 437 • Catastrophic Disruption of the Head • (2011) • novelette by Margo Lanagan
• 459 • The Last Ride of the Glory Girls • (2011) • novelette by Libba Bray
• 485 • The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) • (2011) • novelette by Nnedi Okorafor
• 503 • Digging • (2011) • short story by Ian McDonald
• 521 • The Man Who Bridged the Mist • (2011) • novella by Kij Johnson
• 583 • Goodnight Moons • (2011) • short story by Ellen Klages