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• xi • Introduction (Year's Best Fantasy 2) • essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
• 1 • The Finder • [Earthsea Cycle] • (2001) • novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 97 • Senator Bilbo • (2001) • short story by Andy Duncan
• 115 • Big City Littles • [Newford] • (2000) • short story by Charles de Lint
• 136 • What the Tyger Told Her • (2001) • short story by Kage Baker
• 160 • In the Shadow of Her Wings • (2001) • short story by Ashok K. Banker [as by Ashok Banker]
• 174 • The Heart of the Hill • (2001) • short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson
• 189 • Queen • (2001) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 196 • The Black Heart • (2001) • short story by Patrick O'Leary
• 207 • On the Wall • (2001) • short story by Jo Walton
• 214 • Hell Is the Absence of God • (2001) • novelette by Ted Chiang
• 246 • The Man Who Stole the Moon • [Tales of the Flat Earth] • (2001) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 275 • Firebird • (2001) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• 314 • My Case for Retributive Action • (2001) • novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• 332 • The Shadow • (2001) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
• 346 • Stitchery • (2001) • short story by Devon Monk
• 364 • To Others We Know Not Of • (2001) • short story by Kate Riedel
• 377 • The Lady of the Winds • [Cappen Varra] • (2001) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 417 • His Own Back Yard • (2001) • novelette by James P. Blaylock
• 443 • A Place to Begin • (2001) • short story by Richard Parks
• 463 • Nucleon • (2001) • short story by David D. Levine
• 475 • My Stolen Sabre • (2001) • short story by Uncle River
• 487 • Apologue • (2001) • short story by James Morrow