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• 9 • Introduction (The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019) • essay by Rich Horton
• 13 • A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies • (2018) • short story by Alix E. Harrow
• 25 • Intervention • [The Lucky Peach] • (2018) • novelette by Kelly Robson
• 46 • The Donner Party • (2018) • novelette by Dale Bailey
• 70 • How to Identify an Alien Shark • (2018) • short story by Beth Goder
• 73 • The Tale of the Ive-Ojan-Akhar's Death • (2018) • novelette by Alex Jeffers
• 97 • Carouseling • (2018) • short story by Rich Larson
• 109 • The Starship and the Temple Cat • (2018) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• 117 • Grace's Family • (2018) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• 145 • The Court Magician • (2018) • short story by Sarah Pinsker
• 152 • The Persistence of Blood • (2018) • novella by Juliette Wade
• 214 • Lime and the One Human • (2018) • short story by S. Woodson
• 233 • Bubble and Squeak • [Ripple Effect] • (2018) • novella by Ctein and David Gerrold
• 308 • Sour Milk Girls • (2018) • short story by Erin Roberts
• 322 • The Unnecessary Parts of the Story • (2018) • short story by Adam-Troy Castro
• 333 • The Temporary Suicides of Goldfish • (2018) • short story by Octavia Cade
• 341 • The Gift • (2018) • novelette by Julie Novakova
• 366 • The Buried Giant • (2018) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 381 • Jump • (2018) • short story by Cadwell Turnbull
• 388 • Umbernight • (2018) • novella by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• 426 • Today Is Today • (2018) • short story by Rick Wilber
• 434 • The Heart of Owl Abbas • (2018) • short story by Kathleen Jennings
• 450 • The Spires • (2018) • novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee
• 473 • The House by the Sea • (2018) • short story by P. H. Lee (variant of A House by the Sea)
• 476 • Foxy and Tiggs • (2018) • novelette by Justina Robson
• 492 • Beautiful • (2018) • novella by Juliet Marillier
• 524 • Dayenu • (2018) • short story by James Sallis
• 556 • Firelight • [Earthsea Cycle] • (2018) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 564 • About The Authors (The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019) • essay by uncredited
• 570 • Recommended Reading (The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019) • essay by uncredited