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Table of ContentsPermissionsAcknowledgements"The Falls: A Luna Story," by Ian McDonald"Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight," by Aliette de Bodard"Ruins," by Eleanor Arnason"Another Word for World," by Ann Leckie"Meshed," by Rich Larson"Emergence," by Gwyneth Jones"Gypsy," by Carter Scholz"The Astrakhan, the Homberg, and the Red Red Coat," by Chaz Brenchley"The Muses of Shuyedan-18," by Indrapramit Das"Bannerless," by Carrie Vaughn"The Audience," by Sean McMullen"Rates of Change," by James S.A. Corey"Calved," by Sam J. Miller"Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathagan," by Ian McDonald"Consolation," by John Kessel"The Children of Gal," by Allen M. Steele"Today I Am Paul," by Martin L. Shoemaker"City of Ash," by Paolo Bachigalupi"Trapping the Pleistecene," by James Sarafin"Machine Learning," by Nancy Kress"Inhuman Garbage," by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "Planet of Fear," by Paul McAuley"It Takes More Than Muscles to Frown," by Ned Beauman"The Daughters of John Demetrius," by Joe Pitkin"Silence Like Diamonds," by John Barnes"Billy Tumult," by Nick Harkaway"Hello, Hello; Can You Hear Me, Hello," by Seanan McGuire"Capitalism in the 22nd Century," by Geoff Ryman"Ice," by Rich Larson"The First Gate of Logic," by Benjamin Rosenbaum"In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon," by Michael F. Flynn"The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill," by Kelly Robson"No Placeholder for You, My Love," by Nick Wolven"The Game of Smash and Recovery," by Kelly Link"A Stopped Clock," by Madeline Ashby"Citadel of Weeping Pearls," by Aliette de BodardHonorable Mentions: 2015