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Best American Fantasy

Jeff VanderMeer & Ann VanderMeer

First published 2007
Series Best American Fantasy #1
Publisher Prime Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Scott Eagle
Pages 459
Price $14.95
ISBN 9780809562800

  • No date other than year. Month assumed to be from Locus
  • No printing line
  • Cover artist credit per copyright page & rear cover
  • "The Saffron Gatherers" is titled "The Saffron Gatherer" in ToC
  • Available as a Internet Archive scan

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Preface: Best American Fantasy Matthew Cheney Essay
11 Introduction: Fantasy and the Imagination Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer Essay
17 A Hard Truth About Waste Management Sumanth Prabhaker Short Story
25 The Stolen Father Eric Roe Short Story
39 The Saffron Gatherers Elizabeth Hand Short Story
59 The Whipping Julia Elliott Short Story
75 A Better Angel Chris Adrian Short Story
95 Draco Campestris Sarah Monette Short Story
105 Geese Daniel Coudriet Short Story
106 The Chinese Boy Ann Stapleton Novelette
131 The Flying Woman Meghan McCarron Short Story
139 First Kisses from Beyond the Grave Nik Houser Novelette
187 Song of the Selkie Gina Ochsner Short Story
205 A Troop [sic] of Baboons Tyler Smith Short Story
210 Pieces of Scheherazade Nicole Kornher-Stace Short Story
224 Origin Story Kelly Link Novelette
251 An Experiment in Governance E. M. Schorb Short Story
252 The Next Corpse Collector Ramola D Novelette
277 Village of Ardakmoktan Nicole Derr Short Story
282 The Man Who Married a Tree Tony D'Souza Short Story
300 A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets Kevin Brockmeier Short Story
308 Pregnant Catherine Zeidler Short Story
318 The Warehouse of Saints Robin Hemley Short Story
331 The Ledge Austin Bunn Novelette
353 Lazy Taekos Geoffrey A. Landis Short Story
363 For the Love of Paul Bunyan Fritz Swanson Short Story
366 An Accounting Brian Evenson Short Story
379 Abraham Lincoln Has Been Shot Daniel Alarcón Short Story
388 Bit Forgive Maile Chapman Short Story
407 The End of Narrative (1-29; or 29-1) Peter LaSalle Novelette
435 Kiss Melora Wolff Short Story
437 Contributor Notes (Best American Fantasy) uncredited Essay
446 Recommended Reading (Best American Fantasy) uncredited Essay
449 Publications Received (Best American Fantasy) uncredited Essay