“The Observer” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. © 2008 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Originally published in Front Lines.
“The Long Chase” by Geoffrey A. Landis. © 2002 by Geoffrey A. Landis. Originally published in Asimov’s.
“Art of War” by Nancy Kress. © 2007 by Nancy Kress. Originally published in The New Space Opera.
“Have You Any Wool” by Alan DeNiro. © 2006 by Alan DeNiro. Originally published in Twenty Epics.
“Carthago Delenda Est” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2009 by Genevieve Valentine. Originally published in Federations.
“Rats of the System” by Paul McAuley. © 2005 by Paul McAuley. Originally published in Constellations.
“The Political Officer” by Charles Coleman Finlay. © 2002 by Charles Coleman Finlay. Originally published in F&SF.
“Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo. © 2010 by Cat Rambo. Originally published in Clarkesworld.
“A Soldier of the City” by David Moles. © 2010 by David Moles. Originally published in Engineering Infinity.
About the Editors
Rich Horton is a software engineer in St. Louis. He is a contributing editor to Locus, for which he does short fiction reviews and occasional book reviews; and to Black Gate, for which he does a continuing series of essays about science fiction history.
Sean Wallace is the founder and editor for Prime Books, which won a World Fantasy Award in 2006. In the past he was co-editor of Fantasy and two-time Hugo Award winning and two-time World Fantasy nominee Clarkesworld; the editor of the following anthologies: Best New Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror: The Best of the Year, Japanese Dreams, and The Mammoth Book of Steampunk; and co-editor of Bandersnatch, Fantasy Annual, Phantom and Weird Tales: The 21st Century. He lives in Rockville MD with his wife, Jennifer, and their twin daughters, Cordelia and Natalie.
OTHER BOOKS BY THE EDITORS
Rich Horton & Sean Wallace
Robots 2: The Recent A.I. (forthcoming)
War and Space: Recent Combat
Rich Horton
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 Edition
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 Edition
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 Edition (forthcoming)
Unplugged: The Web’s Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 2008
Sean Wallace
Best New Fantasy
Fantasy (with Paul Tremblay)
Horror: The Best of the Year, 2006 (with John Betancourt)
Japanese Dreams
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Phantom (with Paul Tremblay)
Realms 1 (with Nick Mamatas)
Realms 2 (with Nick Mamatas)
Weird Tales: The 21st Century (with Stephen H. Segal)