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• 1 • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
• 5 • The Contrary Gardener • (2012) • novelette by Christopher Rowe
• 23 • The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times • [Hwarhath] • (2012) • short story by Eleanor Arnason
• 33 • Close Encounters • (2012) • novelette by Andy Duncan
• 61 • Great-Grandmother in the Cellar • [World of The Innkeeper's Song] • (2012) • short story by Peter S. Beagle
• 77 • The Easthound • (2012) • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• 91 • Goggles (c.1910) • (2012) • short story by
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• 103 • Bricks, Sticks, Straw • (2012) • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 123 • A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones • (2012) • short story by Genevieve Valentine
• 139 • The Grinnell Method • (2012) • novelette by Molly Gloss
• 161 • Beautiful Boys • (2012) • short story by Theodora Goss
• 169 • The Education of a Witch • (2012) • novelette by Ellen Klages
• 185 • Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden • [The Quiet War] • (2012) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 203 • What Did Tessimond Tell You? • (2012) • short story by Adam Roberts
• 227 • Adventure Story • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 231 • Katabasis • [The Great Ship Universe] • (2012) • novella by Robert Reed
• 281 • Troll Blood • (2012) • novelette by Peter Dickinson
• 309 • The Color Least Used by Nature • (2012) • novelette by Ted Kosmatka
• 339 • Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls • [Jack Shade] • (2012) • novelette by Rachel Pollack
• 371 • Two Houses • (2012) • novelette by Kelly Link
• 389 • Blood Drive • (2012) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 399 • Mantis Wives • (2012) • short story by Kij Johnson
• 403 • Immersion • [Universe of Xuya] • (2012) • short story by Aliette de Bodard
• 417 • About Fairies • (2012) • short story by Pat Murphy
• 433 • Let Maps to Others • (2012) • novella by Tom Holt [as by K. J. Parker]
• 489 • Joke in Four Panels • (2012) • short story by Robert Shearman
• 497 • Reindeer Mountain • (2012) • short story by Karin Tidbeck
• 513 • Domestic Magic • (2012) • short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem
• 525 • Swift, Brutal Retaliation • (2012) • novelette by Meghan McCarron
• 543 • Nahiku West • [Zeke Choy] • (2012) • novelette by Linda Nagata
• 565 • Fade to White • (2012) • novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
• 589 • Significant Dust • (2012) • novelette by Margo Lanagan
• 609 • Mono no Aware • (2012) • short story by Ken Liu