Honors for Stories and Poems
- Adams, Danny, “A Deconstruction of Beauty” (story, #32)*
- Arnzen, Michael, “Resuscitation” (poem, #12)****
- Barker, Lawrence, “Gurian” (story, #26)*
- Barrette, Elizabeth, “The Selkie Thief” (poem, #35)*
- Baumer, Jennifer Rachel, “Fishing Line, Feathers, and Waffles” (story, #36)*
- Baumer, Jennifer Rachel, “The Last Oracle” (story, Clarity)*
- Baumer, Jennifer Rachel, “Stone, or Brass” (story, #33)*
- Baumer, Jennifer Rachel, “Savannah’s Moon” (story, #21)*
- Baumer, Jennifer Rachel, “Soul’s Night” (story, #27) *
- Black, Terry, “Cold Fever” (story, #33)*
- Bradshaw, Paul, “At Riley’s Bar” (story, #23)*
- Braunbeck, Gary, “For Want of a Smile” (story, #8)*
- Braunbeck, Gary, “The Guilting of Rowan Byrne” (story, #10)*
- Braunbeck, Gary, “Matters of Family” (story, #5)**
- Carsky-Wilson, Woody O., “Brother Blade” (story, #29)•
- Chapman, Stepan, “Buzzy Moon” (poem, #22)*
- Cobb, Tony, “The Syndrome” (story, #16)*
- Cox, A.J., “The Unnatural Blend of Colors” (story, #11)*
- Cox, Deidre, “Vein” (story, #10)*
- Crawford, Dan, “Dead Certainties” (story, #20)*
- Crawford, Stephen R., “Exorcism” (story, #13)*
- Crow, Jennifer, “A House-Ghost” (poem, #35)*
- Day, Holly, “In Hiding” (poem, #14)*
- Deja, Thomas, “How Does It Feel?” (story, #14)*
- Deja, Thomas, “The Smoking Glass” (story, #22)*
- Donati, Stefano, “So Much to Answer For” (story, #19)*
- Donihe, Kevin, “Others” (poem, #33)*
- Eller, Steve, “Bodily Fluids” (story, #21)*
- Esposito, Patricia J., “His Wounds” (story, #34)*
- Finley, Toiya Kristen, “Nothing to Delay, Nothing to Protect” (story, #30)•
- Grey, John, “The Watch on Larry” (poem, #11)****
- Harbour, Katherine, “Fading” (story, #13)*
- Hardy, K.S., “Land of Night” (poem, #33)*
- Hendee, Barb, “Better Ways in a Wet Alley” (story, #7)***
- Hopper, Jeannette, “Two from the Dragon” (story, #4)*
- Jackson, Geoff, “Dogging” (story, #12)*
- Jordan, Ceri, “There the Great City Stands” (story, #17)*
- Kauderer, Herb, “Survivor” (poem, #13)*
- King, Ladonna, “Saint” (poem, #19)*
- Knowles, Brent, “The End of the Road” (story, #35)•
- Lecard, Marc, “Night Window” (story, #31)*
- Main, Cindy, “Sleepwalker” (poem, #30)*
- Marra, Sue, “The Internationally Known Madame Defarges” (poem, #4)*
- Massie, Elizabeth, “Snow Day” (story, #12)*
- Maycock, Brian, “Where’s the Matter” (story, #32)*
- McLaughlin, Mark, “The Last Poetry Night at the Saturnalia Coffee House” (poem, #11)*
- McLaughlin, Mark, “Leave Her Alone” (story, #7)*
- Melko, Jr., Paul J., “Doreen” (story, #17)*
- Meyer, Adam, “Resurrection” (story, #10)***
- Moore, Shelley, “Stigmata” (story, #11)*
- Muslim, Kristine Ong, “The Thin Men” (poem, #34)*
- Newton, Kurt, “The Birthday Ritual” (story, #13)*
- Newton, Kurt, “The Burning Man” (story, #14)*
- Noble, Carol, “Sign” (story, #7)*
- Osier, Jeffrey, “Father’s Workshop” (story, #11)*
- Osier, Jeffrey, “What I Had to Do...” (story, #9)*
- Pavey, Jack, “The Killer” (story, #6)*
- Perrin, Elizabeth, “Recycling Day” (story, #19)•***
- Piccirrilli, Tom, “Gone” (story, #14)*
- Porter, Karen R., “Reflection” (poem, #27)*
- Porter, Karen R., “She” (poem, #30)****
- Porter, Karen R., “The Visitor” (poem, #36)*
- Porter, Karen R., “Unseen” (poem, #32)*
- Rainey, Stephen M., “The Herald at Midnight” (story, #9)*
- Riedel, Kate, “Chad” (story, #14)*
- Riedel, Kate, “The Pear Orchard” (story, #31)*
- Riedel, Kate, “Trying to Be Kind” (story, #33)*
- Rosen, Barbara, “Experiment” (story, Split)*
- Rosen, Barbara,“Prosthesis” (story, #28)*
- Rosenman, John B., “Diana in the Rain” (story, #3)*
- Russo, Patricia, “Dog Love” (story, #21)*
- Russo, Patricia, “Earth Dogs” (story, #30)*
- Russo, Patricia, “The Elevator” (story, #27)*
- Russo, Patricia, “It Will Not Be Beautiful” (story, #34)*
- Russo, Patricia, “Lemon Filled” (story, #36)*
- Russo, Patricia, “Skin” (story, #24)*
- Russo, Patricia, “Suckling” (story, #31)*
- Sallee, Wayne Allen, “Take the ‘A’ Train” (story, #1)***
- Sobolik, Kurt, “Scene” (poem, #17)*
- Steensland, Mark, “The Barn” (story, #32)
- Steensland, Mark, “The Book Smeller” (story, #34)*
- Storm, Sue, and David Kopaska-Merkel, “Eye of Moon” (poem, #13)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Another Coming” (story, #32)*, •**
- Taaffe, Sonya, “By Sunlight” (story, Clarity)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Chez Vous Soon” (story, #35)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Drink Down” (story, #34) •***
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Daughters of the Ash-Tree” (poem, #32)****
- Taaffe, Sonya, “In Sight of the Seasons” (poem, #34)*, ****
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Little Fix of Friction” (story, #33)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Mercury Love” (story, #30)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Moving Nameless” (story, #27)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Ogygia” (poem, #36)****
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Psyche” (poem, #33)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Retrospective” (story, #31) *, •*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Sea-Changes” (story, Change)*
- Taaffe, Sonya, “Till Human Voices Wake Us” (story, #28)*
- Totman, Brandon W., “The Daughter” (poem, #14)*
- Totman, Brandon W., “Yellow” (poem, #16)*
- Vernon, Steve, “Hooney Jew, Hooney Jew” (story, #8)*
- Vernon, Steve, “Rolling Stock” (story, #24)*
- Webb, Don, “Afterward” (story, #21)*
- Wells, Heather, “Headed Home” (story, #16)*
- Wendig, C.D., “Bourbon Street Lullaby” (story, #18)*
- Wood, Simon, “The Hoarder” (story, #25)*
- YellowBoy, Erzebet, “A Remedy for Sorrow” (story, #36)*
Note: Honors through issue #36.
- * Honorably mentioned in Year’s Best Fantasy (1986-88); Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (1986-2003), Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant (2004- )
- ** Reprinted in Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- *** Reprinted in Year’s Best Horror, edited by Karl Edward Wagner
- **** Nominated for Rhysling Award
- • Nominated for British Science Fiction Award (Preliminary Nominations)
- •* Honorably mentioned for The Speculative Literature Foundation’s Fountain Award
- •** Nominated for Gaylactic Spectrum Award
- •*** Honorably mentioned in Best of the Rest, edited by Brian Youmans