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The Year’s Best Science Fiction is an annual anthology series compiling exceptional science fiction short stories. Edited by Gardner Dozois from 1984 to 2018, it represents a definitive collection and showcases the finest new works in the genre. This volume provides readers with a comprehensive over...

New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine whose origins date to the 1930s, initially emerging from a science fiction fan organization before becoming a professional periodical. Under Michael Moorcock's editorship during the 1960s, it became closely associated with New Wave science fiction an...

Clarkesworld Magazine is an online science fiction and fantasy publication founded by editor Neil Clarke in 2006. It publishes original short fiction alongside interviews, nonfiction articles, and audio versions of selected stories, serving readers and writers of speculative fiction. The magazine an...

The O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual anthology devoted to short fiction originally published in literary magazines and other periodicals. Established in 1919 and named for the American short-story writer O. Henry, the series presents stories selected through a recurring prize process. It serves r...

The Pushcart Prize Anthology is an annual American collection devoted to writing first published by small presses and independent literary magazines. Issued since 1976 by Pushcart Press, it reprints selected short fiction, poetry, essays, and other literary work nominated by participating editors an...

Lightspeed Magazine is an online publication devoted to science fiction and fantasy, founded by editor John Joseph Adams in 2010. It publishes original short fiction as well as selected reprints, often accompanied by author interviews and nonfiction articles. Its contributors range from established...

Again, Dangerous Visions is a 1972 anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Harlan Ellison. It followed the 1967 collection Dangerous Visions and continued its effort to publish experimental, controversial, or convention-challenging work by a broad group of writers. The volume also in...

Orbit was a series of original science-fiction anthologies edited by American writer and editor Damon Knight. The volumes were published from 1966 to 1980 and presented previously unpublished short fiction rather than reprinting older stories. Orbit provided a venue for formally and thematically exp...

Strange Horizons is an online magazine of speculative fiction founded in 2000. It publishes science fiction, fantasy, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, and related criticism, with an emphasis on literary work and perspectives that have received limited representation in conventional genre publish...

Universe was an anthology series of original science-fiction stories edited by Terry Carr and published from 1971 through 1987. Seventeen numbered volumes appeared, presenting newly commissioned short fiction rather than reprinting previously published material. The series combined work by establish...

Interzone is a British magazine devoted primarily to science fiction and fantasy short stories, founded in 1982. It has published fiction, interviews, reviews, essays, and artwork, providing a recurring venue for both established genre writers and emerging authors. The magazine received the Hugo Awa...

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color is a 2019 anthology edited by Nisi Shawl. It collects original science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative stories by writers of color, with settings and subjects that range from alternate histories and future societies to magic and the s...

Nightmare Magazine is an online publication devoted to horror and dark fantasy fiction. Founded in 2012 by editor John Joseph Adams, it publishes original short stories alongside reprints, interviews, nonfiction, and author-focused material, and is associated with the science fiction and fantasy pub...

Cemetery Dance is an American magazine and specialty press devoted primarily to horror and dark suspense. Richard Chizmar founded the magazine in 1988, and its issues have included fiction, interviews, articles, reviews, and columns by established and emerging genre writers. Cemetery Dance Publicati...

Black Static was a British magazine devoted to horror and dark speculative fiction, published by TTA Press from 2007. It succeeded The Third Alternative and combined original short stories with reviews, commentary, interviews, and artwork. Its emphasis was literary and psychological horror rather th...

Full Spectrum is a sequence of original science fiction and fantasy anthologies published by Bantam Books between 1988 and 1995. The volumes collected previously unpublished short fiction by both established and emerging genre writers rather than reprinting stories from magazines or earlier collecti...

The Dark is an online magazine devoted to horror and dark fantasy fiction, founded in 2013 by Sean Wallace and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It publishes short stories in a digital periodical format and has featured writers from varied national and cultural backgrounds, including both original work and repr...

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements is a 2015 anthology edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown. Its contributors include activists, organizers, and writers who use speculative fiction to examine oppression, resistance, identity, and alternative social...

“No Gods, No Masters” presents a significant historical collection of anarchist thought. Compiled by Daniel Guérin, this anthology gathers foundational texts from figures like Proudhon and explores diverse anarchist perspectives spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. It’s notable for offering a broad...

Emma Goldman’s *No Gods, No Masters* is an anthology presenting her extensive writings from the early 20th century. It contains essays exploring anarcho-syndicalism, radical feminism, and anti-war activism. Goldman's work offers a critical examination of state authority and social structures. This c...

Emma Goldman’s “Anarchy!” presents an anthology of her influential speeches and writings from the early 20th century. It offers a direct engagement with her core beliefs regarding individual liberty, social justice, and revolutionary change. This collection is valuable for scholars studying anarchis...