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• xv • Summation: 2012 • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • Weep for Day • (2012) • novelette by Indrapramit Das
• 15 • The Man • [Jackaroo] • (2012) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 27 • The Stars Do Not Lie • (2012) • novella by Jay Lake
• 71 • The Memcordist • [Solar System] • (2012) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 80 • The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi • (2012) • novelette by Pat Cadigan
• 96 • Holmes Sherlock • [Hwarhath] • (2012) • novelette by Eleanor Arnason (variant of Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery)
• 111 • Nightfall on the Peak of Eternal Light • (2012) • novella by William Gleason and Richard A. Lovett
• 160 • Close Encounters • (2012) • novelette by Andy Duncan
• 182 • The Finite Canvas • (2012) • novelette by Lee Mandelo [as by Brit Mandelo]
• 202 • Steamgothic • (2012) • novelette by Sean McMullen
• 223 • In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns • [Sub-Inspector Ferron Mysteries • 1] • (2012) • novella by Elizabeth Bear
• 259 • 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]
• 273 • Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" • (2012) • novella by Michael Bishop
• 316 • Astrophilia • [The Bannerless Saga] • (2012) • novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• 331 • What Did Tessimond Tell You? • (2012) • short story by Adam Roberts
• 349 • Old Paint • (2012) • novelette by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]
• 366 • Chitai Heiki Koronbin • (2012) • short story by David Moles
• 376 • Katabasis • [The Great Ship Universe] • (2012) • novella by Robert Reed
• 415 • The Water Thief • (2012) • short story by Alastair Reynolds
• 426 • Nightside on Callisto • [The Red (Linda Nagata)] • (2012) • short story by Linda Nagata
• 438 • Under the Eaves • [Central Station] • (2012) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 448 • Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected • (2012) • novella by Steven Popkes
• 486 • Fireborn • (2012) • short story by Robert Charles Wilson
• 501 • Ruminations in an Alien Tongue • (2012) • short story by Vandana Singh
• 514 • Tyche and the Ants • (2012) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• 526 • The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" • [Boojum] • (2012) • novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• 555 • Invisible Men • (2012) • short story by Christopher Barzak
• 570 • Ship's Brother • [Universe of Xuya] • (2012) • short story by Aliette de Bodard
• 580 • Eater-of-Bone • [The Great Ship Universe • 2.5] • (2012) • novella by Robert Reed
• 647 • Honorable Mentions: 2012 • essay by Gardner Dozois