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• [6] • A Note from the Series Editor (We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021) • essay by Charles Payseur
• [10] • A Note from the Editor (We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021) • essay by L. D. Lewis
• 1 • The Captain & the Quartermaster • short story by C. L. Clark (variant of The Captain and the Quartermaster 2021)
• 21 • A Study in Ugliness • (2021) • short story by H. Pueyo (trans. of Estudo em Feiura 2022)
• 39 • Mulberry and Owl • [Universe of Xuya] • (2021) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard
• 64 • The Lake, the Valley, the Border Between Water and Wood, and the End of Things • (2021) • short story by Watson Neith
• 78 • Let All the Children Boogie • (2021) • short story by Sam J. Miller
• 100 • The Hidden Language of Flowers • short story by Laurel Beckley
• 116 • The Art and Mystery of Thea Wells • (2021) • short story by Alexandra Seidel
• 125 • To Rest and to Create • short story by L. A. Knight (variant of To Rest, and to Create 2021)
• 139 • A Technical Term, Like Privilege • (2021) • short story by
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• 154 • Root Rot • (2021) • short story by Fargo Tbakhi
• 171 • Twenty Thousand Last Meals on an Exploding Station • (2021) • short story by Ann LeBlanc
• 187 • Blood in the Thread • (2021) • short story by Cheri Kamei
• 196 • Sutekh: A Breath of Spring • (2021) • short story by Sharang Biswas
• 218 • To Rise, Blown Open • (2021) • short story by Jen Brown
• 233 • To Exhale Sky • (2022) • short story by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
• [238] • About Our Contributors (We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021) • essay by uncredited
• [243] • Story Acknowledgements (We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021) • essay by uncredited