For the first time ever, the best short SFF from Aotearoa New Zealand is collected together in a single volume. 
This inaugural edition of the Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy brings together the very best short speculative fiction published by Kiwi authors in 2018. 
Explore worlds of hope and wonder, and worlds where hope and wonder are luxuries we wasted long ago; histories given new life, and futures you might prefer to avoid. 
Featuring: 
"We Feed the Bears of Fire and Ice", by Octavia Cade (originally published in Strange Horizons) 
"Logistics", by A.J. Fitzwater (originally published in Clarkesworld) 
"The Garden", by Isabelle McNeur (originally published in Wizards in Space) 
"Trees", by Toni Wi (originally published in Breach) 
"A Most Elegant Solution", by M. Darusha Wehm (originally published in Terraform) 
"Mirror Mirror", by Mark English (originally published in Abyss & Apex) 
"A Brighter Future", by Grant Stone (originally published in Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud (IFWG)) 
"The People Between the Silences", by Dave Moore (originally published in Landfall) 
"Common Denominator", by Melanie Harding-Shaw (originally published in Wild Musette Journal) 
"The Billows of Sarto", by Sean Monaghan (originally published in Asimov's) 
"The Glassblower's Peace", by James Rowland (originally published in Aurealis) 
"Te Ika", by J.C. Hart (originally published in Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud (IFWG)) 
"Girls Who Do Not Drown", by Andi C. Buchanan (originally published in Apex)

Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I

Science Fiction & Fantasy

English, Mark

Cade, Octavia

Buchanan, Andi C.

Hodgkinson, Marie

Fitzwater, A.J.

Wehm, M. Darusha

Hart, J.C.

Wi, Toni

McNeur, Isabelle

Monaghan, Sean

Fantasy

Paper Road Press

<h2>Strap yourself in for the adventure of our generation!</h2> 50 years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors--plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein and set to music by David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash. The Final Frontier is open for business! Includes 5 award-winning stories! Contributors:Spider Robinson Stanley G. Love Mike Barretta Marianne J. Dyson Sean Monaghan K. B. Rylander Matthew S. Rotundo Ronald D. Ferguson Martin L. Shoemaker Nancy Fulda Philip A. Kramer David D. Levine Patrick Lundrigan David Walton C. Stuart Hardwick

Final Frontier: A Sci-fi Celebration of the Indomitable Spirit That Carried Humanity to the Moon

Levine, David D.

Shoemaker, Martin L.

Robinson, Spider

Ferguson, Ronald D.

Hardwick, C. Stuart

Barretta, Mike

Rylander, K. B.

Fulda, Nancy

Rotundo, Matthew S.

Science Fiction

Independently published

The Shipbreakers

Triple V Publishing

Second and Starlight is an anthology of eleven stories from today's emerging sci-fi and fantasy authors. Journey into the future where androids fight our wars, and into magical lands where fiances are turned into... cows. From deep space to war-torn countrysides, these eleven tales will whisk you far away to other lands, and into the dark mind of a supernatural being.

2nd and Starlight (The Starlight Anthologies)

Literature & Fiction

Frost, Julie

Adams, Dustin

Birch, Rebecca

Campbell-Hicks, Jennifer

Dutkiewicz, Frank

Chan, Nick T

McKinnon, Sky

Finegold MD, Robert B

Parkin, Scott R.

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Bringing his daughters Jessie and Matilda to the stunningly beautiful crimson birds exhibition on Ariosto just about broke CJ Penn's finances.But the girls need opportunities like this. Desperately. Jessie especially. With her medical condition, opportunities slip by every moment.Then again, Matilda's attitude hampers things. Not quite every moment. But plenty.A gorgeous science fiction story about art, understanding and deep family connection.Winner of both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov's Readers' Award.

Crimson Birds of Small Miracles (Shilinka Switalla)

Glass Bay (Emily Jade)

Action & Adventure

Island Hoppers (Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures)

Mist Drifters (Captain Arlon Stoddard Adventures)

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