Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026A collection of the years best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by Olivie Blake, author of the bestselling Atlas Series, and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respectedand most popularof its kind. Olivie Blake selects twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the

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In print for the first time in the United States

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