The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012

by Rich Horton, C.S.E. Cooney, Marissa Lingen, Kelly Link, Anya Johanna DeNiro, Bradley Denton, Theodora Goss, Alexandra Duncan, K.J. Parker, Neil Gaiman, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Kat Howard, George Saunders, Rachel Swirsky, Nina Allen, Kij Johnson, Lavie Tidhar, John Barnes, Vylar Kaftan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jonathan Carroll, Margo Lanagan, Genevieve Valentine, Chris Lawson, E. Lily Yu, Gavin J. Grant, Karen Joy Fowler, Suzy McKee Charnas