La première  The year's best science fiction & fantasy novellas : 2015 editée par Paula Guran, propose 25 textes Au sommaire de cette on retrouve James S. A. Corey, l'auteur de L'éveil du Léviathan chez Acte sud et Nancy Kress auteur de Après la chute aux éditions ActuSF. Le sommaire complet :

“In Her Eyes” by Seth Chambers (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2014)

The Churn: An Expanse Novella by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

“Where the Trains Turn” by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen (translated by Liisa Rantalaiho) (Tor.com, 15 November 2014)

Yesterday’s Kin by Nancy Kress (Tachyon Publications)

“Claudius Rex” by John P. Murphy (Alembical 3: A Distillation of Three Novellas, eds. Schoen & Dorrance)

“The Things We Do For Love” by K. J. Parker (Subterranean Press Magazine, Summer 2014)

“The Mothers of Voorhisville” by Mary Rickert, (Tor.com, 30 Apr 2014)

“The Lightning Tree” by Patrick Rothfuss (Rogues, eds. Martin & Dozois)

Dream Houses by Genevieve Valentine (Dream Houses WSFA/ Wyrm Publishing)

La seconde, The year's best science fiction & fantasy, est composée de 34 textes dont certains de Ken Liu, auteur de la Ménagerie de papier aux éditions du Bélial et K.J Parker, auteur de la Trilogie Loredan aux éditions Bragelonne :

“Sadness” by Timons Esaias

“Schools of Clay” by Derek Künsken

“Someday” by James Patrick Kelly

“The Instructive Tale of the Archaeologist and his Wife” by Alexander Jablokov

“Heaven Thunders the Truth” by K. J. Parker

“The Manor of Lost Time” by Richard Parks

“Every Hill Ends With Sky” by Robert Reed

“Wine” by Yoon Ha Lee

“Pernicious Romance” by Robert Reed

“The Magician and Laplace’s Demon” by Tom Crosshill

“The Long Haul” by Ken Liu

“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i” by Alaya Dawn Johnson

“Aberration” by Genevieve Valentine

“Ghost Story” by John Grant

“Skull and Hyssop” by Kathleen Jennings