A prestigious new anthology series, Best American Fantasy is guest edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, with Matthew Cheney serving as the series editor. This inaugural volume showcases the best North American fantasy short fiction from the preceding year. Hard truth about waste management / Sumanth Prabhaker—Stolen father / Eric Roe—Saffron gatherer / Elizabeth Hand—Whipping / Julia Elliott—Better angel / Chris Adrian—Draco Campestris / Sarah Monette—Geese / Daniel Courdriet—Chinese boy / Ann Stapleton—Flying woman / Meghan McCarron—First kisses from beyond the grave / Nik Houser—Song of the selkie / Gina Ochsner—Troop [sic] of baboons / Tyler Smith—Pieces of Scheherazade / Nicole Kornher-Stace—Origin story / Kelly Link—Experiment in governance / E.M. Schorb—Next corpse collector / Ramola D—Village of Ardakmoktan / Nicole Derr—Man who married a tree / Tony D'Souza—Fable with slips of white paper ... / Kevin Brockmeier—Pregnant / Catherine Zeidler—Warehouse of saints / Robin Hemley—Ledge / Austin Bunn—Lazy taekos / Geoffrey A. Landis—For the love of Paul Bunyan / Fritz Swanson—Accounting / Brian Evenson—Abraham Loncoln has been shot / Daniel Alarcon—Bit forgive / Maile Chapman—End of narrative (1-29; or 29-1) / Peter LaSalle—Kiss / Melora Wolff