The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2016. Twelve stories of mysterious aliens, unusual pets, messages from the future, witchcraft, and much more. And what's more, they're all vegan friendly! No skipping over the ugly parts; there are none. Just interesting ideas, good stories, and great writing! Stories include: My Dog is the Constellation Canis Major - Jarod K. Anderson Images Across a Shattered Sea - Stewart C. Baker Rowboat - K. G. Anderson Daughter of the Sea - George Nikolopoulos Tides of Reflection - Mark Rookyard Lift Up Your Cores, O Ye Ships - Tracy Canfield Strix Antiqua - Hamilton Perez May Dreams Shelter Us - Kate O'Connor Spoiler: She Leaves Him - Jack Noble Murder on the Adriana - James Ross Closed Circuit - J. S. Arquin Small Magics - Kelly Sandoval

The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2017 A baker's dozen of the best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2017 that happen to be vegan-friendly. Mysterious giant birds, fossil snails, an instant prose analyzer, and much more! Bluebird - Benjamin Cort Ligeia is Waiting - Russell Hemmell Oven Game - Paul A. Hamilton Cold Comforts - Graham Robert Scott Lake Oreyd - Damien Krsteski A Nightingale's Map of the City - Suzanne J. Willis Angels at the Border - Ian Rennie Sharpington's Coffers: Current Score 49.8 - Erik Goldsmith Sundown on the Hill - Timothy Mudie Business as Usual - N.R. Lambert Bad News from the Future - Angus Cervantes The Cure for Cancer - Ryan Fitzpatrick The Lost Languages of Exiles - Laura E. Price

The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2018. Fifteen stories of gods and monsters, of love and cruelty, of memories and mementos, of futures and pasts. Stories drawn from Clarkesworld, Galaxy's Edge, Abyss and Apex, Escape Pod, Nature, and Metaphorosis. And they're all vegan-friendly to boot! Always Dawn to Forever Night—Luke Elliott Pandora, Rising—George Nikolopoulos All the Colors I Cannot See—L'Erin Ogle Replica—Pauline Yates The Seer at Sunset Hills Shopping Plaza—Katherine Perdue Elegy of Carbon—Benjamin C. Kinney A Cigarette Burn on Your Memory—Bo Balder Twins—Gregory Kane Subtle Ways Each Time—Y.M. Pang Combustion—Kai Hudson In All Possible Futures—Dantzel Cherry Sorry Sorry Sorry and I Love You—L'Erin Ogle Last Contact—Graham Robert Scott It Feels Like Déjà Vu—Phong Quan A House on the Volga—Filip Wiltgren

The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2019. Seventeen stories of kings made of sand, alien gods, illicit reading, and most of all, growth. Stories drawn from Translunar Travelers Lounge, super / natural, New Orbit, Daily Science Fiction, Triangulation: Dark Skies, Score - an SFF symphony, and Metaphorosis. And they're all vegan-friendly to boot! The Lonely King — Gunnar De Winter Growing Resistance — Juliet Kemp Rooks on Sundays — Jack Neel Waddell The Trader — Damien Krsteski The Soul Farmer's Daughters — Kyle Kirrin Crying in Public — Madi Giovina The Propagator — Simone Kern A Bear, or a Spider, or an Elephant — Edward Ashton The Silence of Mother — Gerald Warfield The Color of My Home is Red Like an Apple — Evan Marcroft There is a City, He Told Me — Evan James Sheldon As An Absence — Joanna Michal Hoyt A Layer Thin As Breath — Thea Boodhoo The Shapeshifter Unraveled — S. Qiouyi Lu The Guardian of Werifest Park — Carly Racklin Earth Epitaph — R. Jean Mathieu L'Appel du Vide — Rajiv Moté Cover art by vegan artist Bonnie Leeman.

The best vegan-friendly science fiction and fantasy of 2020. Fourteen stories of aliens, sacrifice, magic, dinosaurs, and hope. And they're all vegan-friendly to boot! Lingua Franca — Amelia Fisher Rekindled — Mikko Rauhala Seven Scraps Unwritten — L. Chan The First Step in Our Evolution — Marisca Pichette The Skin of Aquila Cadens — Chris Panatier Everything But the Moon — Bo Balder The Firmament — Douglas Anstruther The Preserved City — Charles Schoenfeld Where the Old Neighbors Go — Thomas Ha Lighter than Air — Liam Hogan Regret’s Relief — Travis Wade Beaty Old News — Gustavo Bondoni The Chorley — Rachel Ayers The Dinosaur’s Valentine — Abra Staffin-Wiebe Cover art by vegan artist Bonnie Leeman.