The definitive guide and a must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasing brilliant talent and examining the cultural moment we live in, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. The list of authors is truly star-studded, including New York Times bestseller Ted Chiang (author of the short story that inspired the movie Arrival ), N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, and many more incredible talents. An assemblage of...

“A Forest, or a Tree” is a nightmarish horror story from author Tegan Moore, a Tor.com Original. Four friends, May, Piper, Ailey, and Elizabeth, go on a camping trip. Things slowly begin to go wrong. It was just the four of them, four girls alone in the forest. About the Author Tegan Moore spends a lot of time thinking about animals, the inherent weirdness of being, the future, and the end of the world so she tends to read and write fiction about those things as well. She lives in Seattle and is a graduate of Clarion West, class of 2015. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.