* ix Introduction: Summation: 1986 essay by Gardner Dozois
* 1 R & R (1986) novella by Lucius Shepard
* 67 Hatrack River [The Alvin Maker Saga] (1986) novelette by Orson Scott Card
* 91 Strangers in Paradise (1986) shortstory by Damon Knight
* 105 Pretty Boy Crossover (1986) shortstory by Pat Cadigan
* 115 Against Babylon (1986) novelette by Robert Silverberg
* 133 Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes (1986) novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul ]
* 155 Into Gold (1986) novelette by Tanith Lee
* 181 Sea Change (1986) shortstory by Scott Baker
* 198 Covenant of Souls (1986) novelette by Michael Swanwick
* 229 The Pure Product (1986) novelette by John Kessel
* 247 Grave Angels (1986) novelette by Richard Kearns
* 274 Tangents (1986) shortstory by Greg Bear
* 289 The Beautiful and the Sublime (1986) novelette by Bruce Sterling
* 314 Tattoos (1986) novelette by Jack Dann
* 333 Night Moves (1986) novelette by Tim Powers
* 352 The Prisoner of Chillon (1986) novelette by James Patrick Kelly
* 384 Chance (1986) novelette by Connie Willis
* 411 And so to Bed (1986) shortstory by Harry Turtledove
* 425 Fair Game (1986) novelette by Howard Waldrop
* 439 Video Star (1986) novelette by Walter Jon Williams
* 469 Sallie C. (1986) shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.
* 490 Jeff Beck (1986) shortstory by Lewis Shiner
* 499 Surviving (1986) novelette by Judith Moffett
* 529 Down and Out in the Year 2000 (1986) shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
* 544 Snake-Eyes (1986) shortstory by Tom Maddox
* 562 The Gate of Ghosts (1986) novelette by Karen Joy Fowler
* 581 The Winter Market (1985) novelette by William Gibson
* 599 Honorable Mentions: 1986 essay by Gardner Dozois

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