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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 12 by Jonathan Strahan

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No rating because it's an anthology, and I only really enjoyed a few of them.

Favorites: Probably Still the Chosen One, The Mocking Tower, and The Lamentation of their Women.

β—† Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance by Tobias S. Buckell
major demolition, robot slavery metaphor, manipulation,

β—† Probably Still the Chosen One by Kelly Barnhill
minor police, child soldiers, 
medium violence, body horror, insect horror?, 
major sharps, 

β—† The Martian Obelisk by Linda Nagata
medium apocalypse, climate change, 

β—† A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
major food cw,

β—† Carnival Nine by Caroline M. Yoachim
β–ͺ medium child neglect?, child abandonment, 
β–ͺ major body horror, 

β—† Eminence by Karl Schroeder
pro bittcoin weirdness. Didn't finish it.

β—† The Chameleon’s Gloves by Yoon Ha Lee
β–ͺ medium demolition, xenophobia, war crimes, military crimes, guns, murder, imprisonment, kidnapping, exile,

β—† The Faerie Tree by Kathleen Kayembe
β–ͺ medium wedlock, death, 
β–ͺ major body horror,

β—† The Mocking Tower by Daniel Abraham
β–ͺ medium body horror,
β–ͺ minor wars,

β—† Sidewalks by Maureen McHugh
β–ͺ major sectioning / psychiatric holds, psychiatric abuse, ableism and othering of those on the autism spectrum, major racism,
β–ͺ major autism topic in story. Not a cw but fair warning for neurodivergent readers.

β—† My English Name by R. S. Benedict
β–ͺ minor smoking, pregnancy,
β–ͺ medium dogs
β–ͺ major racism on the authors part, body horror,

β—† Crispin’s Model by Max Gladstone
β–ͺ minor misogyny, psychiatric abuse, anti sex work sentiment,
medium fire, body horror, demolition, house fire,
β–ͺ major unreality,

β—† The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer
β–ͺ minor wars, emetophobia, insects, body horror, major rodent like animals,
β–ͺ major suicide plot point,

β—† Concessions by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
β–ͺ minor dogs, drug addiction, slavery, catholicism, guns, 
β–ͺ medium labor camps, kidnapping, medical scenarios, drugging, misogyny,
β–ͺ major religion, Islamophobia, wars, pregnancy, miscarriage / stillbirth,

β—† Confessions of a Con Girl by Nick Wolven
β–ͺ minor ableism,
β–ͺ major ableism, dystopias, sexual predators, sexual violence, 

β—† The Smoke of Gold is Glory by Scott Lynch
β–ͺ minor sharps, alcoholism, temple desecration, religious bigotry, 
β–ͺ medium gore, amputation, body horror,
β–ͺ major violence, fire,

β—† The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine by Greg Egan
minor anti sex worker language w slur, torture/ water boarding joke, drugs weed, drugs meth,
β–ͺ medium anti union sentiment 
β–ͺ major dystopias,

β—† The Lamentation of their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson
minor suicide,
β–ͺ medium homophobic f slur, infidelity, biphobia, death, police brutality, anti black racism, NSFW scene, religion catholicism and christianity, gore, guns, sharps,
β–ͺ major murder, gore, police,

β—† An Evening with Severyn Grimes by Rich Larson
minor unsanitary, anti sex worker language w slur,
β–ͺ medium gore, blood, violence, major dystopia, rape attempt, rape threats, torture, 
β–ͺ major body horror, hard drugs, possession, mind control,

β—† Though She Be But Little by C. S. E. Cooney
β–ͺ minor prison abuse,
Note no further cws. It's some goofy lol random spark penguin with a side of doctor who. Not my thing.

β—† The Moon is Not a Battlefield by Indrapramit Das
β–ͺ minor transmisogyny, misgendering,
β–ͺ medium unsanitary, child slavery?, violence, gore, death, menstruation
β–ͺ major wars, child soldiers,

β—† The Worshipful Society of Glovers by Mary Robinette Kowal
β–ͺ medium medical, emetophobia,
β–ͺ major emetophobia, injuries, bruises, classism,

β—† Come See the Living Dryad by Theodora Goss
β–ͺ minor police, ableist c slur,
β–ͺ medium classism, racism?, murder,
major police, ableism towards people with atypical appearances,  skin diseases, diseases, disfigurement related to skin conditions,

β—† Fairy Tale of Wood Street by CaitlΓ­n R. Kiernan
β–ͺ minor parasites,
β–ͺ medium rape, gore, animal death, dogs, nsfw,
β–ͺ major unreality, body horror,

β—† Babylon by Dave Hutchison
β–ͺ minor war crimes, demolition,
β–ͺ medium famines, mass death, guns, anti immigration sentiment, oceans, 
β–ͺ major body horror, 

Oh this is some Islamophobic shit. Idk how to feel about a white? dude writing about immigration like this. No further cws.

β—† Bring Your Own Spoon by Saad Z. Hossain
β–ͺ medium dogs,
β–ͺ major police, police brutality, classism, dystopia,

β—† The Hermit of Houston by Samuel R. Delany
β–ͺ Flat Earthers antisemitism, major NSFW , no further cws

β—† Belladonna Nights by Alastair Reynolds
β–ͺ major colonization, unreality, death, demolition,

β—† Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue by Charlie Jane Anders
β–ͺ major transmisogyny, transphobia, gore, torture, medical abuse
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