Anthony’s Reviews > The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 > Status Update

Read Susan Palwick’s tender, compact “Windows”

Read “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back,” an enjoyable little trifle of a tale by the now-known-to-be-very-problematic Neil Gaiman

Read Jo Walton’s intriguing “Sleeper”

Read Sofia Samatar’s evocative, inventive anti-colonization story “Ogres of East Africa”

Read Seanan McGuire’s mermaid tale “Each to Each.” This is my second encounter with her work, and I’m once again pretty allergic to what she offers. I recognize that she has intriguing ideas and that her voice is distinctive in its own way. But I have bounced off of caring about any of her characters, and I don’t find myself buying into the worlds she creates.

Read “How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar, “Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead” by Carmen Maria Machado, “Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable” by Cat Rambo, “The Bad Graft” by Karen Russell, and “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i” by Alaya Dawn Johnson. All are vividly written, featuring bold ideas. Of these, I most enjoyed Machado’s darkly funny and sad story.