Update 10/16/18: Added 10 stories with addition of Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, World Fantasy, and BSFA award finalists.Although horror isn't our focus, we do review horror stories that turn up in our regular magazines, so in honor of Halloween, here are 36 outstanding science fiction & fantasy horror stories from 2016-2017 that were either finalists for major SF/F awards 🏆, included in "year's best" SF/F anthologies 📙, or recommended by prolific reviewers 👍 in short fiction (see Q&A). Each story shows a "Recommended By" list where a score is tallied from the +2, +1 or +0 after each recommendation.
Observations:
- 7 are Science Fiction and 25 are Fantasy. One is both and 3 are unknown (not reviewed by RSR but are Shirley Jackson award finalists).
- 21 are free online (click to see yellow highlights).
- The 5 from Lightspeed and 5 for Tor novellas, together, are over 1/4 of the total.
- Kathleen Kayembe and Maria Dahvana Headley each have two stories here.
- RSR recommended 14 of the stories and only recommended against 2 (with 3 not reviewed).
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