A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by Olivie Blake, author of the bestselling Atlas Series , and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. Olivie Blake selects twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explores the ever-expanding and changing world of science fiction and fantasy today.