The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas 2015 inauguratesa new annual series of anthologies featuring some of the year's bestnovella-length science fiction and fantasy. Novellas, longer than short storiesbut shorter than novels, are a rich and rewarding literary form that can fullyexplore tomorrow's technology, the far reaches of the future, thought-provokingimaginings, fantastic worlds, and entertaining concepts with the impact of ashort story and the detailed breadth of a novel. Gathering a wide variety ofexcellent SF and fantasy, this anthology of "short novels" showcases the talentsof both established masters and new writers.