My "best of the year" picks: 2012

The list is in order in which I found the stories.

Here is some background information, & how I pick the stories. (Badly needing revision, but this is the only background information I have right now.)

The list.

Links on author or publisher name fetch more matching fiction. Where I have a separate post on the story, link on story title goes there. If I'm aware of an online copy, I include download link too.

1. [ss] Gwendolyn Clare's "All the Painted Stars"; download; Clarkesworld, January 2012: An alien fighter pilot is itching for a fight, & gets involved in it. And finds a second purpose in life...
2. [novelette] Mark Niemann-Ross' "Humnity by Proxy"; Analog, January-February 2012: Several linked stories, illustrating good engineering (of a gadget).
3. [ss] Mari Ness' "And the Hollow Space Inside";  download text/audio; Clarkesworld, February 2012: Cyborgs with normal body but artificial brain.

Related.

1. Fiction originally published during 2012.
   
2. My "best of the year" 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 picks.
3. "Best of" lists.

Legend: ss = short story; ff = flash fiction.