And to help you decide your OWN best-of-2002 lists, I offer the following excerpts and stories:

1. “Natural Order,” ASIMOVS, July 2002
2. “Wantaviewer,” STRANGE HORIZONS
3. “Working the Game,” FUTURE ORBITS 4
4. “Visions of Suburban Bliss,” GOTHIC.NET
5. “A Feast at the Manor,” NEVERWORLDS
6. “Mother of the Bride,” HORRORFIND
7. “Goddamn Redneck Surfer Zombies,” THE BOOK OF MORE FLESH

Feel free to email me if you'd like to read any of the excerpted stories above, and don't forget to vote for the Hugos and in other polls for last year!