Preliminary Reading for New Anthologies

I have two more reprint anthologies scheduled for 2017:

More Human that Human (Night Shade Books, 250K words) – androids, synths, replicants, and other artificial humans.
War Machines (Prime Books, ~200K words) – the machines of war, whether they be independent in thought or controlled by an operator

There will be an open call for submissions for both projects within the next month, but at this point I am in the preliminary reading phase, looking for stories that I can build around and use to set the overall tone/direction. (I already have some in mind, but that could change as this process unfolds.)

If you would like to recommend some stories from the last twenty years that you think I should be considering, please feel free to leave a comment on this post or email me at neil (at) clarkesworldmagazine.com.