Contents
TOURING WITH THE ALIEN • Carolyn Ives Gilman
PATIENCE LAKE • Matthew Claxton
JONAS AND THE FOX • Rich Larson
KIT: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED • Kathe Koja & Carter Scholz
ELVES OF ANTARCTICA • Paul McAuley
A SALVAGING OF GHOSTS • Aliette de Bodard
THESE SHADOWS LAUGH • Geoff Ryman
THINGS WITH BEARDS • Sam J. Miller
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF MR. COSTELLO • David Gerrold
INNUMERABLE GLIMMERING LIGHTS • Rich Larson
FIFTY SHADES OF GRAYS • Steven Barnes
SIXTEEN QUESTIONS FOR KAMALA CHATTERJEE • Alastair Reynolds
COLD COMFORT • Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty
THE ART OF SPACE TRAVEL • Nina Allan
FLIGHT FROM THE AGES • Derek Kȕsken
MY GENERATIONS SHALL PRAISE • Samantha Henderson
THE VISITOR FROM TAURED • Ian R. MacLeod
WHEN THE STONE EAGLE FLIES • Bill Johnson
THE VANISHING KIND • Lavie Tidhar
ONE SISTER, TWO SISTERS, THREE • James Patrick Kelly
DISPATCHES FROM THE CRADLE: THE HERMIT—FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN THE SEA OF MASSACHUSETTS • Ken Liu
CHECKERBOARD PLANET • Eleanor Arnason
THEY HAVE ALL ONE BREATH • Karl Bunker
THAT GAME WE PLAYED DURING THE WAR • Carrie Vaughn
BECAUSE CHANGE WAS THE OCEAN AND WE LIVED BY HER MERCY • Charlie Jane Anders
THE ONE WHO ISN’T • Ted Kosmatka
THOSE BRIGHTER STARS • Mercurio D. Rivera
A TOWER FOR THE COMING WORLD • Maggie Clark
FIRSTBORN, LASTBORN • Melissa Scott
WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS • Ian McDonald