CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY Chris Claremont
PROFESSOR INCOGNITO APOLOGIZES: AN ITEMIZED LIST Austin Grossman
FATHER OF THE GROOM Harry Turtledove
LAUGHTER AT THE ACADEMY Seanan McGuire
LETTER TO THE EDITOR David D. Levine
INSTEAD OF A LOVING HEART Jeremiah Tolbert
THE EXECUTOR Daniel H. Wilson
THE ANGEL OF DEATH HAS A BUSINESS PLAN Heather Lindsley
HOMO PERFECTUS David Farland
ANCIENT EQUATIONS L. A. Banks
RURAL SINGULARITY Alan Dean Foster
CAPTAIN JUSTICE SAVES THE DAY Genevieve Valentine
THE MAD SCIENTIST’S DAUGHTER Theodora Goss
THE SPACE BETWEEN Diana Gabaldon
HARRY AND MARLOWE MEET THE FOUNDER OF THE AETHERIAN REVOLUTION Carrie Vaughn
BLOOD & STARDUST Laird Barron
A MORE PERFECT UNION L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
ROCKS FALL Naomi Novik
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST Mary Robinette Kowal
THE LAST DIGNITY OF MAN Marjorie M. Liu
THE PITTSBURGH TECHNOLOGY Jeffrey Ford
MOFONGO KNOWS Grady Hendrix
THE FOOD TASTER’S BOY Ben H. Winters