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“Forgiveness Day,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

“The Remoras” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Nekropolis” by Maureen F. McHugh. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Margin of Error” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1994 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cilia-of-Gold” by Stephen Baxter. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Going After Old Man Alabama” by William Sanders. Copyright © 1994 by William Sanders. First published in Tales from the Great Turtle edited by Piers Anthony and Richard Gilliam (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Melodies of the Heart” by Michael F. Flynn, Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Hole in the Hole” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Paris in June” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1994 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, June 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Flowering Mandrake” by George Turner. Copyright © 1994 by George Turner. First published in Alien Shores, ed. Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch (Aphelion). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Cherry Weiner.

“None So Blind” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cocoon” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dead Space for the Unexpected” by Geoff Ryman. Copyright © 1994 by Interzone/Nexus. First published in Interzone 88, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cri de Coeur” by Michael Bishop. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Sawing Boys” by Howard Waldrop. Copyright © 1994 by Howard Waldrop. First published in Black Thorn, White Rose, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (AvoNova/William Morrow). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Matter of Seggri” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1994 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Crank!, Spring 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

“Ylem” by Eliot Fintushel. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Asylum” by Katharine Kerr. Copyright © 1994 by Katharine Kerr. First published in Interzone 90, December 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Red Elvis” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1994 by Walter Jon Williams. First published in Alternate Outlaws, edited by Mike Resnick (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“California Dreamer” by Mary Rosenblum. Copyright © 1994 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Split Light” by Lisa Goldstein. Copyright © 1994 by Lisa Goldstein. First published in Travellers in Magic (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Les Fleurs du Mal” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1994 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1994. Reprinted by permission of the author.