CONTENTS

Preface

INFINITIES Vandana Singh

ROGUE FARM Charles Stross

THE GAMBLER Paolo Bacigalupi

STROOD Neal Asher

EROS, PHILIA, AGAPE Rachel Swirsky

THE TALE OF THE WICKED John Scalzi

BREAD AND BOMBS M. Rickert

THE WATERS OF MERIBAH Tony Ballantyne

TK’TK’TK David D. Levine

THE NEAREST THING Genevieve Valentine

EROSION Ian Creasey

THE CALCULUS PLAGUE Marissa Lingen

ONE OF OUR BASTARDS IS MISSING Paul Cornell

TIDELINE Elizabeth Bear

FINISTERRA David Moles

EVIL ROBOT MONKEY Mary Robinette Kowal

THE EDUCATION OF JUNIOR NUMBER 12 Madeline Ashby

TOY PLANES Tobias S. Buckell

THE ALGORITHMS FOR LOVE Ken Liu

THE ALBIAN MESSAGE Oliver Morton

TO HIE FROM FAR CILENIA Karl Schroeder

SAVANT SONGS Brenda Cooper

IKIRYOH Liz Williams

THE PROPHET OF FLORES Ted Kosmatka

HOW TO BECOME A MARS OVERLORD Catherynne M. Valente

SECOND PERSON, PRESENT TENSE Daryl Gregory

THIRD DAY LIGHTS Alaya Dawn Johnson

BALANCING ACCOUNTS James L. Cambias

A VECTOR ALPHABET OF INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL Yoon Ha Lee

HIS MASTER’S VOICE Hannu Rajaniemi

PLOTTERS AND SHOOTERS Kage Baker

THE ISLAND Peter Watts

ESCAPE TO OTHER WORLDS WITH SCIENCE FICTION Jo Walton

CHICKEN LITTLE Cory Doctorow