This volume contains short fiction by science fiction and fantasy Grand Masters, as well as stories by relatively new stars in the SF&F field, many of whom got a start in Abyss & Apex Magazine. It also has poems that received the highest genre poetry awards: the Rhysling and Dwarf Star awards.
Contents:
"The Last Tower" - CJ Cherryh
"How Strange the Starship’s Shudder" - Michael R. Fosburg
“Socorro” – S. L. Knapp
“Thesaurus (Not a Prehistoric Animal)” - Robert Borski
“Emmett, Joey & the Beelz” – Ralph Servush
“Snatch Me Another” - Mercurio D. Rivera
"The Argument Box" - J.D. Fox
“Name Calling” - Celeste Rita Baker
"Oblivion" - Yilin Wang (poem)
“Anything Chocolate” - Caren Gusoff Sumpiton
"Sunlight" - Kelly Dwyer
“Humboldt Squid” - Linda Neuer
“Dreadnought Under Ice” - George S. Walker
“New Worlds” - Alexandra Seidel
“Stone Eater” - Brent Knowles
“The Wizard and the Sorceress” - Christopher Vera
“Albino Dragons” - K.J. Kirby
“The Dwarf Femme and the Dragon” - Charié Craig
“Letter Found ...” - Marie Brennan
"Mirror Girl" - Paul Carlson
“Coupling” - Ken Poyer “Bots D'Amor” – Cat Rambo
“The Coin Whisperer” – Sarah Hendrix
“Bumbershoot” – Howard V Hendrix
“All the Wonder in the World” - Lavie Tidhar
"The Specialist" by Andrew Kaye
“Prayer Causes Stars” – Greg Beatty
“The Halo Wave” – Lael Salaets
“In The Bag” - Tabithat St. Germain
“In the End, Basking in Love” - A. B. S. Dudevant
“To the End of Days” - Robert Silverberg
