“Catherine Drewe” by Paul Cornell. © by Paul Cornell. Originally published in Fast Forward 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Silent as Dust” by James Maxey. © by James Maxey. Originally published in Intergalactic Medicine Show #7, January. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal. © by Mary Robinette Kowal. Originally published in The Solaris Book of New SF, Volume 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“If Angels Fight” by Richard Bowes. © by Richard Bowes. Originally published in F&SF, February. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Spiderhorse” by Liz Williams. © by Liz Williams. Originally published in Realms of Fantasy, August. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Tear” by Ian McDonald. © by Ian McDonald. Originally published in Galactic Empires. Reprinted by permission of the author.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Rich Horton is a software engineer in St. Louis. He is a contributing editor to Locus, for which he does short fiction reviews and occasional book reviews; and to Black Gate, for which he does a continuing series of essays about SF history. He also contributes book reviews to Fantasy Magazine, and to many other publications.
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