“Secret Identity” by Kelly Link. 2009 © Kelly Link. First appeared in Geektastic. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm” by Daryl Gregory. 2008 © Daryl Gregory. First appeared in Eclipse 2. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Tonight We Fly” by Ian McDonald. 2010 © Ian McDonald. First appeared in Masks. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Wild Card” by Leah Bobet. 2012 © Leah Bobet and Shadow Unit. First appeared in Shadow Unit. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Heroic Measures” by Matthew Johnson. 2006 © Matthew Johnson. First appeared in Strange Horizons. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“The Biggest” by James Patrick Kelly. 2012 © James Patrick Kelly. First appeared in Angry Robot/Empire State websites. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Dr. Death vs. the Vampire” by Aaron Schultz. 2010 © Aaron Schultz. First appeared in F&SF. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Superhero Girl” by Jei D. Marcade. 2009 © Jei D. Marcade. First appeared in Fantasy Magazine. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Super. Family.” by Ian Donald Keeling. 2010 © Ian Donald Keeling. First appeared in Realms of Fantasy. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“The Strange Desserts of Professor Natalie Doom” by Kat Beyer. 2005 © Kat Beyer. First appeared in Strange Horizons. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Downfall” by Joseph Mallozzi. 2010 © Joseph Mallozzi. First appeared in Masks. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Dirae” by Peter S. Beagle. 2010 © Peter S. Beagle. First appeared in Warriors. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Grandma” by Carol Emshwiller. 2002 © Carol Emshwiller. First appeared in F&SF. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“The Los Angeles Women’s Auxiliary Superhero League” by Elana Fortin. 2006 © Elana Fortin. First appeared in Strange Horizons. Reprinted with permission of the author.
“Wonjjang and the Madman of Pyongyang” by Gord Sellar. 2008 © Gord Sellar. First appeared in Tesseracts 12. Reprinted with 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 science fiction history.
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