Introduction / Jonathan Strahan --
The case of death and honey / Neil Gaiman --
The cartographer wasps and the anarchist bees / E. Lily Yu --
Tidal forces / Caitlín R. Kiernan --
Younger women / Karen Joy Fowler --
White lines on a green field / Catherynne M. Valente --
All that touches the air / An Owomoyela --
What we found / Geoff Ryman --
The server and the dragon / Hannu Rajaniemi --
The choice / Paul McAuley --
Old habits / Nalo Hopkinson --
A small price to pay for birdsong / K. J. Parker --
Valley of the girls / Kelly Link --
The brave little toaster / Cory Doctorow --
The Dala horse / Michael Swanwick --
The corpse painter's masterpiece / M. Rickert --
The paper menagerie / Ken Liu --
Steam girl / Dylan Horrocks - After the apocalypse / Maureen F. McHugh --
Underbridge / Peter S. Beagle --
The invasion of Venus / Stephen Baxter --
Woman leaves room / Robert Reed --
Restoration / Robert Shearman --
The onset of a paranormal romance / Bruce Sterling --
Catastrophic disruption of the head / Margo Lanagan --
The last ride of the glory girls / Libba Bray --
The book of Phoenix (excerpted from The Great Book) / Nnedi Okorafor --
Digging / Ian McDonald --
The man who bridged the mist / Kij Johnson --
Goodnight moon / Ellen Klages.
