Introduction, story notes and arrangement by Jonathan Strahan. © Copyright 2013 Jonathan Strahan.
“The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times” by Eleanor Arnason. © Copyright 2012 Eleanor Arnason. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul-Aug 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Great-Grandmother in the Cellar” by Peter S. Beagle. © Copyright 2012 Avicenna Development Corporation. Originally published in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, published in the US by Random Childrens and in the UK & Commonwealth by Hot Key Books. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard. © Copyright 2012 Aliette de Bodard. Originally published in Clarkesworld, No. 69, June 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Troll Blood” by Peter Dickinson. © Copyright 2012 Peter Dickinson. Originally published in Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures (Small Beer Press). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Close Encounters” by Andy Duncan. © Copyright 2012 Andy Duncan. Originally published in The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories (PS Publishing). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Blood Drive” by Jeffrey Ford. © Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Ford. Originally published in After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia (Hyperion). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Adventure Story” by Neil Gaiman. © Copyright 2012 Neil Gaiman. Originally published in McSweeney’s 40. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“The Grinnell Method” by Molly Gloss. © Copyright 2012 Molly Gloss. Originally published in Strange Horizons, September 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Beautiful Boys” by Theodora Goss. © Copyright 2012 Theodora Goss. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“The Easthound” by Nalo Hopkinson. © Copyright 2012 Nalo Hopkinson. Originally published in After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia (Hyperion). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Mantis Wives” by Kij Johnson. © Copyright 2012 Kij Johnson. Originally published in Clarkesworld 71, August 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Bricks, Sticks, Straw” by Gwyneth Jones. © Copyright 2012 Gwyneth Jones. Originally published in Edge of Infinity (Solaris Books). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Goggles (c 1910)” by Caitlín R. Kiernan. © Copyright 2012 Caitlín R. Kiernan. Originally published in Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution (Tachyon Publications). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“The Education of a Witch” by Ellen Klages. © Copyright 2012 Ellen Klages. Originally published in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, published in the US by Random Childrens and in the UK & Commonwealth by Hot Key Books. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“The Color Least Used by Nature” by Ted Kosmatka. © Copyright 2012 Ted Kosmatka. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Significant Dust” by Margo Lanagan. © Copyright 2012 Margo Lanagan. Originally published in Cracklescape (Twelfth Planet Press). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Two Houses” by Kelly Link. © Copyright 2012 Kelly Link. Originally published in Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Mono No Aware” by Ken Liu. © Copyright 2012 Ken Liu. Originally published in The Future Is Japanese (Haikosoru). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden” by Paul McAuley. © Copyright 2012 Paul McAuley. Originally published in Edge of Infinity (Solaris Books). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation” by Meghan McCarron. © Copyright 2012 Meghan McCarron. Originally published in Tor.com, 4 January 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“About Fairies” by Pat Murphy. © Copyright 2012 Pat Murphy. Originally published in Tor.com, 9 May 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Nahiku West” by Linda Nagata. © Copyright 2012 Linda Nagata. Originally published in Analog: Science Fiction Science Fact, October 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Let Maps to Others” by K. J. Parker. © Copyright 2012 K. J. Parker. Originally published in Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls” by Rachel Pollack. © Copyright 2012 Rachel Pollack. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul-Aug 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Katabasis” by Robert Reed. © Copyright 2012 Robert Reed. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov-Dec 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“What Did Tessimond Tell You?” by Adam Roberts. © Copyright 2012 Adam Roberts. Originally published in Solaris Rising 1.5 (Solaris Books). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe. © Copyright 2012 Christopher Rowe. Originally published in Eclipse Online, October 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Joke in Four Panels” by Robert Shearman. © Copyright 2012 Robert Shearman. Originally published under the title “Madalyn Morgan,” One Hundred Stories, 29 January 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Domestic Magic” by Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem. © Copyright 2012 Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem. Originally published in Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric & Arcane (Solaris Books). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Reindeer Mountain” by Karin Tidbeck. © Copyright 2012 Karin Tidbeck. Originally published in Jagganath and Other Stories (Cheeky Frawg Books). Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“Fade to White” by Catherynne M. Valente. © Copyright 2012 Catherynne M. Valente. Originally published in Clarkesworld 71, August 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.
“A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones” by Genevieve Valentine. © Copyright 2012 Genevieve Valentine. Originally published in Clarkesworld 73, October 2012. Reprinted by kind permission of the author.