Copyright Notices
Introduction © 2016 Bryan Thomas Schmidt. Original to this volume.
“Sisters (A Story of the Rot and Ruin)” © 2016 Jonathan Maberry Productions, LLC. Original to this volume.
“Sankofa” © 2016 Nnedi Okorafor. Original to this volume.
“The Prince of Artemis V” © 2010 Jennifer Brozek. Originally published in Crossed Genres Issue 15, February 2010
“Aftermaths (A Vorkosigan Story)” © 1986 Lois McMaster Bujold. First published in Far Frontiers, Volume V, Spring 1986.
“Driving A Bargain” © 2002 Robert J. Sawyer. First published in Be Very Afraid!, edited by Edo Van Belkom, 2002.
“My Father’s Eyes” © 2010 E.C. Myers. First published in Sybil’s Garage No. 7, Senses Five Press, July 2010. This is its first anthology appearance.
“Like a Thief in the Light” © 2015 Alethea Kontis. First published in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, November 2015. This is its first anthology and print appearance.
“Clockwork Fagin” © 2013, Cordoc-Co LLC, Some Rights Reserved under a Creative Commons BY-SHAREALIKE-NO-DERIVATIVES 3.0 license. First published in Steampunk!, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant.
“Postcards” © 2005 Rebecca Moesta. First published in Gateways, edited by Martin H. Greenburg.
“The Outbreeders” © 1959, 1987 by Agberg, Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author and Agberg, Ltd. First published in Fantastic Universe, Sept 1959.
“Rivalry on the Sky Course (A Davi Rhii Story)” © 2011 Bryan Thomas Schmidt. Originally published in Residential Aliens, October 2011. This is its first print and anthology appearance.
“An Echo in the Shell” © 2013 Beth L. Cato. First published in Waylines Magazine, January 2013.
“The Milky Way Dance Hall” © 2016 Lou Antonelli. Original to this volume.
“Blood and Water (A Spark Story)” © 2016 Kate Corcino. Original to this volume.
“The Boy Who Yelled ‘Dragon’” © 2005 Mike Resnick. Originally published in Young Warriors, edited by Tamora Pearce and Josepha Sherman.
“Newts” © 2006 Kevin J. Anderson. Originally published in Jim Baen’s Universe, 2006. This is its first anthology appearance.
“Babydoll (A Lightbringer Tale)” © 2016 K.D. McEntire. Original to this volume.
“Shade (A Jumper Story)” © 2008 Steven Gould. First published at Tor.Com August 2008. This is its first print anthology appearance.
“Granted” © 2016 Jody Lynn Nye. Original to this volume.
“The War of Gifts (An Ender Story)” © 2007 Orson Scott Card. First published in A War of Gifts, novella hardback, by Tor Books. This is its first anthology appearance, and the first in a form slightly abridged by the author.