Story Copyrights
Introduction: “Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Oxygen” by Hank Davis appears here for the first time. © 2020 by Hank Davis and published by permission of the author.
“Boojum” by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette originally published in the anthology Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books, 2008. © 2008 by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“A Relic of the Empire” by Larry Niven originally published in If: Worlds of Science Fiction, December 1966. © 1966 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the Spectrum Literary Agency for the author.
“The Night Captain” by Christopher Ruocchio appears here for the first time. © 2020 by Christopher Ruocchio. Published by permission of the author.
“Pirate Chance” by Carysa Locke appears here for the first time. © 2020 by Carysa Locke. Published by permission of the author.
“They Never Come Back” by Fritz Leiber originally published in Future Fiction, August 1941. © 1941 by Columbia Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Richard Meredith Agency for the author’s estate.
“Redeemer” by Gregory Benford originally published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1980. © 1980 by Gregory Benford. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Trading Up” by Sarah A. Hoyt and Robert A. Hoyt is published here for the first time. © 2020 by Sarah A. Hoyt and Robert A. Hoyt. Published by permission of the authors.
“Breaking News Regarding Space Pirates” by Brian Trent originally published in Galaxy’s Edge 23, November 2016. © 2016 by Brian Trent. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Teen Angel” by R. Garcia y Robertson was originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2006. © 2006 by R. Garcia y Robertson. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Blackout in Cygni,” copyright © 1951, 1979 by the Estate of James Blish; first appeared in Planet Stories; reprinted by permission of the author’s estate and the estate’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.
“Postmark Ganymede” by Robert Silverberg originally published in Amazing Stories, September 1957. © 1957 by Robert Silverberg. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Mystery of the Space Pirates” by Arlan Andrews, Sr., originally published in Pulsar 11, Fall 1988. © 1988 by Arlan Andrews, Sr. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Collision Orbit,” copyright © 1954, 1982 by Katherine MacLean; first appeared in Science Fiction Adventures, May 1954; reprinted by permission of the author and the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.
“The Barbary Shore” by James L. Cambias originally published in Shimmer, August 2007. © 2007 by James L. Cambias. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Captives of the Thieve-Star” by James H. Schmitz, originally appeared in Planet Stories, May 1951. © 1951 by Love Romances Publishing Co. Reprinted by permission of Barry N. Malzberg for the author’s estate.