Bill Campbell is the author of Sunshine Patriots, My Booty Novel, and Pop Culture: Politics, Puns, "Poohbutt" from a Liberal Stay-at-Home Dad, and Koontown Killing Kaper. Along with Edward Austin Hall, he co-edited the groundbreaking anthology, Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond as well as Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (with Nisi Shawl) and the Glyph Award-winning comic book anthology, APB: Artists against Police Brutality (with Jason Rodriguez and John Jennings). Campbell lives in Washington, DC, where he spends his time with his family, helps produce audio books for the blind, and helms Rosarium Publishing. Francesco Verso is the author of several SF books in Italian and winner of the Odyssey Award, The Cassiopea Award, and two Urania Mondadori Awards. He's currently working on his latest book, I Camminatori, that will deal with the consequences of the substitution of food with nanotechnology. He is the editor of the mutlicultural Future Fiction anthology series in Italian. He lives in Rome with his wife and daughter.

"Highly recommended for readers looking for engaging, thoughtful, and exciting science fiction from around the globe." Alan Keep, Booklist Online

• Foreword - Bill CampbellIntroduction - Francesco Verso  Tongtong’s Summer - Xia JiaThe Quantum Mommy - Michalis ManoliosThe Way of Water - Nina MunteanuLoosestrife - Liz WilliamsWhat Lies Dormant - Swapna KishoreHOSTBODS - T.L. HuchuBernardo’s House - James Patrick KellyThe International Studbook of the Giant Panda - Carlos HernandezCreative Surgery - Clelia FarrisCitizen Komarova Finds Love - Ekaterina SediaGrey Noise - Pepe RojoProposition 23 - Efe Tokunbo