"Campbell’s editorial skills are on display in this wide-ranging anthology as he seamlessly connects stories from Lebanon, Senegal, Canada, and Ethiopia through shared imagery, and arranges steampunk adventures, near-future techno-thrillers, and fairy tales to smoothly transition between genres. ... This comprehensive survey of contemporary speculative fiction is ideal for readers exploring their tastes and anyone looking to get a feel for the impressive breadth of genre storytelling today."

• Introduction - Bill Campbell  Walking Awake - N.K. Jemisin  The Black Box - Malka Older  A Song Transmuted - Sarah Pinsker  Water - Ramez Naam  Underworld 101 - Mame Bougouma Diene  The Faithful Soldier, Prompted - Saladin Ahmed  Beautiful Curse - Kristine Ong Muslim  Real Boys - Clara Kumagai  Born Out of Frost - Mélanie Fazi The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter - Angela Slatter  I Make People Do Bad Things - Chesya Burke  Blood Drive - Jeffrey Ford  Six Things We Found During the Autopsy - Kuzhali Manickavel  Please Feed Motion - Irenosen Okojie  Madeleine - Amal El-Mohtar Notes from Liminal Spaces - Hiromi Goto  Medusa - Christopher Brown  A Universal Elegy - Tang Fei  Lalibela - Gabriel Teodros  The Copper Scarab - K. Tempest Bradford  The Arrangement of Their Parts - Shweta Narayan  The Applause of Others - Corinne Duyvis  Lacrimosa - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Those Shadows Laugh - Geoff Ryman  There Is Nothing to Bind Our Hearts Together - Sabrina Huang  Douen Calling - Brandon Mc Ivor  Spectral Evidence - Victor LaValle  A Model Apartment - Bryan Thao Worra  Water in the Rice Fields Up to My Knees - Johary Ravaloson  The Spooky Japanese Girl is There for You - Juan Martinez The Executioner - Jennifer Marie Brissett  Girl, I Love You - Nadia Bulkin  The Castaway - Sergio Gaut vel Hartman  A Good Home - Karin Lowachee  How to Piss Off a Failed Super Soldier - John Chu Super Duper Fly - Maurice Broaddus  Rabbits - Csilla Kleinheincz  A Different Mistake - Eve Shi  Lost Bonds - Margrét Helgadóttir  The Bones Shine through with Light - Joyce Chng  Ana’s Tag - William Alexander  Flush - Francesco Verso  No Kissing the Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix is Playing - Clifton Gachagua  A Pinch of Salt - Hal Duncan  Escape to Hell - Iheoma Nwachukwu  The Lady and the Poet - Walter Tierno  Salvation - Claudia De Bella  How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War - Rose Lemberg  Bottled-Up Messages - Basma Abdel Aziz  Acception - Tessa Kum  The Day It All Ended - Charlie Jane Anders

"Campbell’s editorial skills are on display in this wide-ranging anthology as he seamlessly connects stories from Lebanon, Senegal, Canada, and Ethiopia through shared imagery, and arranges steampunk adventures, near-future techno-thrillers, and fairy tales to smoothly transition between genres. ... This comprehensive survey of contemporary speculative fiction is ideal for readers exploring their tastes and anyone looking to get a feel for the impressive breadth of genre storytelling today."

• Introduction - Bill Campbell  Walking Awake - N.K. Jemisin  The Black Box - Malka Older  A Song Transmuted - Sarah Pinsker  Water - Ramez Naam  Underworld 101 - Mame Bougouma Diene  The Faithful Soldier, Prompted - Saladin Ahmed  Beautiful Curse - Kristine Ong Muslim  Real Boys - Clara Kumagai  Born Out of Frost - Mélanie Fazi The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter - Angela Slatter  I Make People Do Bad Things - Chesya Burke  Blood Drive - Jeffrey Ford  Six Things We Found During the Autopsy - Kuzhali Manickavel  Please Feed Motion - Irenosen Okojie  Madeleine - Amal El-Mohtar Notes from Liminal Spaces - Hiromi Goto  Medusa - Christopher Brown  A Universal Elegy - Tang Fei  Lalibela - Gabriel Teodros  The Copper Scarab - K. Tempest Bradford  The Arrangement of Their Parts - Shweta Narayan  The Applause of Others - Corinne Duyvis  Lacrimosa - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Those Shadows Laugh - Geoff Ryman  There Is Nothing to Bind Our Hearts Together - Sabrina Huang  Douen Calling - Brandon Mc Ivor  Spectral Evidence - Victor LaValle  A Model Apartment - Bryan Thao Worra  Water in the Rice Fields Up to My Knees - Johary Ravaloson  The Spooky Japanese Girl is There for You - Juan Martinez The Executioner - Jennifer Marie Brissett  Girl, I Love You - Nadia Bulkin  The Castaway - Sergio Gaut vel Hartman  A Good Home - Karin Lowachee  How to Piss Off a Failed Super Soldier - John Chu Super Duper Fly - Maurice Broaddus  Rabbits - Csilla Kleinheincz  A Different Mistake - Eve Shi  Lost Bonds - Margrét Helgadóttir  The Bones Shine through with Light - Joyce Chng  Ana’s Tag - William Alexander  Flush - Francesco Verso  No Kissing the Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix is Playing - Clifton Gachagua  A Pinch of Salt - Hal Duncan  Escape to Hell - Iheoma Nwachukwu  The Lady and the Poet - Walter Tierno  Salvation - Claudia De Bella  How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War - Rose Lemberg  Bottled-Up Messages - Basma Abdel Aziz  Acception - Tessa Kum  The Day It All Ended - Charlie Jane Anders

"Campbell’s editorial skills are on display in this wide-ranging anthology as he seamlessly connects stories from Lebanon, Senegal, Canada, and Ethiopia through shared imagery, and arranges steampunk adventures, near-future techno-thrillers, and fairy tales to smoothly transition between genres. ... This comprehensive survey of contemporary speculative fiction is ideal for readers exploring their tastes and anyone looking to get a feel for the impressive breadth of genre storytelling today."

• Introduction - Bill Campbell  Walking Awake - N.K. Jemisin  The Black Box - Malka Older  A Song Transmuted - Sarah Pinsker  Water - Ramez Naam  Underworld 101 - Mame Bougouma Diene  The Faithful Soldier, Prompted - Saladin Ahmed  Beautiful Curse - Kristine Ong Muslim  Real Boys - Clara Kumagai  Born Out of Frost - Mélanie Fazi The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter - Angela Slatter  I Make People Do Bad Things - Chesya Burke  Blood Drive - Jeffrey Ford  Six Things We Found During the Autopsy - Kuzhali Manickavel  Please Feed Motion - Irenosen Okojie  Madeleine - Amal El-Mohtar Notes from Liminal Spaces - Hiromi Goto  Medusa - Christopher Brown  A Universal Elegy - Tang Fei  Lalibela - Gabriel Teodros  The Copper Scarab - K. Tempest Bradford  The Arrangement of Their Parts - Shweta Narayan  The Applause of Others - Corinne Duyvis  Lacrimosa - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Those Shadows Laugh - Geoff Ryman  There Is Nothing to Bind Our Hearts Together - Sabrina Huang  Douen Calling - Brandon Mc Ivor  Spectral Evidence - Victor LaValle  A Model Apartment - Bryan Thao Worra  Water in the Rice Fields Up to My Knees - Johary Ravaloson  The Spooky Japanese Girl is There for You - Juan Martinez The Executioner - Jennifer Marie Brissett  Girl, I Love You - Nadia Bulkin  The Castaway - Sergio Gaut vel Hartman  A Good Home - Karin Lowachee  How to Piss Off a Failed Super Soldier - John Chu Super Duper Fly - Maurice Broaddus  Rabbits - Csilla Kleinheincz  A Different Mistake - Eve Shi  Lost Bonds - Margrét Helgadóttir  The Bones Shine through with Light - Joyce Chng  Ana’s Tag - William Alexander  Flush - Francesco Verso  No Kissing the Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix is Playing - Clifton Gachagua  A Pinch of Salt - Hal Duncan  Escape to Hell - Iheoma Nwachukwu  The Lady and the Poet - Walter Tierno  Salvation - Claudia De Bella  How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War - Rose Lemberg  Bottled-Up Messages - Basma Abdel Aziz  Acception - Tessa Kum  The Day It All Ended - Charlie Jane Anders