Selected from the Hugo award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine, this anthology collects the work of twenty-seven visionary writers of short fiction, including such World Fantasy, Philip K. Dick, Tiptree, Hugo, and Campbell Award winners and finalists as Jay Lake, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, Sarah Monette, Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, N.K. Jemisin and Catherynne M. Valente. Contents: Introduction by Neil Clarke Non-Zero Probabilities by N. K. Jemisin The Second Gift Given by Ken Scholes Walking with a Ghost by Nick Mamatas Celadon by Desirina Boskovich Teaching Bigfoot to Read by Geoffrey W. Cole The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew by Catherynne M. Valente The Jisei of Mark VIII by Berrien C. Henderson Passwords by John A. McDermott Idle Roomer by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor Gift of the Kites by Jim C. Hines batch 39 and the deadman’s switch by Simon DeDeo Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story by Jake Lake and Shannon Page The Completely Rechargeable Man by Karen Heuler Episode 72 by Don Webb Placa del Fuego by Tobias S. Buckell Herding Vegetable Sheep by Ekaterina Sedia The Devonshire Arms by Alex Dally MacFarlane The Loyalty of Birds by Rachel Sobel The Giving Heart by Corie Ralston White Charles by Sarah Monette On the Lot and In the Air by Lisa L Hannett A Woman’s Best Friend by Robert Reed The Dying World by Lavie Tidhar Advection by Genevieve Valentine