Contents:

• Tedford and the Megalodon by Jim Shepard
• The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter by Glen David Gold
• The Bees by Dan Chaon
• Catskin by Kelly Link
• How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman by Elmore Leonard
• The General by Carol Emshwiller
• Closing Time by Neil Gaiman
• Otherwise Pandemonium by Nick Hornby
• The Tale of Gray Dick by Stephen King
• Blood Doesn't Come Out by Michael Crichton
• Weaving the Dark by Laurie King
• Chuck's Bucket by Chris Offutt
• Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly by David Eggers
• The Case of the Nazi Canary by Michael Moorcock
• The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers by Aimee Bender
• Ghost Dance by Sherman Alexie
• Goodbye to All That by Harlan Ellison
• Private Grave 9 by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Albertine Notes by Rick Moody
• The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance by Michael Chabon