Thirty original stories-each inspired by a Janis Ian song-from some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy, including: Tad Williams, Harry Turtledove, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Mercedes Lackey, Judith Tarr, Janis Ian, and others.

Contents:

Introduction by Janis Ian

Come dance with me by Terry Bisson

The scent of trumpets, the voices of smoke by Tad Williams

Finding my shadow by Joe Haldeman

Ride me like a wave by Jane Yolen

In fading suns and dying moons by John Varley

On the other side by Mercedes Lackey

Nightmare mountain by Kage Baker

On the edge by Gregory Benford

Two faces of love by Tanith Lee

Immortality by Robert J. Sawyer

Hunger by Robert Sheckley

Society's stepchild by Susan R. Matthews

Murdering Stravinsky or two sit-downs in Paris by Barry N. Malzberg

Society's goy by Mike Resnick

Second person unmasked by Janis Ian

Play like a girl by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

All in a blaze by Stephen Baxter

Cartoons by Alexis Gilliland

Old photographs by Susan Casper

Ej-es by Nancy Kress

You don't know my heart by Spider Robinson

Riding Janis by David Gerrold

East of the sun, west of Acousticville by Judith Tarr

Hopper painting by Diane Duane

An indeterminate state by Kay Kenyon

This house by Sharon Lee and Steven Miller

Calling your name by Howard Waldrop

Shadow in the city by Dean Wesley Smith

Joe Steele by Harry Turtledove

Inventing lovers on the phone by Orson Scott Card