A collection of virtually all-original stories by the next generation of science fiction superstars-chosen by one of its current stars.

Contents:

• Introduction by Mike Resnick
• The Black Bird by David Barr Kirtley
• Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairman Seldom Carry Cash by Tom Gerencer
• Nucleon by David D. Levine
• Chicken Brain by Janis Ian
• Lifeblood by Michael A. Burstein
• The Faithful by Kage Baker
• Messenger by Mark M. Stafford
• 1-800-WICKED1 by Lisa Mantchev
• Different Worlds by James Van Pelt
• Four-Eyes by Tobias S. Buckell
• The Book of Faces by Kay Kenyon
• Extended Family by Shane Tourtellotte
• Flowers from Alice by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
• Dressmaker to the Princess by Robyn Herrington
• Bubbles and Boxes by Julie E. Czerneda
• Aphrodite on a Bar Stool by Barbara J. Galler-Smith
• Insubordination by Susan R. Matthews
• Nine-Fingered Maria by Hilary Moon Murphy
• The Echo of Silence by Paul Crilley
• Custer's Angel by Adrienne Gormley