Rachel Swirsky holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her short fiction has appeared in a variety of venues, including Tor.com, Subterranean Magazine, Weird Tales, and Fantasy Magazine. Her story “Eros, Philia, Agape” was nominated for the 2009 Hugo and Sturgeon awards, while “A Memory of Wind” was a 2010 Nebula Award nominee. Her most recent book is a Through the Drowsy Dark, a short collection of feminist poems and short stories. She lives in Bakersfield, California, with her husband and two cats, and is seriously considering whether or not to become a crazy cat lady by adopting all four stray kittens which were recently born in her yard.
Jo Walton is a British fantasy and science fiction writer who makes her home in Canada. Her first published novel was The King’s Peace, followed by The King’s Name. In 2002 she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and subsequently published two more fantasy novels, The Prize in the Game and World Fantasy Award winner Tooth and Claw. She then went on to publish her “Small Change” trilogy—Farthing, Ha’penny, Half a Crown; and Lifelode. Her most recent novel is Among Others. She lives with her son and husband in Montreal, Quebec.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SLOW AS A BULLET
TIDAL FORCES
THE BEANCOUNTER'S CAT
STORY KIT
THE MAN IN GREY
OLD HABITS
THE VICAR OF MARS
FIELDS OF GOLD
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
THE DOUBLE OF MY DOUBLE IS NOT MY DOUBLE
NINE ORACLES
DYING YOUNG
THE PANDA COIN
TOURISTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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