Introduction / Rich Horton -- Mutability / Ray Nayler -- And you shall know her by the trail of dead / Brooke Bolander -- Cat pictures please / Naomi Kritzer -- Capitalism in the 22nd century, or air / Geoff Ryman -- The long goodnight of Violet Wild / Catherynne M. Valente -- My last bringback / John Barnes -- Please undo this hurt / Seth Dickinson -- Time bomb time / C.C. Finlay -- The graphology of hemorrhage / Yoon Ha Lee -- The game of smash and recovery / Kelly Link -- Acres of perhaps / Will Ludwigsen -- Little sisters / Vonda N. McIntyre -- Folding Beijing / Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu -- Today I am Paul / Martin L. Shoemaker -- The king in the cathedral / Rich Larson -- Drones / Simon Ings -- The Karen Joy Fowler book club / Nike Sulway -- Endless forms most beautiful / Alvaro Zinos-Amaro -- This evening's performance / Genevieve Valentine-- Consolation / John Kessel -- The heart's filthy lesson / Elizabeth Bear -- The daughters of John Demetrius / Joe Pitkin -- Unearthly landscape by a lady / Rebecca Campbell -- The astrakhan, the homburg, and the red, red coal / Chaz Brenchley -- Hello, hello / Seanan McGuire -- Twelve and tag / Gregory Norman Bossert -- The deepwater bride / Tamsyn Muir-- Botanica veneris: thirteen papercuts by Idea Countess Rathagan / Ian McDonald -- Asymptotic / Andy Dudak -- The two paupers / C.S.E. Cooney -- Biographies -- Recommended reading -- Publication history -- About the editor.