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• 9 • Foreword (The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius) • essay by Chris Claremont
• 15 • Secret Identity Management Variables: Managing Your Love Life Is No Easier for Geniuses • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 16 • Professor Incognito Apologizes: An Itemized List • short story by Austin Grossman
• 27 • Unexpected Cryptozoological Ramifications: Spoiled Brides Are No Match for Science • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 28 • Father of the Groom • short story by Harry Turtledove
• 37 • Observations in Psychological Cataclysms: Doctor, Heal Thyself • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 38 • Laughter at the Academy: A Field Study in the Genesis of Schizotypal Creative Genius Personality Disorder (SCGPD) • short story by Seanan McGuire
• 51 • Vectors and Properties in Nemesis Relationships: Every Genius Needs a Good Publicist • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 52 • Letter to the Editor • short story by David D. Levine
• 58 • Experiments in Inorganic Intelligence: The Only Thing Worse Than Obsolescence Is Knowing You're Obsolete • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 59 • Instead of a Loving Heart • (2004) • short story by Jeremiah Tolbert
• 67 • Experiments in Inorganic Intelligence: Families Can Drive You Crazy • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 68 • The Executor • short story by Daniel H. Lewis
• 82 • Vectors and Properties in Nemesis Relationships: Everybody Needs Help with Their Evil Monologue • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 83 • The Angel of Death Has a Business Plan • short story by Heather Lindsley
• 95 • Biochemical Deterministic Happenstances: You Might Not Like Drugs, But They Will Like You • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 96 • Homo Perfectus • short story by Dave Wolverton [as by David Farland]
• 107 • Promethean Origination and Impacts: Weird Science Is No Substitute for Love • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 108 • Ancient Equations • short story by L. A. Banks
• 122 • Unmapped Variables in Multiple Intelligences: Touch Nothing in the Secret Lab • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 123 • Rural Singularity • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 132 • Logistics and Support of Evil Programmatics: Never Trust a Job Posting on Craigslist • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 133 • Captain Justice Saves the Day • short story by Genevieve Valentine
• 141 • Promethean Origination and Impacts: These Things Run in the Family • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 142 • The Mad Scientist's Daughter • (2010) • novelette by Theodora Goss
• 160 • Alchemical Explorations: Mad Science is Stranger Than Magic • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 161 • The Space Between • [Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)] • (2012) • novella by Diana Gabaldon
• 244 • Unexpected Cryptozoological Ramifications: It's Not Easy Being Tentacled • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 245 • Harry and Marlowe Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution • [Harry and Marlowe / The Aetherian Revolution] • short story by Carrie Vaughn
• 260 • Promethean Origination and Impacts: As You Sow, So Shall You Reap (or Even Geniuses Get What They Deserve) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 261 • Blood & Stardust • short story by Laird Barron
• 275 • Power Strategies and Fact Management: A Real Genius Can Fool All the People, All the Time • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 276 • A More Perfect Union • short story by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
• 288 • Secret Identity Management Variables: It's Lonely at the Top • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 289 • Rocks Fall • short story by Naomi Novik
• 297 • Mathematical Destruction Scenarios: Always Double-Check the Calculations • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 298 • We Interrupt This Broadcast • [Lady Astronaut] • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
• 305 • Unexpected Cryptozoological Ramifications: Pick Your Supervillain Name with Care • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 306 • The Last Dignity of Man • novelette by Marjorie M. Liu
• 327 • Observations in Pathological Cataclysms: If it Sounds Too Good to Be True, It's Crazy • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 328 • The Pittsburgh Technology • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 340 • Vectors and Properties in Nemesis Relationships: Pick a Good Partner and an Even Better Nemesis • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 341 • Mofongo Knows • short story by Grady Hendrix
• 356 • Absolute World Domination Successes: When You Can Get Anything You Want, Be Careful What You Wish For • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 357 • The Food Taster's Boy • short story by Ben H. Winters