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• vii • Introduction • essay by Kevin J. Anderson
• 1 • Pygmalion • short fiction by Seanan McGuire
• 16 • La Marionnette • short fiction by Alicia Cay
• 36 • Speakeasy • short fiction by Keltie Zubko
• 45 • Framing Marta • short fiction by James Romag
• 61 • The Green Gas • short fiction by Liam Hogan
• 74 • Death By Misadventure • short fiction by John M. Olsen
• 90 • The Fog of War • short fiction by Edward J. Knight
• 106 • Faces of Death • short fiction by Ed Burkley
• 122 • The Quota • short fiction by Tom Howard
• 129 • Wa-Ha-Ya (The Wolf) • short fiction by J. L. Curtis
• 146 • I Have No Name • short fiction by Andi Christopher
• 162 • Beauty is Lifted from its Face as a Mask • short fiction by Eric James Stone
• 178 • Pagliacci's Joke • short fiction by Travis Heermann
• 183 • A New Purpose • short fiction by Rebecca M. Senese
• 198 • Eyeless • short fiction by Gama Ray Martinez
• 215 • In Defiance of Death • short fiction by Rebecca E. Treasure
• 233 • Qualia • short fiction by Russell Davis
• 250 • Shot in the Dark • short fiction by Brennen Hankins
• 267 • The Hibakusha • short fiction by Michael Scott Bricker
• 281 • Mope not for the Mighty • short fiction by Michael Nethercott
• 298 • Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast • (2009) • novelette by Eugie Foster