Introduction / Paula Guran -- Yesterday's kin / Nancy Kress -- Lightning tree / Patrick Rothfuss -- Dream houses / Genevieve Valentine -- Mothers of Voorisville / Mary Rickert -- Cladius Rex / John P. Murphy -- In her eyes / Seth Chambers -- The Churn : A novella of the Expanse / James S.A. Corey -- The things we do for love / K.J. Parker -- Where the trains turn / Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements.