Table of Contents

• Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
• Mother Tongues, S. Qiouyi Lu
• Olivia’s Table, Alyssa Wong
• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington, P. Djèlí Clark
• Yard Dog, Tade Thompson
• The Woman Who Destroyed Us, S. L. Huang
• The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto, Annalee Newitz
• The Starship and the Temple Cat, Yoon Ha Lee
• A Brief and Fearful Star, Carmen Maria Machado
• Field Biology of the Wee Fairies, Naomi Kritzer
• Intervention, Kelly Robson
• The Bookcase Expedition, Jeffrey Ford
• A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, Alix E. Harrow
• The Staff in the Stone, Garth Nix
• Okay, Glory, Elizabeth Bear
• Widdam, Vandana Singh
• Dreadful Young Ladies, Kelly Barnhill
• The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander
• The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society, T. Kingfisher
• When We Were Starless, Simone Heller
• If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again, Zen Cho
• Blessings, Naomi Novik
• Meat and Salt and Sparks, Rich Larson
• Nine Last Days on Planet Earth, Daryl Gregory
• Golgotha, Dave Hutchinson
• Flint and Mirror, John Crowley
• An Agent of Utopia, Andy Duncan
• You Pretend Like You Never Met Me, and I’ll Pretend Like I Never Met You, Maria Dahvana Headley
• Quality Time, Ken Liu
• The Storyteller’s Replacement, N. K. Jemisin
• Firelight, Ursula K. Le Guin

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About the Author

Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.