Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements & Permissions v

Introduction by Emily Lakdawalla vii

The Great Broccoli Wi-Fi Theft by Nancy Kress 1

The Sting of the Irukandji by Kristy Evangelista 17

Polaris in the Dark by Jameyanne Fuller 43

Dance Like You’re Alone in Your Environmental Pod

by Eric Del Carlo 63

Fluffy Pets are Best by Holly Schofield 81

Moth Girl by Abigail Putnam 97

Station Run by Sherry D. Ramsey 107

On the Lam on Luna by Morgan Bliss 127

Nocturnal Noise by L.G. Keltner 147

Juliet Silver and the Forge of Dreams by Wendy Nikel 165

The Altitude Adjustment by Wendy Lambert 177

My Mother the Ocean by Dianna Sanchez 191

After the End by Bruce Golden 209

Abduction Assumption by Stephen Blake 231

The Smell of Home by anne m. gibson 243

Blaise of Luna by Blake Jessop 257

No Place Like by William B. Wolfe 271

Until We Have Faces by J.P. Linnartz 291

Anjali by Rati Mehrotra 307

Eyes Wide Open by Deborah Walker 323

Clockwork Carabao by Marilag Angway 339

Safe in the Dome by Anne E. Johnson 355

Far From Home by Dawn Vogel 367

The Shepherd’s Way by Barbara Webb Sinopoli 377