A collection of thirty-three original short stories and poems centered around the future, dystopian alternate worlds, and life amidst the stars.

Introduction / Hannah Strom-Martin & Erin Underwood -- Things to consider when choosing a name for the ship you won in a poker game last night / Irving -- Clockwork airlock / Nancy Holder -- Why / Evelyn Lumish -- Spirk Station / Chuck Rothman -- Learning how to be a cat / Jenny Blackford -- Not with you, but with you / Miri Kim -- Powerless / Leah Thomas -- King and queen / John Grey -- The stars beneath our feet / Stephen D. Covey and Sandra McDonald -- Out of the silent sea / Dale Lucas -- The blue hour / Brittany Warman -- Another prison / Rahul Kanakia -- Market day / Anna Della Zazzera -- Driven out / Steve Alguire -- Pennies / Irving -- A voice in the night / Jack McDevitt -- Unwritten in green / Alex Dally MacFarlane -- The end of Callie V / Jennifer Moore -- Speech lessons / Alicia Cole -- The myriad dangers / Lavie Tidhar -- The fall of Stile City / William John Watkins -- The teenage years of Ed Nimbus (a moral tale) / Neil Weston -- String theory / Danika Dinsmore -- Hollywood forever / Llinos Cathryn Thomas -- Ghost walkers / Sandi Cayless -- The cleansing / Mark Smith-Briggs -- Prospect of a world I dream / Alex Kane -- Larvae / Gregory Frost -- The alien / Cathy Bryant -- Over it / Camille Alexa -- The ghost hunter / E. Kristin Anderson -- Your own way back / Rich Larson -- Me and my army of me / Katrina Nicholson -- Author notes.