These stories were originally published as follows:
“The Naturalist” Subterranean Online, spring 2010
“Special Economics,” The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, May 2008
“Useless Things,” Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, October 2009
“The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large,” Eclipse One, October 2007
“The Kingdom of the Blind,” Plugged In, May 2008
“Going to France,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 22, June 2008
“Honeymoon,” “After the Apocalypse,” and “The Effect of Centrifugal Forces” appear here for the first time.