Lightspeed: Year One (collection)

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“Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter. © 1995 by Stephen Baxter. Originally published in Science Fiction Age. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Manumission” by Tobias Buckell. © 2008 by Tobias S. Buckell. Originally published in Jim Baen’s Universe. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Elephants of Poznan” by Orson Scott Card. © 2000 by Orson Scott Card. Originally published in Fantastyka. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro. © 2010 by Adam-Troy Castro. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, August 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Saying the Names” by Maggie Clark. © 2011 by Maggie Clark. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, March 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son” by Tom Crosshill. © 2011 by Tom Crosshill. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Passenger” by Julie E. Czerneda. © 1999 by Julie E. Czerneda. Originally published in Treachery & Treason, edited by Laura Anne Gilman and Jennifer Heddle. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Patient Zero” by Tananarive Due. © 2000 by Tananarive Due. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“No Time Like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller. © 2010 by Carol Emshwiller. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Taste of Starlight” by John R. Fultz. © 2010 by John R. Fultz. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, October 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Harrowers” by Eric Gregory. © 2011 by Eric Gregory. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, May 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman. © 1985 by Joe Haldeman. Originally published in Playboy. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan. © 2010 by Vylar Kaftan. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Breakaway, Backdown” by James Patrick Kelly. © 1996 by James Patrick Kelly. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Faces in Revolving Souls” by Caitlín R. Kiernan. © 2005 by Caitlín R. Kiernan. Originally published in Outsiders, edited by Nancy Holder and Nancy Kilpatrick. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim. © 2010 by Alice Sola Kim. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, November 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Beachworld” by Stephen King. © 1984 by Stephen King. Originally published in Weird Tales. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cats in Victory” by David Barr Kirtley. © 2010 by David Barr Kirtley. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“In-Fall” by Ted Kosmatka. © 2010 by Ted Kosmatka. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, December 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Ej-Es” by Nancy Kress. © 2003 by Nancy Kress. Originally published in the anthology, Stars, edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Eliot Wrote” by Nancy Kress. © 2011 by Nancy Kress. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, May 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Long Chase” by Geoffrey A. Landis. © 2002 by Geoffrey A. Landis. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hindsight” by Sarah Langan. © 2010 by Sarah Langan. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, October 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale. © 1986 Joe R. Lansdale. Originally published in Nukes edited by John MacLay. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Silence of the Asonu” by Ursula K. Le Guin. © 1998 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in Orion. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Black Fire” by Tanith Lee. © 2011 by Tanith Lee. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, January 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee. © 2010 by Yoon Ha Lee. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, September 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Simulacrum” by Ken Liu. © 2011 by Ken Liu. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Postings from an Amorous Tomorrow” by Corey Joshua Mariani. © 2011 by Corey Joshua Mariani. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, January 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“…for a single yesterday” by George R.R. Martin. © 1975 by George R.R. Martin. Originally published in Epoch. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Velvet Fields” by Anne McCaffrey. © 1973 by Anne McCaffrey. Originally published in Worlds of If. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, The Virginia Kidd Agency.

“The Cassandra Project” by Jack McDevitt. © 2010 by Cryptic, Inc. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Bibi From Jupiter” by Tessa Mellas. © 2007 by Tessa Mellas. Originally published in StoryQuarterly. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor. © 2008 by Nnedi Okorafor. Originally published in Seeds of Change, edited by John Joseph Adams. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“All That Touches the Air” by An Owomoyela. © 2011 by An Owomoyela. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cucumber Gravy” by Susan Palwick. © 2001 by Susan Palwick. Originally published in SCI FICTION. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo. © 2010 by Cat Rambo. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, September 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Long Enough and Just So Long” by Cat Rambo. © 2011 by Cat Rambo. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Woman Leaves Room” by Robert Reed. © 2011 by Robert Reed. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, March 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Scales” by Alastair Reynolds. © 2009 by Alastair Reynolds. Originally published in The Guardian. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Observer” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. © 2008 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Originally published in Front Lines edited by Denise Little. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Travelers” by Robert Silverberg. © 1999 by Agberg, Ltd. Originally published in Amazing Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Maneki Neko” by Bruce Sterling. © 1998 by Bruce Sterling. Originally published in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine (Japanese language) and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (English language). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Jenny’s Sick” by David Tallerman. © 2010 by David Tallerman. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, December 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne Valente. © 2010 by Catherynne Valente. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, August 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 by Genevieve Valentine. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn. © 2010 by Carrie Vaughn, LLC. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu. © 2010 by Charles Yu. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, November 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.