Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xvii
10 Steps to a Whole New You Tonya Liburd 1
From Fantasy
The Pizza Boy Meg Elison 9
From The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
If the Martians Have Magic P. Djèlí Clark 18
From Uncanny
Delete Your First Memory for Free Kel Coleman 36
From FIYAH
The Red Mother Elizabeth Bear 47
From Tor.com
The Cold Calculations Aimee Ogden 79
From Clarkesworld
The Captain and the Quartermaster C. L. Clark 93
From Beneath Ceaseless Shies
Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story Nalo Hopkinson 110
From The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
I Was Teenage Space Jockey Stephen Graham Jones 136
From Lightspeed
Let All the Children Boogie Sam J. Miller 148
From Tor.com
Skinder's Veil Kelly Link 167
From When Things Get Dark
The Algorithm Will See You Now Justin C. Key 207
From Vital: The Future of Healthcare
The Cloud Lake Unicorn Karen Russell 231
From Conjunctions
Proof by Induction José Pablo Iriarte 248
From Uncanny
Colors of the Immortal Palette Caroline M. Yoachim 267
From Uncanny
The Future Library Peng Shepherd 299
From Tor.com
L'Esprit de L'Escalier Catherynne M. Valente 327
From Tor.com
Tripping Through Time Rich Larson 352
From Dark Matter
The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han Maria Dong 364
From khoréõ
Root Rot Fargo Tbakhi 378
From Apex
Contributors' Notes 393
Other Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2021 407