This volume contains short fiction by science fiction and fantasy Grand Masters, as well as stories by relatively new stars in the SF&F field, many of whom got a start in Abyss & Apex Magazine. It also has poems that received the highest genre poetry awards: the Rhysling and Dwarf Star awards. Table of Contents: "The Last Tower" - CJ Cherryh "How Strange the Starship's Shudder" - Michael R. Fosburg "Socorro" - S. L. Knapp "Thesaurus (Not a Prehistoric Animal)" - Robert Borski "Emmett, Joey & the Beelz" - Ralph Servush "Snatch Me Another" - Mercurio D. Rivera "The Argument Box" - J. D. Fox "Name Calling" - Celeste Rita Baker "Oblivion" - Yilin Wang (poem) "Anything Chocolate" - Caren Gusoff Sumpiton "Sunlight" - Kelly Dwyer "Humboldt Squid" - Linda Neuer "Dreadnought Under Ice" - George S. Walker "New Worlds" - Alexandra Seidel "Stone Eater" - Brent Knowles "The Wizard and the Sorceress" - Christopher Vera "Albino Dragons" - KJ Kirby "The Dwarf Femme and the Dragon" - Charie' Craig "Letter Found ..." - Marie Brennan "Mirror Girl" - Paul Carlson "Coupling" - Ken Poyer "Bots D'Amor" - Cat Rambo "The Coin Whisperer" - Sarah Hendrix "Bumbershoot" - Howard V Hendrix "All the Wonder in the World" - Lavie Tidhar "The Specialist" by Andrew Kaye "Prayer Causes Stars" - Greg Beatty "The Halo Wave" - Lael Salaets "In The Bag" - Tabithat St. Germain "In the End, Basking in Love" - A. B. S. Dudevant "To the End of Days" - Robert Silverberg