Introduction / Nibedita Sen -- It's dangerous to go alone / Kate Dollarhyde -- Into the spider-verse: a classic origin story in bold new color / Brandon O'Brien -- The secret lives of the nine negro teeth of George Washington / P. Djèlí Clark -- Interview for the end of the world / Rhett C. Bruno -- And yet / A.T. Greenblatt -- A witch's guide to escape: a practical compendium of portal fantasies / Alix E. Harrow -- The court magician / Sarah Pinsker -- The only harmless great thing / Brooke Bolander -- The last banquet of temporal confections / Tina Connolly -- An agent of utopia / Andy Duncan -- The substance of my lives, the accidents of our births / José Pablo Iriarte -- The rule of three / Lawrence M. Schoen -- Messenger / R.R. Virdi & Yudhanjaya Wijeratne -- Excerpt : The tea master and the detective / Aliette de Bodard -- Excerpt : Fire ant / Jonathan P. Brazee -- Excerpt : The black god's drums / P. Djèlí Clark -- Excerpt : Alice Payne arrives / Kate Heartfield -- Excerpt : Gods, monsters, and the lucky peach / Kelly Robson -- Excerpt : Artificial condition: the murderbot diaries / Martha Wells -- Excerpt : The calculating stars / Mary Robinette Kowal -- Biographies.