Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• iii • Introduction (Prime Codex: The Hungry Edge of Speculative Fiction) • essay by Luc Reid
• 3 • To the East, a Bright Star • (2005) • short story by James Maxey
• 13 • Ticktock Girl • [Altered America] • (2005) • short story by Cat Rambo (variant of Tick Tock Girl)
• 19 • The Man with Great Despair Behind His Eyes • (2005) • short story by Ken Scholes
• 33 • Wizards' Encore • (2005) • short story by Geoffrey Girard
• 43 • The Disenchantment of Kivron Ox-Master • (2000) • short story by E. C. Ambrose [as by Elaine Isaak]
• 61 • Sister of the Hedge • [Fairy Tale Princesses] • (2006) • short story by Jim C. Hines
• 81 • Rampion • (2005) • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
• 85 • Salt of Judas • (2006) • short story by Eric James Stone
• 101 • Button by Button • (2001) • short story by E. Catherine Tobler
• 113 • Black Boxes • (2001) • short story by Matthew S. Rotundo
• 127 • Tides • (2002) • short story by Tobias S. Buckell [as by Tobias Buckell]
• 141 • Urban Renewal • (2006) • short story by Tom Pendergrass
• 149 • As the Stars of the Sky • (2004) • novelette by Mike Shultz
• 171 • Rainmakers • (2005) • short story by Ruth Nestvold
• 189 • Radical Acceptance • (2007) • short story by David W. Goldman