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• vii • Preface (Speculative Japan 4) • essay by Edward Lipsett
• 9 • Genesis: Dark Birth—Shining Death • short fiction by
  朝松健^?あさまつけん
  Asamatsu Ken
  (trans. of
  発端 暗生/明死^?ほったん あんしょう/みょうし
  Hottan: Anshō/Myōshi
  Hottan: Anshou/Myoushi
  2001) [as by Asamatsu Ken]
• 17 • Prototype No. 3 • short fiction by
  小林泰三^?こばやしやすみ
  Yasumi Kobayashi
  (trans. of
  試作品三号^?しさくひんさんごう
  Shisakuhin Sangō
  Shisakuhin Sangou
  2008) [as by Kobayashi Yasumi]
• 37 • Nightfall • short fiction by
  鈴木三重吉^?すずきみえきち
  Suzuki Miekichi
  (trans. of
  たそがれ^?Tasogare
  2006) [as by Suzuki Miekichi]
• 41 • Pearls for Mia • short story by
  梶尾真治^?Shinji Kajio
  かじおしんじ
  (trans. of
  美亜へ贈る真珠^?みあへおくるしんじゅ
  Mia he Okuru Shinju
  Mia e Okuru Shinju
  1971) [as by Kajio Shinji]
• 59 • Dancing Babylon • short fiction by
  牧野修^?まきのおさむ
  Osamu Makino
  (trans. of
  踊るバビロン^?おどるバビロン
  Odoru Babiron
  1999) [as by Makino Osamu]
• 95 • Last Words • short fiction by
  井上雅彦^?Inoue Masahiko
  いのうえまさひこ
  (trans. of
  残されていた文字^?のこされていたもじ
  Nokosareteita Moji
  2001) [as by Inoue Masahiko]
• 99 • The Burning House • [
  機龍警察^?Kiryū Keisatsu
  Kiryuu Keisatsu
  きりゅうけいさつ
  ] • short fiction by
  月村了衛^?つきむらりょうえ
  Tsukimura Ryōe
  Tsukimura Ryoue
  (trans. of
  火宅^?Kataku
  Kataku
  かたく
  2014) [as by
  Tsukimura Ryōe^?Tsukimura Ryoue
  ]
• 119 • Vermilion • novelette by
  上田早夕里^?うえださゆり
  Ueda Sayuri
  (trans. of
  真朱の街^?ましゅのまち
  Mashu no Machi
  2008) [as by Ueda Sayuri]
• 141 • Morceaux • short fiction by
  皆川博子^?みながわひろこ
  Hiroko Minagawa
  (trans. of
  断章^?だんしょう
  Danshō
  Danshou
  1998) [as by Minagawa Hiroko]
• 145 • Encounters on the Solar Wind • short fiction by
  堀晃^?ほりあきら
  Hori Akira
  (trans. of
  太陽風交点^?たいようふうこうてん
  Taiyōfū Kōten
  Taiyoufuu Kouten
  1996) [as by Hori Akira]
• 169 • The Ebb and Flow of the Aurora Sea • short fiction by
  間瀬純子^?ませじゅんこ
  Mase Junko
  (trans. of
  オーロラの海の満ち干^?オーロラのうみのみちひ
  Ōrora no Umi no Michihi
  Oorora no Umi no Michihi
  2012) [as by Mase Junko]
• 185 • The Sparrow Valley • short fiction by
  半村良^?Ryō Hanmura
  Ryo Hanmura
  はんむらりょう
  (trans. of
  雀谷^?すずめたに
  Suzume Tani
  1987) [as by
  Hanmura Ryō^?Hanmura Ryo
  ]
• 191 • Matsui Seimon on the Case • short fiction by
  山田正紀^?やまだまさき
  Yamada Masaki
  (trans. of
  松井清衛門、推参つかまつる^?まついせいえもん、すいさんつかまつる
  Matsui Seiemon, Suisan Tsukamatsuru
  2013) [as by Yamada Masaki]
• 215 • The Fish in Chryse • novella by
  東浩紀^?Azuma Hiroki
  (trans. of
  クリュセの魚^?クリュセのさかな
  Kuruse no Sakana
  2010) [as by Azuma Hiroki]
• 259 • Communion • short fiction by
  高橋たか子^?たかはしたかこ
  Takahashi Takako
  (trans. of
  骨の城^?まじわり
  Majiwari
  1977) [as by Takahashi Takako]