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• Foreword (Other Worlds Than These) • essay by Lev Grossman
• Introduction (Other Worlds Than These) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• Moon Six • (1997) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
• A Brief Guide to Other Histories • (2008) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage • (2011) • short story by Seanan McGuire
• An Empty House With Many Doors • (2011) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• Twenty-Two Centimeters • (2004) • short story by Gregory Benford
• Ana's Tag • (2008) • short story by William Alexander
• Nothing Personal • (2007) • novella by Pat Cadigan
• The Rose Wall • (1981) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria • (2010) • novelette by John R. Fultz
• Ruminations in an Alien Tongue • (2012) • short story by Vandana Singh
• Ten Sigmas • (2004) • short story by Paul Melko
• Magic for Beginners • (2005) • novella by Kelly Link
• [A Ghost Samba] • (2008) • short story by Ian McDonald
• The Cristóbal Effect • (2012) • short story by Simon McCaffery
• Beyond Porch and Portal • (2009) • novelette by E. Catherine Tobler
• Signal to Noise • (2006) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• Porridge on Islac • (2003) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Mrs. Todd's Shortcut • [Castle Rock] • (1984) • novelette by Stephen King
• The Ontological Factor • (2011) • short story by David Barr Kirtley
• Dear Annabehls • [Dear Annabehls Universe] • (2009) • short story by Mercurio D. Rivera
• The Goat Variations • (2009) • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr • (1976) • short story by George R. R. Martin
• Of Swords and Horses • (2006) • short story by Carrie Vaughn
• Impossible Dreams • (2006) • short story by Tim Pratt
• Like Minds • (2003) • novelette by Robert Reed
• The City of Blind Delight • (2008) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain • (2010) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• Angles • (2002) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories • (2010) • short story by Christie Yant
• Trips • (1974) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• For Further Reading (Other Worlds Than These) • essay by Ross E. Lockhart