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• 11 • Introduction: Once and Future Tsunamis (Elemental) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
• 19 • Report from the Near Future: Crystallization • short fiction by David Gerrold
• 36 • And Tomorrow and • short story by Adam Roberts
• 50 • Abductio Ad Absurdum • short fiction by Esther M. Friesner
• 58 • In the Matter of Fallen Angels • short fiction by Jacqueline Carey
• 72 • Tiger in the Night • short fiction by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 76 • The Strange Case of Jared Spoon, Who Went To Pieces for Love • short fiction by Stel Pavlou
• 88 • The Solipsist at Dinner • short story by Larry Niven
• 92 • The Wager • [Lords of Avalon] • short fiction by Sherrilyn Kenyon [as by Kinley MacGregor]
• 102 • Expedition, with Recipes • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 108 • Tough Love 3001 • short story by Juliet Marillier
• 119 • Chanting the Violet Dog Down: A Tale of Noreela • [Noreela Short Fiction] • short story by Tim Lebbon (variant of Chanting the Violet Dog Down)
• 137 • Butterflies Like Jewels • short fiction by Eric S. Nylund [as by Eric Nylund]
• 156 • Perfection • [Skalan Saga] • short fiction by Lynn Flewelling
• 169 • The Compound • short fiction by Michael Marshall Smith
• 184 • Sea Child: A Tale of Dune • [Dune] • short story by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
• 200 • Moebius Trip • short fiction by Janny Wurts
• 212 • The Run to Hardscrabble Station • short fiction by William C. Dietz
• 234 • The Last Mortal Man • short fiction by Syne Mitchell
• 248 • The Double-Edged Sword • novelette by Sharon Shinn
• 277 • Night of the Dolls • short story by Shane Dix and Sean Williams
• 286 • The Potter's Daughter • [Ile-Rien] • short story by Martha Wells
• 308 • The Day of Glory • [Hammer's Slammers] • novelette by David Drake
• 338 • Sea Air • short fiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 377 • Afterword: Why Elemental? (Elemental) • essay by Steven Savile