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From award-winning authors Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and twenty-two other groundbreaking writers in science fiction and fantasy, comes an anthology packed with riveting stories of time-travel, simulations, transformation, magic, alternate realities, and personal reinvention.
New Year's resolutions and self-help gurus ask us to reinvent ourselves-be better, prettier, perfect. But the writers in this anthology know that reinvention contains both potential and pitfalls.
One woman's doppelgänger offers her a chance to fix her flaws - for a small price. Against the wishes of her family, an eel-person yearns to reveal her true nature. A showgirl in a backwater lunar cabaret seeks cosmic fame-and will do anything to get it.
From cutting-edge voices in science fiction and fantasy, comes a mind-bending collection of twenty-four tales that span the vast reaches of magic and space and delve into the intimate spaces between people.
The authors featured in this anthology have had short fiction published in Clarkesworld, Locus, Asimov's, Raleigh Review, Lightspeed, and more. They are joined by two of the industry's most celebrated authors: Hugo and Sturgeon Award-winner Elizabeth Bear and World Fantasy winner Daryl Gregory.
Stories by: Charlotte Ahlin⬩Elizabeth Bear⬩Chris Campbell⬩Catherine Castellani⬩F.E. Choe⬩Rowan Copley⬩Julie Danvers⬩Nick DePasquale⬩Anastasia K. Elliott⬩Neil Flinchbaugh⬩Daryl Gregory⬩Trae Hawkins⬩Ash Howell⬩Adianu Etinose⬩C.R. Kellogg⬩Alec J. Marsh⬩Victor Pope⬩Allison Pottern⬩Taylor Lykiardopoulos⬩Melinda Smith⬩Shannon Spieler⬩Shen Tao⬩Avani Vaghela⬩Brigitte Winter
**2025 INDIE AUTHOR PROJECT WINNER: RUNNER-UP, SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY**
STORIES FEATURED IN: The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 - ECO24: Year's Best Speculative EcoFiction - Podcastle: The Fantasy Fiction Podcast
Afro-cosmicism: An introduction
Afro-cosmicism: An introduction
By Chris Campbell
A Pocket Anthology from Clarion West
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A Penrose Dirge
A Penrose Dirge
Asimov's Science Fiction May/June 2026
The Grand Conductor and Chief Archivist of the 67th Aeon, Lokton 855376, was vexed, and it was all their own fault. The Universe waited on them like an orchestra waiting for the downbeat, like a salmon waiting to spawn, but this was work that could not be rushed; it was the only work that mattered, after all. A message into infinity, their chance to forge the next link in an eternal chain, and their contribution to the greatest story ever told. The story this Universe was burning to sing.
Apex Magazine Issue 153 (reprint)
Ada, a Black hole supercomputer, is the final legacy of mankind. She was programmed to remember us, but programming is not enough.
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New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention
In the Palace of Science
In the Palace of Science
Asimov's Science Fiction May/June 2024
Drawing from the legacy of African-American oral testimonial forms, this story is an epistolary warning recorded on a phonographic disk. Inspired by the real lives of extraordinary Black people whom history chose to forget, the narrative explores the dangers of being both Black and excellent in America.
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Read by Dominick Rabrun
Read by Dominick Rabrun
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Science Fiction World (China), July 2025.
khōréō Magazine: Volume 4 Issue 3
Aliens who share distant human ancestors with Earthlings arrive on Earth seeking refuge. Inspired by The Day the Earth Stood Still and the classic short story "The Space Traders" by Derrick Bell.
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khōréō Magazine: Volume 4 Issue 3
Read by Mike Castoro
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Issue 18
"The magic in Rebecca’s blood is strong. Defying her Big Ma’s wishes, she combines her medical training and healing talents for a night of urgent house calls—at great personal risk."
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Read by Onicia D. Mueller
Read by Cherrae Stuart
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