Introduction / Ian Whates --
A smart well-mannered uprising of the dead / Ian McDonald --
The incredible exploding man / Dave Hutchinson --
Sweet spots / Paul di Filippo --
The best science fiction of the year three / Ken MacLeod --
The one that got away / Tricia Sullivan --
Rock day / Stephen Baxter --
Eluna / Stephen Palmer --
Shall I tell you the problem with time travel? / Adam Roberts --
The lives and deaths of Che Guevara / Lavie Tidhar --
Steel Lake / Jack Skillingstead --
Mooncakes / Mike Resnick and Laurie Tom --
At play in the fields / Steve Rasnic Tem --
How we came back from Mars / Ian Watson --
You never know / Pat Cadigan --
Yestermorrow / Richard Salter --
Dreaming towers, silent mansions / Jaine Fenn --
Eternity's children / Keith Brooke and Eric Brown --
For the ages / Alastair Reynolds --
Return of the mutant worms / Peter F. Hamilton.
