Fiction 8 • Noise Level • 22 pages by Raymond F. Jones 38 • The House of Styx • 48 pages by Derek Kunsken 86 • Camphor • 10 pages by Mark W. Tiedemann 96 • Expecting to Fly • 8 pages by Edd Vick, Manny Frishberg 104 • Midstrathe Exploding • 5 pages by Andy Dudak 114 • A Stone's Throw from You • 2 pages by Jenn Reese 116 • Dix Dayton, Jet Jockey • 4 pages by Liz A. Vogel 120 • Cooling Chaos • 5 pages by Gregory Benford 126 • Respite • 8 pages by Catherine Wells 134 • Curious Algorithms • 9 pages by Hayden Trenholm 143 • War Lily • 3 pages by Beth Dawkins 146 • On the Causes and Consequences of Cat Ladies • 8 pages by Richard A. Lovett 154 • Zeroth Contact • 6 pages by Joshua Cole 160 • The Halting Problem • 2 pages by Em Liu 162 • The Smartest Damn Machine on Earth • 2 pages by Bo Balder 164 • Leamonade Stand • 6 pages by Brenda Kalt 170 • Over • 8 pages by Sayre A. T. 178 • One Hundred • 10 pages by Sean Monaghan 188 • One Basket • 12 pages by C. C. Finlay