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This short story originally appeared in the anthology Glorifying Terrorism (2007) edited by Farah Mendlesohn, and was reprinted in Lightspeed, August 2015. It can also be found in the anthology Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (2010), edited by John Joseph Adams.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, September 2018.

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All Bee has ever known is darkness.

She doesn't remember the crime she committed that landed her in the cold, twisting caverns of the prison planet Colel-Cab with only fellow prisoner Chela for company. Chela says that they're telepaths and mass-murderers; that they belong here, too dangerous to ever be free. Bee has no reason to doubt her – until she hears the voice of another telepath, one who has answers, and can open her eyes to an entirely different truth.

We have a history of missed connections, you and I. Years ago, when you called goodbye from the shuttle launch, my flight was landing in Zurich. I'd changed planes, been re-routed from Frankfurt. That's why you got my voicemail. I'd have answered if I could, and would've wished you luck, even if you wanted a life without me. I never managed to see Europa, like you did--just Europe, where I met my first husband. The one I wished was you.

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This short story originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, #2 November 2006. It can also be found in the anthology Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (2007), edited by Sean Wallace and Nick Mamatas.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, December 2011. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012, edited by Rich Horton, and Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies (2017), edited by John Joseph Adams.

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Nebula- and Sidewise-winning, Sturgeon-nominated Novella

In her compelling novella about the Incan empire, Vylar treats us to an alternate look at the history of the New World.

"What if the Incas had held off Pizarro's initial Conquistador attack (he only had 168 men), and figured out how to hold off smallpox through public health and hygiene measures? In this story, they would have been able to sort out how to hold on to their empire in the face of European imperialism. That makes for many changes in the Western world - the Americans come to visit in 1806 with a proposal to sell them the technique of vaccination. And so hangs the tale. We get a good exposition of Incan culture as Kaftan speculates it would develop. It's not a whitewash - it has plenty to say about the shortcomings of both Incan and American culture."
(synopsis from Happiness is Free SF)

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