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This short story originally appeared in Vitality Magazine, March 2015, and was reprinted in Lightspeed, July 2016. The story is included in the collection So You Want to Be a Robot (2017).

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Short story on the 2016 Tiptree Honor list. It first appeared online in Scigentasy #4, March 2015 and was reprinted in Lightspeed, September 2018. It can also be found in the anthology The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, edited by Joe Hill and John Joseph Adams. The story is included in the collection So You Want to Be a Robot (2017).

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This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 22, May-June 2018.

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This novelette originally appeared in Lightspeed, February 2017.

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This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 14, January-February 2017.

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Step one: forget the convention and disregard the binary. Gender? Sexuality? Old words unsuited for new consciousness. The twenty-one stories in this book challenge the imagination as only acclaimed author A. Merc Rustad can. Pages of robots and AIs constructing lives and exploring "humanity"; wasted worlds with monstrous cityhearts; assassins and the perils of enchanted labyrinths; and always the raw truths of love, loss, and devotion. Step two: read these science-fiction and fantasy tales as if they are the only stories you will discover on your bookshelf this day. Step three: dare to feel.

Table of Contents:

• This Is Not a Wardrobe Door - (2016) - short story
• Tomorrow When We See the Sun - (2015) - short story
• The Sorcerer's Unattainable Gardens - (2015) - short story
• The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie - (2016) - short story
• For Want of a Heart - (2016) - short story
• Once I, Rose - (2016) - short story
• Where Monsters Dance - (2015) - short story
• A Survival Guide for When You're Trapped in a Black Hole - short story
• Thread - (2013) - short story
• Under Wine-Bright Seas - (2015) - short story
• Of Blessed Servitude - (2014) - short story
• To the Knife-Cold Stars - (2015) - short story
• Finding Home - (2015) - short story
• Winter Bride - (2014) - short story
• To the Monsters, with Love - (2014) - short story
• Batteries for Your Doombot5000 Are Not Included - short story
• ...Or Be Forever Fallen - (2016) - short story
• Iron Aria - (2016) - short story b
• What Becomes of the Third-Hearted - (2016) - short story
• The Gentleman of Chaos - (2016) - short story
• How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps - (2014) - short story

This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 24, September - October 2018.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, December 2017.

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Nebula Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in Fireside, January 2016. It can also be found in the anthology The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017, edited by John Joseph Adams and Charles Yu. The story is included in the collection So You Want to Be a Robot (2017).

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This short story originally appeared in the anthology Humans Wanted (2017), edited by Vivian Caethe, and was reprinted in Lightspeed, March 2018. It can also be found in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, edited by N. K. Jemisin and John Joseph Adams.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, June 2018.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, October 2017.

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This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, December 2015. It can also be found in the anthology Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies (2017), edited by John Joseph Adams. The story is included in the collection So You Want to Be a Robot (2017).

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This novelette originally appeared in Lightspeed, Issue 104, January 2019.

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This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 23, July-August 2018.

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