The dead / Michael Swanwick -- Liza and the crazy water man / Andy Duncan -- Sister Emily's lightship / Jane Yolen -- The weighing of Ayre / Gregory Feeley -- Killing the morrow / Robert Reed -- The ladies of Grace Adieu / Susanna Clarke -- GI Jesus / Susan Palwick -- Waking beauty / Martha Soukup -- Mengele's Jew / Carter Scholz -- Erase/record/play: a drama for print / John M. Ford -- I remember angels / Mark Kreighbaum -- The cost to be wise / Maureen F. McHugh
A collection of 12 stories appearing in print for the first time. They range from an alien invasion of Earth to cutting costs by replacing workers with the dead