Title: Not Just Rockets and Robots
Series: Daily Science Fiction
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Rigel Ailur, Edoardo Albert, Liz Argall, Therese Arkenberg, Will Arthur, Daniel Ausema, Mishell Baker, Peter M. Ball, Barbara A. Barnett, Tara Barnett, Jacquelyn Bartel, Douglas K. Beagley, Helena Leigh Bell, Annie Bellet, T.J. Berg, David G. Blake, Brenta Blevins, James Bloomer, Bruce Boston, Keyan Bowes, Jacob A. Boyd, Terry Bramlett, Sue Burke, Katie H. Camp, Michael Canfield, Tom Cardamone, T.D. Carroll, M.E. Castle, Beth Cato, J. Chant, Gwendolyn Clare, P. Djeli Clark, Sheila Crosby, D.A. D’Amico, Amanda C. Davis, John Parke Davis, Gaea Dill-D’Ascoli, Brian Dolton, James S. Dorr, Nicky Drayden, Scott Edelman, Sarah L. Edwards, Karina Fabian, JG Faherty, Ciro Faienza, Ronald D. Ferguson, Sam Ferree, Andrew L. Findlay, Anne Patterson Friedman, Toiya Kristen Finley, Ron S. Friedman, Ralph Gamelli, Lyn C.A. Gardner, Stephen Gaskell, Elena Gleason, Ari B. Goelman, Richard E. Gropp, Michael Guillebeau, Ryan Gutierrez, Lee Hallison, Sean Patrick Hannifin, Erin M. Hartshorn, Colin Harvey, Carol Hassler, Amanda M. Hayes, Jeff Hecht, Karen Heuler, S.J. Hirons, Aubrey Hirsch, Sylvia Hiven, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Brian Lawrence Hurrel, James Hutchings, Erik M Igoe, Allison Jamieson-Lucy, K.G. Jewell, Patrick Johanneson, Matthew Johnson, Thomas F. Jolly, Rhonda Jordan, K.J. Kabza, Brenda Cannon Kalt, Kenneth S. Kao, Christopher Kastensmidt, Andrew Kaye, Robert E. Keller, James Patrick Kelly, Simon Kewin, Lancer Kind, Shelli Kind, Michelle Ann King, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, D.K. Latta, Mai L. Lee, Nathaniel Matthews Lee, Terra LeMay, David D. Levine, Shelly Li, Scott Lininger, Grá Linnaea, Ken Liu, Brian K. Lowe, Christine Lucas, Jennifer Mason-Black, Steven Mathes, Tim McDaniel, Sandra McDonald, Ian McHugh, Will McIntosh, Melissa Mead, William Meikle, Mario Milosevic, Jennifer Moore, Jaime Lee Moyer, Michelle Muenzler, Mari Ness, Kurt Newton, Maria Melissa Obedoza, Kat Otis, Christopher Owen, Colum Paget, John Paolicelli, Tim Patterson, L.L. Phelps, Victoria Podmajersky, Steven Popkes, Geoffrey C. Porter, Lon Prater, Tim Pratt, Dave Raines, Cat Rambo, Joshua Ramey-Renk, Stephen V. Ramey, Jenn Reese, Alter S. Reiss, Christian Roberts, Peter Roberts, Alice M. Roelke, Chuck Rothman, Ramon Rozas, Robert Lowell Russell, Patricia Russo, A. Merc Rustad, Shannon Luke Ryan, Angela Rydell, Jeff Samson, Jason Sanford, Mark Sarney, Steven Saus, Damon Shaw, Heather Shaw, Susan A. Shepherd, Siobhan Shier, Marge Simon, Amber D. Sistla, Julian Mortimer Smith, Victoria Sonata, John Robert Spry, Vaughan Stanger, Steve Stanton, Allison Starkweather, Steven R. Stewart, Eric James Stone, Amy Sundberg, K T, Judith Tarr, Leah Thomas, T.M. Thomas, Lavie Tidhar, James Valvis, Greg van Eekhout, James Van Pelt, Michael Vella, S.C. Wade, Debs Walker, Pam L. Wallace, M.O. Walsh, Desmond Warzel, Nathan Wellman, Jay Werkheiser, Leslie What, Mik Wilkens, Ross Willard, Brian Winfrey, A.C. Wise, Ed Wyrd, Caroline M. Yoachim, Ree Young, Jill Zeller, Joseph Zieja
Editor(s): Michele-Lee Barasso, Jonathan Laden
Cover Artist: Tais Teng
Language: English
Publisher: Daily Science Fiction
Published: June 2012
ISBN-10: 0984909303
ISBN-13: 978098490930
Contents:
   “An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade” by
   “Mark and Shelly’s” by Steven R. Stewart
   “Butterfly and the Blight at the Heart of the World” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Fiddle” by Tim Pratt
   “Ezra’s Prophecy” by Debs Walker
   “Hobo Signs” by Ree Young
   “Tag, You’re It” by Melissa Mead
   “Seeking Nothing” by Cat Rambo
   “Chameleon” by Colin Harvey
   “On the Sweetness of Children” by Michelle Muenzler
   “Mercury in Hand” by Amanda M. Hayes
   “Azencer” by Rigel Ailur
   “American Changeling” by Mary Robinette Kowal✓
   “Flint’s Folly” by J. Chant
   “Picture in Sand” by Susan A. Shepherd
   “The Man Who Said Good Morning” by Ralph Gamelli
   “The Jug Game” by Jennifer Moore
   “The Fosterling” by Therese Arkenberg
   “Long Pig” by Matthew Johnson
   “Sparks” by Mari Ness
   “Small Differences” by Tim Patterson
   “A Little-Known Historical Fact” by Tim McDaniel
   “Finding Joan” by David D. Levine
   “Gamed” by Stephen Gaskell
   “Losses: A Game” by M.O. Walsh
   “Solitude” by Michael Guillebeau
   “Fashion Statement” by Peter Roberts
   “Migrating Bears” by Helena Leigh Bell
   “Grinpa” by Brian K. Lowe
   “Bless this House” by Beth Cato
   “Zero Hour” by Sue Burke
   “Susan 3342 A.D.” by Marge Simon
   “Addendum to the Confessions of St Augustine of Hippo” by Edoardo Albert
   “Longevity, Inc.” by Geoffrey C. Porter
   “Chick Lit” by Keyan Bowes
   “Group Session” by Terry Bramlett
   “Memory Boxes” by Pam L. Wallace
   “A Theory of Sixth-Sense Aesthetics” by Ciro Faienza
   “High Mileage” by JG Faherty
   “A Game of Horse and Dragon” by Sarah L. Edwards
   “Cradle Song” by Brenda Cannon Kalt
   “Flipping the Switch” by Michael Vella
   “Moonlight and Bleach” by Sandra McDonald
   “Faith” by Mario Milosevic
   “Over Tea” by T.M. Thomas
   “The Value of Folding Space” by Tim Patterson
   “Dragon Dreams on Cardboard Wings and Tiny Scraps of Yellow” by Christopher Kastensmidt
   “Essence of Truth” by Erin M. Hartshorn
   “The Closer” by Ari B. Goelman
   “Chaos Theory” by Shannon Luke Ryan
   “Winning Streak” by Nicky Drayden
   “One Year Later” by K.J. Kabza
   “Outside the Box” by Brian Winfrey
   “Cruel Mountain” by T.D. Carroll
   “Supply and Demand” by William Meikle
   “Hypotheticals” by D.K. Latta
   “What Lies Between the Bread” by Greg van Eekhout
   “The Piper” by Mai L. Lee
   “Some Day My Prince Will Go” by Sheila Crosby
   “Dear Ms. Moon” by Liz Argall
   “A Day Like No Other” by S.C. Wade
   “Lottery” by Nathan Wellman
   “Flashback” by Melissa Mead
   “Questions” by Jacob A. Boyd
   “Appalled Science” by Andrew Kaye
   “Delusional” by Ross Willard
   “Journey’s End” by Christine Lucas
   “Never the Twain” by Lon Prater
   “Sheila” by A. Merc Rustad
   “Heartbeat” by Erin M. Hartshorn
   “Surprise Party” by Steven Saus
   “Flood Myth” by Brian Dolton
   “Perfect Black” by Will McIntosh
   “Drink” by Tara Barnett
   “Buy You a Mockingbird” by Eric James Stone✓
   “Maker of the Twenty-First Moon” by Sean Patrick Hannifin
   “Grocery Games” by Anne Patterson Friedman
   “No Spaceships Go” by Annie Bellet
   “The God Solution” by M.E. Castle
   “Nothing But the Truth” by Stephen V. Ramey
   “The Pillow Zone” by Scott Lininger
   “A Christmas Frost” by Robert E. Keller
   “The Two of Us, After” by Steven Popkes
   “Not the Chosen One” by Amber D. Sistla
   “Palindrome” by Will Arthur
   “The Plum Pudding Paradox” by Jay Werkheiser
   “Variety” by Jill Zeller
   “A Matter of Time” by Jaime Lee Moyer
   “Wrath of the Porcelain Gods” by Nicky Drayden
   “Rx” by Jacquelyn Bartel
   “A Is for Arthur” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Waiting for Raymond” by Eric James Stone✓
   “Bit Storm” by Lancer Kind and Shelli Kind
   “The Junk Artist” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Bit by Bit” by Karina Fabian
   “B Is for Banyan Tree” by Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, Tim Pratt, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Late Homework” by James Van Pelt
   “A Song Never Tasted” by Barbara A. Barnett
   “The Voynich Variations” by Edoardo Albert
   “Family Photo” by Elena Gleason
   “C Is for Crate” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Automatic Selection” by Victoria Podmajersky
   “Standing Next to Heaven” by Terra LeMay
   “Not with a Bang” by Michelle Ann King
   “The Navigator” by Christian Roberts
   “D Is for De Gustibus” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “… And a Bottle of Rum” by Melissa Mead
   “On Paper Wings” by Victoria Sonata
   “Jade Dragon” by Shelly Li
   “The Elephant Man’s Love Child” by Leslie What
   “E is for Excrement” by Greg van Eekhout, Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, and Tim Pratt
   “The Uncharted Isle” by James Hutchings
   “Imaginary Enemies” by Colum Paget
   “Gathering Glory” by Steve Stanton
   “Memory Bugs” by Alter S. Reiss
   “F is for Forever” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Swallowing Ghosts” by Cat Rambo
   “The Birdcage Heart” by Peter M. Ball
   “Boy Seeds” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “A Ribbon For A Shaman” by S.J. Hirons
   “G is for Graven” by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Tonight With Words Unspoken” by Jeff Samson
   “Rinse or Repeat” by Sylvia Hiven
   “Vestigial Organs” by Katie H. Camp
   “‘Hello,’ Said the Gun” by Jay Lake
   “H is for Horse” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Trick of Memory” by D.A. D’Amico
   “The Mysterious Barricades” by Lyn C.A. Gardner
   “Waiting In The Corners” by Brian Dolton
   “Snowfall” by Jennifer Mason-Black
   “I is for Inertia” by Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, Greg van Eekhout, and Tim Pratt
   “Surface” by Thomas F. Jolly
   “Epinikion” by Desmond Warzel
   “God’s Gift to Women” by Barbara A. Barnett
   “Song of the Laughing Hyena” by David G. Blake
   “J is for Junk” by Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, Tim Pratt, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Tuna Fish” by Andrew Kaye
   “Shark’s Teeth” by T.A. Pratt
   “The Cloud Dragon Ate Red Balloons” by Tom Cardamone
   “Skin of Steel” by Siobhan Shier
   “K is for Kinky” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Self and Self” by Jacob A. Boyd
   “Newfangled” by K.G. Jewell
   “That’s Show Business” by Bruce Boston
   “Iron Oxide Red” by Gwendolyn Clare
   “L is for Luminous” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Girl Who Asks too Much” by Eric James Stone✓
   “Trust” by David D. Levine
   “Words on a Page” by Allison Starkweather
   “Written Out” by Terra LeMay
   “M is for Mall” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, Greg van Eekhout
   “The Modern Prometheus” by Ed Wyrd
   “The Blue Room” by Jason Sanford
   “The Rules of the Regeneration Manual” by Andrew L. Findlay
   “Wings for Icarus” by P. Djeli Clark
   “N is for Nevermore Nevermore Land” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Break” by Mishell Baker
   “Outer Rims” by Toiya Kristen Finley
   “The Pen Is Mightier” by Mik Wilkens
   “Shards” by Leah Thomas
   “O is for Obfuscation” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Selfless” by Kenneth S. Kao
   “The Elevator” by Erik M Igoe
   “The School Counselor” by Mark Sarney
   “Pippa’s Smiles” by Cat Rambo
   “P is for Parade” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Writing on the Wall” by Vaughan Stanger
   “The Ambiguity Clock” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Necessities” by Nathaniel Matthews Lee
   “This Life” by Lee Hallison
   “Q is for Quit” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Vacuum Decay” by Ramon Rozas
   “The Beauty Garden” by Damon Shaw
   “Her Old Man” by Chuck Rothman
   “Starlight Cantata” by Brian Lawrence Hurrel
   “R is for Raffle” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Barb-the-Bomb and the Yesterday Boy” by Julian Mortimer Smith
   “Values, Vision and Mission” by James Van Pelt
   “Unveiled” by Ron S. Friedman
   “Facts About Gel, Gloop, and Other Semi-Viscous Substance You May Have Encountered Recently” by Michael Canfield
   “S is for Solipsism” by Greg van Eekhout, Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, and Tim Pratt
   “Can’t Stop” by K T
   “As Fast As You Can” by Nathaniel Matthews Lee
   “The Instructions” by Amanda C. Davis
   “Say Zucchini, and Mean It” by Peter M. Ball
   “T is for Terpsichore” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “They Do It with Robots” by Eric James Stone✓
   “A Study in Flesh and Mind” by Liz Argall
   “Shades of Orange” by Caroline M. Yoachim
   “Men of Wealth” by Ross Willard
   “U is for Ubiquitous” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “To Soothe Ravaged Throats” by Allison Jamieson-Lucy
   “Cloaks and Gloves” by Patricia Russo
   “Remember” by Will Arthur
   “Just Enough Time” by Douglas K. Beagley
   “V is for Vámonos” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Dealing with Death” by Brenta Blevins
   “Apology” by Sam Ferree
   “Sister” by Melissa Mead
   “Dharma Dog and Dogma” by Steven Mathes
   “W is for When” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Building a Future” by Rhonda Jordan
   “Made of Cats” by Judith Tarr
   “The Thinning” by Christopher Owen
   “The Clex Are Our Friends” by Mario Milosevic
   “X is for Xylomancy” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Blivet in the Temporal Lobes” by Dave Raines
   “The Three Laws of Zombie” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Godless” by Stephen V. Ramey
   “His Brother was an Only Child” by Ronald D. Ferguson
   “Y is for Yellow” by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout
   “Love at the Corner of Time and Space” by Annie Bellet
   “The Artwork of the Knid” by John Parke Davis
   “Fall of the City” by Daniel Ausema
   “Freefall” by Eric James Stone✓
   “Z is for Zoom” by Heather Shaw, Jenn Reese, Tim Pratt, and Greg van Eekhout
   “The God of the Poor” by James Hutchings
   “Barnaby: Or, As Luck Would Have It” by K.G. Jewell
   “Like the Fourth of July” by John Paolicelli
   “Upgrade” by Allison Starkweather
   “Blink” by Carol Hassler
   “Off the Shelf” by Gaea Dill-D’Ascoli
   “Filling up the Void” by Richard E. Gropp
   “Persistence” by Kurt Newton
   “Suspicious” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Distant Dragon” by L.L. Phelps
   “Heart of Gold” by James Valvis
   “Still Life” by A.C. Wise
   “Deathbed” by Caroline M. Yoachim
   “The Wishwriter’s Wife” by Ian McHugh
   “Paying the Tab” by Brian K. Lowe
   “Counting Coup” by Kat Otis
   “Forever Sixteen” by Amy Sundberg
   “Toad Sister” by Joanna Michal Hoyt
   “Only Backwards” by Kenneth S. Kao
   “The Jester” by Maria Melissa Obedoza
   “Blessed are the Sowers” by Robert Lowell Russell
   “The Large People” by Karen Heuler
   “Hints of the Apocalypse” by K.G. Jewell
   “Trails” by James Bloomer
   “Exit Interview” by Patrick Johanneson
   “The Girl in the Wooden Dress” by Angela Rydell
   “The Last Librarian: Or a Short Account of the End of the World” by Edoardo Albert
   “The Recruiter” by John Robert Spry
   “Killer Pot” by James S. Dorr
   “The Box That Eats Memories” by Ken Liu
   “A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Time Travel” by Alice M. Roelke
   “How Amraphel, the Assistant to Dream, Became a Thief, Lost His Job, and Found His Way” by Scott Edelman
   “Spoons” by Joseph Zieja
   “Our Drunken Tjeng” by Nicky Drayden
   “True Hollywood Story” by Ryan Gutierrez
   “Reading Time” by Beth Cato
   “What Never Happened to Kolay” by Patricia Russo
   “Alpha & Omega: A Co-creative Tale of Collaborative Reality” by Joshua Ramey-Renk
   “The Standing Stones of Erelong” by Simon Kewin
   “Passage” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Heart on Green Paper” by Grá Linnaea
   “Inside Things” by Melissa Mead
   “Distilled Spirits” by Andrew Kaye
   “Rules for Living in a Simulation” by Aubrey Hirsch
   “What You Singing About?” by T.J. Berg