A utopia where the most privileged get to do whatever they want to do withtheir lives, indulging their slightest whims via the bodies whose wombs theyoccupy; a soldier's wife tries to love a husband who is little more than backupmemory; a society in which the citizens all make merry for nine remarkable days,and on the tenth get a taste of hell; the last ragged survivors of an expeditionto a savage backwater world hunt down an infamous war criminal; a divorcingcouple confront their myriad troubles to gain resolution, reason, respect— but not without sacrifice. Introducing these stories (and more) fromAdam-Troy Castro, whose short fiction has been nominated for two Hugos, threeStokers, and eight Nebulas.

Visual artist(s): Jeremy Haun, Eric Kim