John Adams: Lightspeed: Year One

“No Time Like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller. © 2010 by Carol Emshwiller. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , July 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Taste of Starlight” by John R. Fultz. © 2010 by John R. Fultz. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , October 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Harrowers” by Eric Gregory. © 2011 by Eric Gregory. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , May 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman. © 1985 by Joe Haldeman. Originally published in Playboy . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan. © 2010 by Vylar Kaftan. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Breakaway, Backdown” by James Patrick Kelly. © 1996 by James Patrick Kelly. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Faces in Revolving Souls” by Caitlín R. Kiernan. © 2005 by Caitlín R. Kiernan. Originally published in Outsiders , edited by Nancy Holder and Nancy Kilpatrick. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim. © 2010 by Alice Sola Kim. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , November 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Beachworld” by Stephen King. © 1984 by Stephen King. Originally published in Weird Tales . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cats in Victory” by David Barr Kirtley. © 2010 by David Barr Kirtley. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“In-Fall” by Ted Kosmatka. © 2010 by Ted Kosmatka. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , December 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Ej-Es” by Nancy Kress. © 2003 by Nancy Kress. Originally published in the anthology, Stars , edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Eliot Wrote” by Nancy Kress. © 2011 by Nancy Kress. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , May 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Long Chase” by Geoffrey A. Landis. © 2002 by Geoffrey A. Landis. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hindsight” by Sarah Langan. © 2010 by Sarah Langan. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , October 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale. © 1986 Joe R. Lansdale. Originally published in Nukes edited by John MacLay. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Silence of the Asonu” by Ursula K. Le Guin. © 1998 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in Orion . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Black Fire” by Tanith Lee. © 2011 by Tanith Lee. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , January 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee. © 2010 by Yoon Ha Lee. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , September 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Simulacrum” by Ken Liu. © 2011 by Ken Liu. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Postings from an Amorous Tomorrow” by Corey Joshua Mariani. © 2011 by Corey Joshua Mariani. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , January 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“…for a single yesterday” by George R.R. Martin. © 1975 by George R.R. Martin. Originally published in Epoch . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Velvet Fields” by Anne McCaffrey. © 1973 by Anne McCaffrey. Originally published in Worlds of If . Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, The Virginia Kidd Agency.

“The Cassandra Project” by Jack McDevitt. © 2010 by Cryptic, Inc. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Bibi From Jupiter” by Tessa Mellas. © 2007 by Tessa Mellas. Originally published in StoryQuarterly . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor. © 2008 by Nnedi Okorafor. Originally published in Seeds of Change , edited by John Joseph Adams. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“All That Touches the Air” by An Owomoyela. © 2011 by An Owomoyela. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , April 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cucumber Gravy” by Susan Palwick. © 2001 by Susan Palwick. Originally published in SCI FICTION . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo. © 2010 by Cat Rambo. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , September 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Long Enough and Just So Long” by Cat Rambo. © 2011 by Cat Rambo. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Woman Leaves Room” by Robert Reed. © 2011 by Robert Reed. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , March 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Scales” by Alastair Reynolds. © 2009 by Alastair Reynolds. Originally published in The Guardian . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Observer” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. © 2008 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Originally published in Front Lines edited by Denise Little. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Travelers” by Robert Silverberg. © 1999 by Agberg, Ltd. Originally published in Amazing Stories . Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Maneki Neko” by Bruce Sterling. © 1998 by Bruce Sterling. Originally published in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine (Japanese language) and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (English language). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Jenny’s Sick” by David Tallerman. © 2010 by David Tallerman. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , December 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne Valente. © 2010 by Catherynne Valente. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , August 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 by Genevieve Valentine. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , July 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn. © 2010 by Carrie Vaughn, LLC. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu. © 2010 by Charles Yu. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine , November 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

John Joseph Adams( www.johnjosephadams.com) is the editor of Lightspeed Magazine and Fantasy Magazine. He is also the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead, By Blood We Live, Federations, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Brave New Worlds, The Living Dead 2 , and The Way of the Wizard. Forthcoming work includes Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom, Armored , and The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination. In 2011, he was a finalist for two Hugo Awards and two World Fantasy Awards. John is also the co-host of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, which airs on io9.com.