In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.

The ones who stay and fight -- The city born great -- Red dirt witch -- L'Alchimista -- The effluent engine -- Cloud dragon skies -- The Trojan girl -- Valedictorian -- The storyteller's replacement -- The brides of heaven -- The evaluators -- Walking awake -- The elevator dancer -- Cuisine des mémoires -- Stone hunger -- On the banks of the River Lex -- The narcomancer -- Henosis -- Too many yesterdays, not enough tomorrows -- The you train -- Non-zero probabilities -- Sinners, saints, dragons, and haints, in the city beneath the still waters.