Boundary-pushing and experimental, this diverse selection of science fiction and fantasy stories illuminates what it means to be human and explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Rivers run free /Charles Payseur -- Destroy the city with me tonight / Kate Alice Marshall -- You will always have family: a triptych / Kathleen Kayembe -- Justice systems in quantum parallel probabilities / Lettie Prell -- Loneliness is in your blood / Cadwell Turnbull -- Hermit of Houston / Samuel R. Delany -- Last Cheng Beng gift / Jaymee Goh -- Brightened star, ascending dawn / A. Merc Rustad -- Resident / Carmen Maria Machado -- Greatest one-star restaurant in the whole quadrant / Rachael K. Jones -- Tasting notes on the varietals of the southern coast / Gwendolyn Clare -- Don't press charges and I won't sue / Charlie Jane Anders -- Church of birds / Micah Dean Hicks -- ZeroS / Peter Watts -- Carnival Nine / Caroline M. Yoachim -- Wretched and the beautiful / E. Lily Yu -- Orange tree / Maria Dahvana Headley -- Cannibal acts / Maureen McHugh -- Black powder / Maria Dahvana Headley -- Zen and the art of starship maintenance / Tobias S. Buckell.