It's done. The excruciating task of picking a table-of-contents is complete. Thanks again all of you who submitted and made selecting the final stories an almost impossible task.

Without further ado . . .:

The Other Side, by Rafael E. Cariaga

Wonder Maul Doll, by Kameron Hurley

So Hot, by Terry Hayman

Iphigenia in Ursalim, by L. R. Snow

Harris on the Pig:
Practical Tips for the Pig Farmer, by Anil Menon

Vera Lynn Sings to the Boys, by Mikal Trimm

Possibly Grief, by Josh Rountree

Dawn's Early Light, by Pati Nagle

Under the Skin,Under the Bone, by Steve Vernon

F*cking Napalm Bastard, by John Pitts

Companies of the Heart,
Come with Fire and Sword, by Jay Lake

Victim, by Kenneth Chiacchia

And Everything but Wretchedness
Forgotten, by Michael Sellars

Maes Gwenllian, by J. Anderson Coates

Across a Blackened Landscape, by Pam McNew

Publication is tenatively set for November of 2006, just in time for your holiday shopping.

Congrats again to all the authors who made the cut. I'm thrilled to have such a fine collection of stories for this anthology.


Joseph Haines, siging off from The Edge of the Abyss.