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Short fiction is the laboratory in which SF invents itself. From the earliest days of the American pulps to the mature magazines of today, short SF has been the form in which the genre's greatest writers have kept the field in entertaining ferment. Starlight 1 brings readers major new works from a dozen of the field's strongest voices, including Michael Swanwick, Susan Palwick, Maureen F. McHugh, and John M. Ford.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1996) - essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• The Dead - (1996) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Liza and the Crazy Water Man - (1996) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• Sister Emily's Lightship - (1996) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• The Weighing of Ayre - (1996) - novelette by Gregory Feeley
• Killing the Morrow - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu - (1996) - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• GI Jesus - (1996) - novelette by Susan Palwick
• Waking Beauty - (1996) - shortstory by Martha Soukup
• Mengele's Jew - (1996) - shortstory by Carter Scholz
• Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print - (1996) - novelette by John M. Ford
• I Remember Angels - (1996) - shortstory by Mark Kreighbaum
• The Cost to Be Wise - (1996) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• About the Authors

Since its debut in 1996, Starlight has been recognized as the leading SF and Fantasy original anthology series in the world. Stories from Starlight have won the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, and the Tiptree Award, and have been repeatedly honored by all of the field's "best of the year" collections. In Starlight 2, award-winning editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden offers a serving of powerful, original fiction, from SF writers such as Jonathan Lethem, Ellen Kushner, David Langford, Susanna Clarke, Esther M. Friesner, and Ted Chiang.

Contents:

• Introduction (Starlight 2) - (1998) - essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Divided by Infinity - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• Mrs Mabb - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• Lock Down - (1998) - shortfiction by M. Shayne Bell
• Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation - (1998) - shortfiction by Raphael Carter
• The House of Expectations - (1998) - shortfiction by Martha Soukup
• A Game of Consequences - (1998) - shortstory by David Langford
• The Amount to Carry - (1998) - novelette by Carter Scholz
• The Death of the Duke - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Brown Dust - (1998) - shortfiction by Esther M. Friesner
• Access Fantasy - (1998) - shortstory by Jonathan Lethem
• The End of a Dynasty - (1988) - shortfiction by Angélica Gorodischer
• Snow - (1998) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Story of Your Life - (1998) - novella by Ted Chiang
• About the Authors (Starlight 2) - (1998) - essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Since its debut in 1996, Starlight has been recognized as the preeminent original anthology of science fiction and fantasy. Its stories have won the Nebula Award, the Sturgeon Award, and the Tiptree Award. Starlight 1 itself won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. The series represents the best new short fiction in fantasy and SF.

Now, with Starlight 3, award-winning editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden offers a new serving of powerful, original stories. Some are playful, some rigorous, or exuberant, or melancholy; some are set in the world of today, and some amidst the farthest stars or in worlds that never were.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Hell Is the Absence of God - novelette by Ted Chiang
• Sun-Cloud - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Interview: On Any Given Day - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Wings - shortstory by Colin Greenland
• Gestella - novelette by Susan Palwick
• The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Wolves Till the World Goes Down - shortstory by Greg van Eekhout
• The Secret Egg of the Clouds - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Home Is the Sailor - shortstory by Brenda W. Clough
• Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• La Vie en Ronde - shortstory by Madeleine E. Robbins
• In Which Avu Giddy Tries to Stop Dancing - shortstory by D. G. Compton
• Power Punctuation! - novelette by Cory Doctorow
• The Sea Wind Offers Little Relief - novelette by Alexander C. Irvine
• Senator Bilbo - shortstory by Andy Duncan
• The Old Rugged Cross - novelette by Terry Bisson
• About the Authors - essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden