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Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2013 calendar year.

Featuring Colleen Anderson, James Arthur, Madeline Ashby, Siobhan Carroll, Anne Carson, Kate Cayley, Peter Chiykowski, Jan Conn, Joan Crate, Indrapramit Das, Craig Davidson, Cory Doctorow, Amal El-Mohtar, Ian C. Esslemont, Gemma Files, Laura Friis, Richard Gavin, Jennifer Giesbrecht, Kim Goldberg, Neile Graham, Nalo Hopkinson, Louisa Howerow, Claire Humphrey, Matthew Johnson, Catherine MacLeod, Tam MacNeil, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Kim Neville, David Nickle, Robert Priest, Robin Richardson, Leon Rooke, Geoff Ryman, Simon Strantzas, Jane Tolmie, Halli Villegas, and A.C. Wise.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Once More Into the Woods - essay by Ian C. Esslemont
• Rosary and Goldenstar - (2013) - short story by Geoff Ryman
• Nahuales - (2013) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Trap-Weed - (2013) - novelette by Gemma Files
• A Tall Girl - (2013) - poem by Kim Goldberg
• The Easthound - (2012) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Correspondence Between the Governess and the Attic - (2013) - novelette by Siobhan Carroll
• Said the Axe Man - (2013) - short story by Tam MacNeil
• Turing Tests - (2013) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• The Fairy Godmother - (2013) - short story by Kim Neville
• Wife of Brain (excerpt from Red Doc) - (2013) - poem by Anne Carson
• The Salt and Iron Dialogues - (2013) - novelette by Matthew Johnson
• Jinx - (2013) - poem by Robert Priest
• The Book with No End - (2013) - short story by Colleen Anderson
• Neanderthal Man, Theory and Practice - (2013) - poem by Kate Cayley
• All My Princes Are Gone - (2013) - poem by Jennifer Geisbrecht
• Harvesting Lost Hearts - (2013) - poem by Louisa Howerow
• By His Things Will You Know Him - (2013) - short story by Cory Doctorow
• Girls Watch in the Mirror at Midnight for a Vision of a Future Husband - (2013) - poem by Kate Cayley
• The Runner of n-Vamana - (2013) - short story by Indrapramit Das
• In the Year Two Thousand Eleven - (2013) - poem by Jan Conn
• Lesser Creek: a Love Story, a Ghost Story - (2013) - short story by A. C. Wise
• The Book of Vole (excerpts) - (2013) - poem by Jane Tolmie and Perry Rath
• Black Hen à la Ford - (2013) - short story by David Nickle
• Jazzman/Puppet - (2013) - poem by Joan Crate
• Ushakiran - (2013) - short story by Laura Friis
• Ksampguiyaeps--Woman-Out-to-Sea - (2013) - poem by Neile Graham
• Fishfly Season - (2013) - short story by Halli Villegas
• A Cavern of Redbrick - (2013) - short story by Richard Gavin
• Knife Throwing Through Self-Hypnosis - (2013) - poem by Robin Richardson
• Your Figure Will Assume Beautiful Outlines - (2013) - short story by Claire Humphrey
• A Charm for Communing with Dead Pets During Surgery - (2013) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• Stemming the Tide - (2013) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• Social Services - (2013) - short story by Madeline Ashby
• How Gods Go on the Road - (2013) - poem by Robin Richardson
• Oubliette - (2013) - novelette by Gemma Files
• :axiom: the calling (excerpt) - (2013) - poem by Daniela Elza
• The Salamander's Waltz - (2013) - novelette by Catherine MacLeod
• Lost - (2013) - poem by Amal El-Mohtar
• Firebugs - (2013) - novelette by Craig Davidson
• Frankenstein's Monster - (2013) - poem by James Arthur
• Conditional Sphere of Everyday Historical Life - (2013) - short story by Leon Rooke