A visionary anthology of twenty-two original science fiction stories carries on the tradition of Terry Carr's Universe series with powerful short tales from contemporary masters of the genre.

Includes:

Life on the artificial heart by Mark W. Tiedemann
Automatic death by Cary James
Waterworld by John K. Gibbson
Her toes were beautiful on the hilltops by Brian W. Aldiss
The cool equations by Deborah Wessell
The fire the fire by Alex Jeffers
The sum of all potentials by John M. Landsberg
Most politely, most politely by Barry N. Malzberg
Souls in the great machine by Sean McMullen
Lost in transmission by Tony Daniel
Job security by Joe Haldeman
The passing of the eclipse by Donna Farley
Forty at the kiosk by Nicholas A. DiChario
By the mirror of my youth by Kathe Koja
Memories of Muriel by Paula May
Waiting for the rain by Dirk Strasser
Program's progress by Jonathan Lethem
The shining place by Jamil Nasir
Triad by Lisa Mason
(from) The bridge by Alex Jeffers
Burning bush by Carolyn Gilman
Metal teeth by Lou Fisher