Between the earth and the sky, between the past and the present, between the musical notes and the silence exist universes. Millions of them. The eighth volume of Fiction River presents fourteen universes, all different, all powerful. From a planetary survey ship moored in an alien ocean to a comic book convention near a strange Louisiana town, each of these universes go somewhere familiar and strange at the same time.

Foreword: Balancing Act by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Introduction: That Space on the Line by Dean Wesley Smith
Slow Answer by Lee Allred
One-Night Stands for Love and Glory by David H. Hendrickson
Lunar Command: Dark Side by Richard Alan Dickson
Are We Alone in the Universe? by Darcy Pattison
Unsubscribe by Phaedra Weldon
The Sun Dial Trail by Rebecca S.W. Bates
The Mooring Buoy by Jamie McNabb
Slow World by Steven Mohan, Jr.
Snake Bi by Kellen Knolan
Between the Lines by Karen L. Abrahamson
Perfect Notes by Scott William Carter
The Space Between Hope and Dreams by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Atlantis Fifty by Dean Wesley Smith
Sky in the Ground by Rob Vagle