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The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com

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First published 2013
Publisher Tor
Format eBook
Type Anthology
Pages 3817
Price $0.00

  • PDF format. Also available in Kindle and .epub versions. (Kindle version verified by Primary2.)
  • No editor is credited.
  • The collection ''Steampunk Quartet'' by Eileen Gunn appears in its entirety beginning on page 1354 and ending on page 1379. As with the original ebook, Gunn is credited correctly on the cover but the byline for each story is "Elieen Gunn".
  • On page 2001 begins an excerpt of ''Birthmarked'' by Caragh M. O'Brien; the excerpt is not identified as such, and simply begins "Chapter 1".
  • The collection ''Two Stories'' by Ken Scholes and Jay Lake appears in its entirely beginning on page 2639 and ending on page 2661.
  • On page 2823 begins an excerpt of ''Lockdown'' by Alexander Gordon Smith; the excerpt is not identified as such, and simply begins with the chapter title "Buried Alive".
  • The collection ''The Palencar Project'', edited by David G. Hartwell, appears in its entirely beginning on page 3733 and concluding the anthology.
  • The same story and its illustration are published twice in this publication. "The Starship Mechanic" appears on pages 1694 and 2649. Because of ISFDB software limitations, the same work cannot be displayed in the visible record as appearing more than once in the same publication.

Page Title Author(s) Type
6 When We Were Heroes Daniel Abraham Novelette
39 Olga C. T. Adams Short Story
64 Foundation Ann Aguirre Short Story
82 The Department of Alterations Gennifer Albin Short Story
96 Crewel (excerpt) Gennifer Albin Short Fiction
122 The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model Charlie Jane Anders Short Story
138 Six Months, Three Days Charlie Jane Anders Novelette
162 Intestate Charlie Jane Anders Short Story
178 Legacy Lost Anna Banks Novelette
208 Of Poseidon (excerpt) Anna Banks Short Fiction
220 The Witch of Duva Leigh Bardugo Novelette
245 Shadow and Bone (excerpt) Leigh Bardugo Short Fiction
269 The Too-Clever Fox Leigh Bardugo Short Story
290 Siege and Storm (excerpt) Leigh Bardugo Short Fiction
309 The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder Elizabeth Bear Short Story
329 The Horrid Glory of Its Wings Elizabeth Bear Short Story
346 Faster Gun Elizabeth Bear Novelette
377 The Final Now Gregory Benford Short Story
393 Grace Immaculate Gregory Benford Short Story
402 Backscatter Gregory Benford Short Story
423 River of Souls Beth Bernobich Novelette
457 A Window or a Small Box Jedediah Berry Novelette
497 Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Michael Bishop Short Story
505 Catch 'Em in the Act Terry Bisson Short Story
521 TVA Baby Terry Bisson Short Story
539 The Cockroach Hat Terry Bisson Short Story
549 Shall We Gather: A Story of the Tufa Alex Bledsoe Short Fiction
565 Prophet Jennifer Bosworth Short Story
577 Struck (excerpt) Jennifer Bosworth Short Fiction
591 The Ruined Queen of Harvest World Damien Broderick Novelette
623 Time Considered As a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order Damien Broderick Short Story
639 The Memory Coder Jessica Brody Short Story
654 The Desecrator Steven Brust Short Story
672 Brother. Prince. Snake. Cecil Castellucci Short Story
690 We Have Always Lived on Mars Cecil Castellucci Short Story
706 Our Human Adam-Troy Castro Novelette
739 The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere John Chu Short Story
760 Fare Thee Well Cathy Clamp Novelette
784 The Commonplace Book Jacob Clifton Novelette
821 What Makes a River Deborah Coates Short Story
843 The Ghosts of Christmas Paul Cornell Novelette
873 The Elephant in the Room Paul Cornell Novelette
908 Day One Matthew Costello Short Story
940 Am I Free to Go? Kathryn Cramer Novelette
975 Tourists Sean Craven Short Story
994 Eve of Sin City S. J. Day Short Story
1022 The Cage A. M. Dellamonica Novelette
1051 Among the Silvering Herd A. M. Dellamonica Novelette
1082 Wild Things A. M. Dellamonica Short Story
1110 The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Cory Doctorow Novelette
1152 On 20468 Petercook Andy Duncan Short Story
1172 The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday G. D. Falksen Novelette
1201 Men Who Wish to Drown Elizabeth Fama Short Story
1218 The Iron Shirts Michael F. Flynn Novelette
1250 A Clean Sweep with All the Trimmings James Alan Gardner Novelette
1277 Lightbringers and Rainmakers Felix Gilman Novelette
1319 Shade Steven Gould Short Story
1339 Bugs in the Arroyo Steven Gould Short Story
1356 Untitled Liz Gorinsky Essay
1357 A Different Engine Eileen Gunn Short Story
1360 Day After the Cooters Eileen Gunn Short Story
1364 Internal Devices Eileen Gunn Short Story
1372 The Perdido Street Project Eileen Gunn Short Story
1380 Mother, Crone, Maiden Cat Hellisen Short Story
1397 When the Sea Is Rising Red (excerpt) Cat Hellisen Short Fiction
1422 The Ink Readers of Doi Saket Thomas Olde Heuvelt Short Story
1446 Too Fond Leanna Renee Hieber Short Story
1458 At the Foot of the Lighthouse (Todai Moto Kurashi) Erin Hoffman Short Story
1475 Ghost Hedgehog Nina Kiriki Hoffman Novelette
1499 A Spell of Vengeance D. B. Jackson Novelette
1529 The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles Kij Johnson Novelette
1580 Ponies Kij Johnson Short Story
1590 Crazy Me James Patrick Kelly Short Story
1611 First Flight Mary Robinette Kowal Novelette
1637 How to Make a Triffid Kelly Lagor Novelette
1659 A Water Matter Jay Lake Novelette
1682 The Speed of Time Jay Lake Short Story
1694 The Starship Mechanic Ken Scholes & Jay Lake Short Story
1703 Dress Your Marines in White Emmy Laybourne Short Story
1724 Monument 14 (excerpt) Emmy Laybourne Short Fiction
1734 A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel Yoon Ha Lee Short Story
1745 Uncle Flower's Homecoming Waltz Marissa K. Lingen Short Story
1758 Earth Hour Ken MacLeod Short Story
1778 Farewell Performance Nick Mamatas Short Story
1789 Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun Brit Mandelo Novelette
1816 The Finite Canvas Brit Mandelo Novelette
1848 The Hanging Game Helen Marshall Short Story
1862 The Courtship of the Queen Bruce McAllister Short Story
1879 Heads Will Roll Lish McBride Short Story
1900 Swift, Brutal Retaliation Meghan McCarron Novelette
1924 Preparations Mark Mills Short Story
1934 About Fairies Pat Murphy Short Story
1957 Fire Above, Fire Below Garth Nix Short Story
1981 Ruled Caragh M. O'Brien Short Story
2001 Birthmarked (excerpt) Caragh M. O'Brien Short Fiction
2008 Hello, Moto Nnedi Okorafor Short Story
2023 Sacrifice of the First Sheason Peter Orullian Novelette
2027 Introduction (Sacrifice of the First Sheason) James Frenkel Essay
2061 The Great Defense of Layosah Peter Orullian Novelette
2065 Introduction (The Great Defense of Layosah) James Frenkel Essay
2089 The Battle of the Round Peter Orullian Novelette
2093 Introduction (The Battle of the Round) James Frenkel Essay
2118 Sweetheart Abbey Mei Otis Short Story
2126 Ragnarok Paul Park Poem
2142 Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure Richard Parks Short Story
2158 The Rotten Beast Mary Pearson Short Fiction
2172 Angel Season J. T. Petty Short Story
2200 Silver Linings Tim Pratt Short Story
2214 The Button Man and the Murder Tree (Chicago, 1971) Cherie Priest Short Fiction
2238 Clockwork Fairies Cat Rambo Short Story
2261 The Next Invasion Robert Reed Short Story
2282 Our Candidate Robert Reed Short Story
2300 Swingers Robert Reed Short Story
2320 The Cairn in Slater Woods Gina Rosati Short Story
2343 Auracle (excerpt) Gina Rosati Short Fiction
2357 The Jack of Coins Christopher Rowe Short Fiction
2373 Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory Rudy Rucker Short Story
2396 Good Night, Moon Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Short Story
2416 Loco Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Short Story
2439 Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill Marie Rutkoski Short Story
2453 The Film-Makers of Mars Geoff Ryman Short Story
2464 Firstborn Brandon Sanderson Novelette
2513 After the Coup John Scalzi Short Story
2536 The President's Brain Is Missing John Scalzi Short Story
2560 The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City John Scalzi Short Story
2577 A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon Ken Scholes Novelette
2623 Making My Entrance Again with My Usual Flair Ken Scholes Short Story
2640 Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder Ken Scholes & Jay Lake Short Story
2662 If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear Ken Scholes Novelette
2695 Rag and Bone Priya Sharma Novelette
2723 Do Not Touch Prudence Shen Short Story
2749 The Night Children Alexander Gordon Smith Novella
2823 Lockdown (excerpt) Alexander Gordon Smith Short Fiction
2842 King of Marbury Andrew Smith Short Story
2863 Beauty Belongs to the Flowers Matthew Sanborn Smith Novelette
2891 Overtime Charles Stross Novelette
2922 Down on the Farm Charles Stross Novelette
2958 A Tall Tail Charles Stross Short Story
2975 Zeppelin City Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick Novelette
3016 The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn Novelette
3051 The Dala Horse Michael Swanwick Novelette
3069 The Mongolian Wizard Michael Swanwick Short Story
3089 The Fire Gown Michael Swanwick Short Story
3108 Day of the Kraken Michael Swanwick Short Story
3125 Eros, Philia, Agape Rachel Swirsky Novelette
3164 A Memory of Wind Rachel Swirsky Novelette
3207 The Monster's Million Faces Rachel Swirsky Short Story
3220 Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia Rachel Swirsky Novelette
3248 Sing Karin Tidbeck Short Story
3270 What Doctor Gottlieb Saw Ian Tregillis Short Story
3293 Vilcabamba Harry Turtledove Novelette
3321 The Star and the Rockets Harry Turtledove Short Story
3341 The House That George Built Harry Turtledove Short Story
3358 We Haven't Got There Yet Harry Turtledove Novelette
3385 Shtetl Days Harry Turtledove Novella
3436 Lee at the Alamo Harry Turtledove Novelette
3476 The Running of the Bulls Harry Turtledove Short Fiction
3507 The City Quiet As Death Michael Bishop & Steven Utley Short Story
3528 The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland — For a Little While Catherynne M. Valente Novelette
3559 Terrain Genevieve Valentine Novelette
3591 Last Son of Tomorrow Greg van Eekhout Short Story
3603 Errata Jeff VanderMeer Novelette
3642 A Stroke of Dumb Luck Shiloh Walker Short Story
3661 Last Train to Jubilee Bay Kali Wallace Short Story
3682 Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction Jo Walton Short Story
3697 The Nostalgist Daniel H. Wilson Short Story
3711 Super Bass Kai Ashante Wilson Short Story
3737 Introduction (The Palencar Project) David G. Hartwell Essay
3738 New World Blues L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Short Story
3746 Dormanna Gene Wolfe Short Story
3753 Thanatos Beach James Morrow Short Story
3774 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree Michael Swanwick Short Story
3785 The Sigma Structure Symphony Gregory Benford Novelette