An unabridged collection showcasing the best science fiction stories published in 2025 by current and emerging masters of the genre.

• "Low-Tide Salvage" by Matthew Claxton-Rival groups use advanced biotech to manipulate their biomes.
• "The Robot and the Winding Woods" by Brenda Cooper-Intransigent docents lying low in a shuttered campground are confronted by a government robot.
• "In the Tangle of the Sea" by Cécile Cristofari-Amidst a plague and rising seas, a secluded archaeologist's neatly-ordered life is at risk after rescuing a drowning stranger.
• "Barnacle" by Kate Elliott-A combat medic turned nurse bridges the gap between life and death in a company town near a drowned city.
• "Girls Night Out" by Henry Herz-Teenage girls fight aliens after watching the movie Alien at the mall.
• "Wire Mother" by Isabel J. Kim-A daughter has trouble bonding with her digital mother.
• "Most Things" by Rich Larson-Two gig-workers accept a darkmarket contract to kidnap a quantum biologist.
• "Excerpts from The Unauthorized Autobiography of Benjamin Brick" by John P. Murphy-The autobiography of a deceased author is written posthumously.
• "The Hidden God" by T.R. Napper-As AI evolves, billionaires begin dying in bizarre accidents.
• "The Apology Tour" by Nnedi Okorafor-The creator of sentient, personal AIs goes on a public relations tour to repair her reputation.
• "We, the Fleet" by Alex T. Singer-Mechanical creatures use machine parts to repair a human who has crash-landed on their planet.
• "Darwin's Rocket" by Alan Smale-Charles Darwin's controversial experiments in rocket science raise eyebrows in this alternate history.
• "The Recovery of Lemuria 7" by Allen M. Steele-The daughter of a tech billionaire aids the recovery of her father's spacecraft that vanished from the Moon.
• "Missing Helen" by Tia Tashiro-A woman is unnerved by her ex-husband's engagement to her younger clone.
• "Prime Purpose" by Steve Rasnic Tem-An old man and robot grow older together.
• "Pandora's Formula" by Hannah Yang-A couple's honeymoon is eclipsed by news of the discovery of a simple way to kill all humans that's accessible to everyone.