Five stories, five times Five science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors. Twenty-five great authors demonstrating just how varied and interesting SF&F can be, and how each author's style and approach make all the difference. Contents Contemporary Fantasy Dreaming in Other Colours -- Meryl Stenhouse Letters to the Earth -- Caleb Warner The Fourth Pillar Says No -- L. Chan Howl at the Moon -- T.R. North Kitchen -- Vanessa Fogg Soft Science Fiction Time, The Ever-Rolling Stream -- Juliet Kemp Patience -- K. G. Anderson Petri Viventum -- James Ross The Great Scientist Rivalry on Sourdough -- Beth Goder The Visible Spectrum -- Matt Thompson Other The Fragments of Others -- Suzanne J. Willis Between Ashes and Wings -- Chanel Earl 1001 -- Y. X. Acs Where Art Thou, My Love? -- Filip Wiltgren Deus ex Noir -- Rhoads Brazos Hard Science Fiction T-Minus -- Ian Rennie Countdown -- David Hammond One of the Cities -- Damien Krsteski In the Absence of Time -- Pauline Yates The Long View -- Karl Dandenell High Fantasy Blood Feud -- Paul A. Hamilton Child of Flowers -- Sean R. Robinson Tongue of the Chimera -- Sandi Leibowitz Song and Sacrifice -- Rob Francis The Gentlest River -- Karolina Fedyk