This collection, the Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction, was originally prepared for publication in 2011, but only the paperback version appeared. The field has changed a lot since it appeared, but quality writing still finds an audience. Here, then, in a time capsule from more than a decade ago: great tales of speculative fiction, including:

• BEST OF FOOLS: A SIME~GEN STORY, by Jean Lorrah
• BEST-LAID PLANS, by William Maltese
• BOOG'/4 AND THE ENDICARAN KLUGE, by A. R. Morlan
• GAME OVER, by Edward R. Morris
• THE TALISMAN, by Charles Nuetzel
• SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald
• ALL RIGHTS, by Pamela Sargent
• THE FIRE EGGS, by Darrell Schweitzer
• THE SKIN TRADE, by Brian Stableford
• THE SPACE CITY, by Doru Tatar
• AGENT, by E. C. Tubb
• THE WATER SCULPTOR, by George Zebrowski