In this book, new and established voices in science fiction come together to offer original stories of the future. Ken Liu writes about a virtual currency that hijacks our empathy; Elizabeth Bear shows us a smart home tricked into kidnapping its owner; Clifford V. Johnson presents, in a graphic novella,

In the gripping short novel "Flight From Tomorrow," the eccentric leader Hradzka finds his life turned upside down in an instant when a reversal of fortune sees him ousted from the throne. To escape certain death, he vanishes into the timestream. Will he ever make it back to the future and the civilization over which he once reigned supreme?

What would you do for the perfect boy?

Sixteen-year-old Nadia has an MIT scholarship waiting for her after high school. That's why a mysterious organization know as The Authority recruited her to become a spy. The girl from Saudi Arabia now lives with three other talented girls known as the Gems. They go on dangerous missions all over the world. But first, they must do their homework.

When Nadia first met him,

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