"All the Songs" by Caitlin Sweet: isolated survivor communities / abandoned bus stations / a post-human future

"Cages" by Thomas Ha: in the garden of the Tall Ones / the unstitched man / belief and action

"Stone Test" by Catherine Forrest: relationship dynamics / keeping secrets / waiting for the test to come

"The 1st Interspecies Solidarity Fair and Parade" by Bogi Takács: alien attack aftermath / bringing communities together / job recruiters

"The Little Black Wand for Every Occasion" by Emry Jordal: fixing past mistakes, again and again / impossible debates / the multiverse

"The Very Long Death of Katherine Ainsley" by Marlan K. Smith: painting lessons / eventful seances / the contraption in the basement