Out of the darkness of the present comes the light of the days ahead ...From all the good things provided by advanced AI to the innocence of discovering new worlds, join our authors as they present uplifting stories of science fiction and fantasy.With stories from Kevin David Anderson, Maureen Bowden, Steven D. Brewer, Nels Challinor, Regina Clarke, Stephen C. Curro, Jetse de Vries, Nestor Delfino, Gail Ann Gibbs, Henry Herz, Gwen C. Katz, Brandon Ketchum, Julia LaFond, R. Jean Mathieu, Cynthia McDonald, Christopher Muscato, Alfred Smith, A.M. Weald, and David Wright.

Short tales to get you through the long winter monthsFeaturing stories by Warren Benedetto, John M. Campbell, Brandon Case, Ryan A. Cole, Marc A. Criley, Sarina Dorie, Louis Evans, Evangeline Giaconia, Jon Hansen, Michel Harvey Hanson, N.V. Haskell, Alexander Hay, David A. Hewitt, Liam Hogan, Chris Kuriata, Hugh McCormack, L.P. Melling, Chaitanya Murali, Lena Ng, Stetson Ray, Cynthia C. Scott, Joseph Sidari, Jeff Stehman, Catherine Tavares, Xauri'EL Zwaan, and Richard Zwicker