Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Introduction (The Apex Book of World SF) • (2009) • essay by Lavie Tidhar
• 2 • The Bird Catcher • (2001) • novelette by S. P. Somtow
• 34 • Transcendence Express • (2007) • short story by Jetse de Vries
• 50 • The Levantine Experiments • (2009) • short story by Guy Hasson (trans. of Hevel Ha'cherut unknown)
• 66 • The Wheel of Samsara • (2009) • short story by
  韩松^?Han Song
  (trans. of
  噶赞寺的转经筒^?Gázànsì de zhuǎnjīngtǒng
  2002) [as by Han Song]
• 74 • Ghost Jail • (2008) • short story by Kaaron Warren
• 94 • Wizard World • (2009) • novelette by Yang Ping (trans. of
  MUD—黑客事件^?MUD--Hēikè Shìjiàn
  1998)
• 116 • L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) • (2003) • short story by Dean Francis Alfar
• 128 • Cinderers • (2009) • short story by Nir Yaniv (trans. of Ramtzanim 2004)
• 142 • The Allah Stairs • (1990) • short story by Jamil Nasir
• 152 • Biggest Baddest Bomoh • (1997) • short story by Tunku Halim
• 162 • The Lost Xuyan Bride • [Universe of Xuya] • (2007) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard
• 194 • Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang • (2007) • short story by Kristin Mandigma
• 198 • An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, with Lydia on My Mind • (2009) • short story by
  Aleksandar Žiljak^?Aleksandar Ziljak
  (trans. of Vecer u Gradskoj, s Lidijom u mislima 1999) [as by Alexsandar Ziljak]
• 216 • Into the Night • (2008) • short story by Anil Menon
• 232 • Elegy • (2007) • short story by
  Mélanie Fazi^?Melanie Fazi
  (trans. of Élégie 2001)
• 242 • Compartments • (2004) • novelette by
  Zoran Živković^?Zoran Zivkovic
  (trans. of Vagon)