Other Worlds Than These

What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world? We can all imagine such "other worlds"--be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder--but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume--until now. Contents: Foreword -- Lev Grossman Introduction -- John Joseph Adams Moon Six -- Stephen Baxter A Brief Guide to Other Histories -- Paul McAuley Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage -- Seanan McGuire An Empty House With Many Doors -- Michael Swanwick Twenty-Two Centimeters -- Gregory Benford Ana's Tag -- William Alexander Nothing Personal -- Pat Cadigan The Rose Wall -- Joyce Carol Oates The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria -- John R. Fultz Ruminations in an Alien Tongue -- Vandana Singh Ten Sigmas -- Paul Melko Magic for Beginners -- Kelly Link [A Ghost Samba] -- Ian McDonald The Cristobal Effect -- Simon McCaffery Beyond Porch and Portal -- E. Catherine Tobler Signal to Noise -- Alastair Reynolds Porridge on Islac -- Ursula K. Le Guin Mrs. Todd's Shortcut -- Stephen King The Ontological Factor -- David Barr Kirtley Dear Annabehls -- Mercurio D. Rivera The Goat Variations -- Jeff VanderMeer The Lonely Songs of Laren Door -- George R. R. Martin Of Swords and Horses -- Carrie Vaughn Impossible Dreams -- Tim Pratt Like Minds -- Robert Reed The City of Blind Delight -- Catherynne M. Valente Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain -- Yoon Ha Lee Angles -- Orson Scott Card The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories -- Christie Yant Trips -- Robert Silverberg For Further Reading -- Ross Lockhart