Without imagination, the world would be a duller place. All proceeds from this collection will be given to the World Literacy Foundation. Literacy is a right, not a privilege, and The Alliance of Worldbuilders advocate learning and education for all. Improving literacy skills is a key first step in eliminating poverty. From authors all around the world, these science fiction and fantasy stories bring memorable worlds and exciting characters to life.

This is a book about deciding not to die--about the obstinacy of being. And it's a book of craft, in which steadiness of presence generates the illumination that flickers through states darkened by steady crisis. The world is blurred, not broken. And a lyric I comes to rest in the world.