An unabridged collection spotlighting the best robot and AI stories published in 2022 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre, edited by Allan Kaster.
- “Lily, the Immortal” by Kylie Lee Baker—An AI takes over the digital image and personality of a vlogging star after her death.
- “Welcome Home” by Jendayi Brooks-Flemister—A single mother and her daughter acclimate themselves to their new smart home.
- “The Still Small Voice” by Louise Carey—An AI implant helps a neural stimulants salesman make it through another day.
- “The Secret Strength of Things” by Gregory Feeley—A small AI burrows deep into the nitrogen ice of Triton to avoid a guardian AI that protects the moon.
- “Once Upon a Future in the West” by Daryl Gregory—AIs aid a doctor, cowboy, and gambler ride out forest fires burning in northern California.
- “Cold Revolution Blues” by Ken MacLeod—An English journalist travels to a future Holland looking for corruption in its socialist market economy.
- “Dollbot Cicily” by Will McIntosh—A former model hacks into sexbots created in her own image.
- “Hello from Tomorrow” by E.C. Myers—The daughter of a deceased scientist communicates with her father’s consciousness on a Mars-bound rover.
- “Mender of Sparrows” by Ray Nayler
