The Best of Jim Baen's Universe #2

Once again, Eric Flint has picked the cream of the crop from stories that have appeared in 'Jim Baen's Universe', the online magazine.

Contents:

PREFACE
Eric Flint & Mike Resnick

SCIENCE FICTION STORIES
Crawlspace
Dave Freer and Eric Flint

The Big Guy
Mike Resnick

Murphy's War
James P. Hogan

Laws of Survival
Nancy Kress

War Stories
Elizabeth Bear

A Stranger in Paradise
Edward M. Lerner

NEWTS
Kevin J. Anderson

An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away
John Barnes

Dark Corners
Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Ten Thousand Things
Mark L. Van Name

A Better Sense of Direction
Mike Wood

Tweak
Jack McDevitt

Squish
S.E. Ward

FANTASY STORIES

Touching the Dead
J. Kathleen Cheney

The Spiral Road
Louise Marley

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again
Garth Nix

Creation: The Launch!
Laura Resnick

Midnight at the Quantum Cafe
K.D. Wentworth

Swing Time
Carrie Vaughn

The Lord-Protector's Daughter
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Palm Sunday
Ian Watson

The Necromancer in Love
Wil McCarthy