Monkey Sonatas
by Orson Scott Card | 
Changing Planes
by Ursula K. Le Guin | 
The Necessary Beggar
by Susan Palwick | 
Storeys from the Old Hotel
by Gene Wolfe | 
The Compass Rose
by Ursula K. Le Guin |
Slippage
by Harlan Ellison | 
The Anything Box
by Zenna Henderson | 
Yonder Comes the Other End of Time
by Suzette Haden Elgin | 
Conservation of Shadows
by Yoon Ha Lee | 
Maps in a Mirror
by Orson Scott Card | 
Frost and Fire
by Roger Zelazny | 
Dark Mondays
by Kage Baker | 
The Lost Steersman
by Rosemary Kirstein |
Novelty
by John Crowley | 
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories
by Ray Bradbury |
Strange Weather
by Joe Hill | 
Shadow Show
by Sam Weller |
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
by Tade Thompson | 
Alone Against Tomorrow
by Harlan Ellison |
The Third Bear
by Jeff VanderMeer |
Gathering together the most outstanding short stories of Susan Palwick's twenty-year literary career, The Fate of Mice is a powerful collection from an extraordinary fantasist. These unflinching tales, including three original pieces, consider a woman born with her heart exposed and the heartless killer who protects her; a wolf who is willingly ensnared by a devious academic; a businessman resurrected to play at politics; and an ingenious mouse dreaming beyond the laboratory.