Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction

Winner of the World Fantasy Award. An anthology of eye-opening, genre-defining science fiction, fantasy, and horror from Tor.com’s first ten years.Since it began in 2008, Tor.com has explored countless new worlds of fiction, delving into possible and impossible futures, alternate and intriguing pasts, and realms of fantasy previously unexplored. Its hundreds of remarkable stories span from science fiction to fantasy to horror, and everything in between. Now Tor.com is making some of those worlds available for the first time in print.This volume collects some of the best short stories Tor.com has to offer, with Hugo and Nebula Award–winning short stories and novelettes chosen from all ten years of the program.“Tor.com hasn’t just become one of the most essential places to read short stories online, it’s also helped rekindle my excitement about short fiction. A fresh new story going up at Tor.com is always an Event.” —Charlie Jane Anders, award-winning, bestselling author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster“A wealth of exceptional sf, fantasy, and horror spanning a decade is brought together to honor both speculative authors and their publisher. Highly recommended for all collections.” —Library Journal

Charlie Jane Anders

"Tor.com hasn't just become one of the most essential places to read short stories online, it's also helped rekindle my excitement about short fiction. A fresh new story going up at Tor.com is always an Event."

John DeNardo, Kirkus on Jeff VanderMeer

“VanderMeer both defies and challenges genre boundaries, forcing readers to forget about traditional tropes and clichés and simply enjoy the storytelling.”

Naomi Novik, The New York Times on N. K. Jemisin

"Intricate and extraordinary world-­building."

Laini Taylor, The New York Times on Leigh Bardugo

"Shiver-inducing, of the delicious variety."

About the Author

IRENE GALLO is the publisher and creative director of Tor.com and Tor.com Publishing. As Tor Books’ creative director, Irene has established the look and design of an incalculable number of books since 1993. She has won the World Fantasy Award, the Richard Gangel Award for Art Direction from the Society of Illustrators, thirteen Chesley Awards, and numerous gold and silver medals from Spectrum and the Society of Illustrators.

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