"This companion volume to the critically acclaimed Wastelands, offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction." --P. [4] of cover

Introduction / John Joseph Adams -- Amarisk Hunter / Paolo Bacigalupi -- Deep Blood Kettle / Hugh Howey -- Animal Husbandry / Seanan McGuire -- "--for a single yesterday" / George R. R. Martin -- Chiswick Messiah / Lauren Beukes -- Colliding Branes / Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling -- Ellie / Jack McDevitt -- Foundation / Ann Aguirre -- Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) / Cory Doctorow -- A Beginner's Guide to Survival Before, During, and After the Apocalypse / Christopher Barzak -- Wondrous Days / Genevieve Valentine -- Dreams in Dust / D. Thomas Minton -- By Fools Like Me / Nancy Kress -- Jimmy's Roadside Cafe / Ramsey Shehadeh -- Elephants of Poznan / Orson Scott Card -- Postman / David Brin -- When We Went To See the End of the World / Robert Silverberg -- Revelation of Morgan Stern / Christie Yant -- Final Exam / Megan Arkenberg -- A Flock of Birds / James Van Pelt -- Patient Zero / Tananarive Due -- Soulless in His Sight / Milo James Fowler -- Outer Rims / Toiya Kristen Finley -- Advertising at the End of the World / Keffy R. M. Kehrli -- How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth / Rachel Swirsky -- Tight Little Stiches in a Dead Man's Back / Joe R. Lansdale -- After the Apocalypse / Maureen F. McHugh -- Traditional / Maria Dahvana Headley -- Monstro / Junot Diaz -- Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince / Jake Kerr