James Alan Gardner has been called "one of the most engaging reads in SF." His debut novel, Expendable, was acclaimed by some of science fiction's most esteemed authors. Now, in Gravity Wells, he brings together some of the stories that have helped solidify his reputation as one of the greats in speculative fiction. This collection consists of stories making their debut, previously published stories that have won the Aurora Award, the grand prize in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest, and tales that have been nominated for Hugo and Nebula Awards.

James A. Gardner is the author of seven science fiction novels and one collection of short stories. Gardner lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

• Dedication
• Preface
• Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large
• The Children of Crèche
• Kent State Descending the Gravity Well - An Analysis of the Observer
• Withered Gold, the Night, the Day
• The Last Day of the War with Parrots
• A Changeable Market in Slaves
• Reaper
• Lesser-Figures of the Greater Trumps
• Shadow Album
• Hardware Scenario G-49
• The Reckoning of Gifts
• The Young Person's Guide to the Organism [Variations and Fugue on a Classical Theme]
• Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream
• Sense of Wonder
• Endnotes