Introduction: Red planet blues, by George R.R. Martin Martian blood, by Allen M. Steele The ugly duckling, by Matthew Hughes The wreck of the Mars adventure, by David D. Levine Swords of Zar-Tu-Kan, by S.M. Stirling Shoals, by Mary Rosenblum In the tombs of the Martian kings, by Mike Resnick Out of scarlight, by Liz Williams The dead sea-bottom scrolls, by Howard Waldrop A man without honor, by James S.A. Corey Written in dust, by Melinda Snodgrass The lost canal, by Michael Moorcock The sunstone, by Phyllis Eisenstein King of the cheap romance, by Joe R. Lansdale Mariner, by Chris Roberson The queen of night's aria, by Ian McDonald