The Long List Anthology is designed to recognize the short works that were nominated for the 2015 Hugo Awards but did not make it into the top five short list for the final ballot. Thus, voted into the Hugo Award’s long list of works—the top fifteen works nominated for each category—were these nine short stories and three novelettes, now made available to a wider audience by award-winning narrators. The short stories included in this collection are: The Breath of War by Aliette de BodardWhen It Ends, He Catches Her by Eugie FosterToad Words by T. KingfisherMakeisha in Time by Rachael K. JonesCovenant by Elizabeth BearThe Truth about Owls by Amal El-MohtarA Kiss with Teeth by Max GladstoneThe Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family by Usman T. MalikThis Chance Planet by Elizabeth BearThe novelettes in this collection are:We Are the Cloud by Sam J. MillerThe Magician and Laplace’s Demon by Tom CrosshillSpring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu