Fifteen original science fiction, fantasy, and related genre tales of women and men who offer pleasure, comfort, companionship — and other things not so easily defined — for a price. Those who ply the trade in alternate histories, alternate presents, futures near and far, and the Afterlife itself.

Edited by Lee Martindale.

Cover Art by Melanie Fletcher.

Introduction by Elizabeth Moon.

Stories by Rob Chilson, Mary A. Turzillo, Jana Oliver, Mark W. Tiedemann, Cecilia Tan, Catherine Lundoff, Melanie Fletcher, Brandie Tarvin, Rebecca McFarland Kyle, Melinda LaFevers, Tracy S. Morris, Gloria Oliver, Jim Reader, Merlyn Finn, and the Editor herself.