Weerde are creatures which are shape changers, vampires and elves. In this story they are the second intelligent life form on Earth, descended from mammals they developed shape changing skills as a response to the challenge posed by the dinosaurs.<br/><br/>Prologue: Raised Voices in a Reading Room: I short fiction by Roz Kaveney<br/>Imaginary Time short story by Stephen Baxter<br/>The Girl Who Changed Everything novelette by Colin Greenland<br/>Deep in the Native Land short story by Michael Ibeji<br/>Ignorance of Perfect Reason novella by Roz Kaveney<br/>Sounds and Sweet Airs novelette by Graham Higgins<br/>Serpent's Blood short story by Molly Brown<br/>Cover Story novella by Liz Holliday<br/>The If Game novelette by Paula Wakefield<br/>The Lions in the Desert short story by David Langford<br/>The Missing Martian novelette by Marcus L. Rowland<br/>The Deconstruction of the Known World novelette by Elizabeth M. Young<br/>Red, Hot and Dark novelette by Charles Stross<br/>Epilogue: Raised Voices in a Reading Room: II short fiction by Roz Kaveney