Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres--realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political--and bring up gems of a new type of fiction: interstitial fiction. This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex, ambiguous, and challenging world we live in. To illustrate the broad range of interest in this style of fiction, the editors gathered stories from new and established authors in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK, and also fiction translated from Spanish, Hungarian, and French. These nineteen stories, by some of the most interesting and innovative writers working today, will change your mind about what stories can and should do as they explore the imaginative space between conventional genres. Features an introduction by Heinz Insu Fenkl and an afterword by the editors, and original interstitial fiction from Christopher Barzak, Colin Greenland, Holly Phillips, Rachel Pollack, Vandana Singh, Anna Tambour, Catherynne M. Valente, Leslie What, and others. What Is Interstitial Art? Work that falls in the interstices--between the cracks--of recognized commercial genres. Interstitial Art wanders across borders without stopping at Customs to declare its intent. So Who Are We and What Are We Doing? The Interstitial Arts Foundation is dedicated to bringing together readers, writers, scholars, critics, listeners, musicians, viewers, artists, performers, audience and participants to celebrate and further explore work that resists categorization. What Are the Rules of Creating Interstitial Art? Interstitial art is a moving target. It's work that demands you engage with it on its own terms. Interstitial artists don't make rules--we debate and interrogate them. Interstitial fiction is an umbrella term for a wide variety of writing that does not preclude or discount the use of other terms. The IAF is not creating a new movement; we're a barometer, measuring (and celebrating!) what already exists.