The major science fiction magazines publish hundreds of science fiction stories every year. For this first volume of Think Weirder, Editor Joe Stech evaluated 391 stories published in 2024 and selected the sixteen best concept-driven, near-future ideas about people interacting with technology. Each story is a new way of seeing the world. The selections in this volume include award-winning stories and both well-known and emerging authors: Death and the Gorgon by Greg EganThe Best Version of Yourself by Grant CollierTwenty-Four Hours by H.H. PakBest Practices for Safe Asteroid Handling by David W. GoodmanNine Billion Turing Tests by Chris WillrichStars Don't Dream by Chi Hui, translated by John ChuA Gray Magic by Ray NaylerWhy Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. KimThe Brotherhood of Montague St. Video by Thomas HaOur Chatbots Said 'I Love You, ' Shall We Meet? by Caroline M. YoachimBreathing Constellations by Rich LarsonThe Lark Ascending by Eleanna CastroianniDriver by Sameem SiddiquiHow to Remember Perfectly by Eric SchwitzgebelLuvHome(TM) by Resa NelsonMoney, Wealth, and Soil by Lance Robinson