Cover of the first edition, published by Tor Books. Art by Joseph Van Os.

Starwater Strains is a collection of short stories by American writer Gene Wolfe. While his previous collection, Innocents Aboard, contained fantasy and horror stories, this one largely consists of science fiction.

Contents

• "Viewpoint"
• "Rattler" (with Brian A. Hopkins)
• "In Glory like Their Star"
• "Calamity Warps"
• "Shields of Mars"
• "From the Cradle"
• "Black Shoes"
• "Has Anyone Seen Junie" Moon?"
• "Pulp Cover"
• "Of Soil and Climes"
• "Dog of the Drops"
• "Mute"
• "Petting Zoo"
• "The Fat Magician"
• "Hunter Lake"
• "The Boy Who Hooked the Sun"
• "Try and Kill It"
• "Game in the Popes Head"
• "Empires of Foliage and Flower"
• "The Armaspian Legacy"
• "The Seraph and the Sepulchre"
• 'Lord of the Land"
• "Golden City Far"