Here's my 25 contributions, ranked in the order of preference. The criteria: how excited I'd be to just jump in and start writing based on the premise. Please note that the rankings probably contradict previous rankings of favorites. Them's the breaks.

Also, as Burley could (should) tell you, I shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the titling of a piece, nor naming characters. I really suck at that. (Or I hate it, I haven't figured out which.)

The 25:

1. Liber XII: In a world built to hold the accumulated knowledge of the universe, the monks of Liber XII tend to the databases from birth to death. But when an alien computer virus finds its way into the memory banks, the monks are imprisoned on a sentient planet that knows every way to control -- every way to punish -- and every way to kill ever invented. Can the monks stop Liber XII from destroying the universe?

2. Oasis: In a world where information is the only currency, and ideas can be contracted like diseases, one woman finds the ultimate oasis in a universe of data. But to keep it, she'll have to fight the most hardened and despicable people in the galaxy: the prisoners of Dante IV.

3. La Commune Planet: In a world constructed for the pleasure of the ultra-rich, every vice can be had -- for a price. But beneath the smiling exterior of the friendly staff, there lurks a growing resentment. When a group of ascetics destroy access to the planet's hidden interdimensional gateway, the employees sieze the chance to declare independence from the governement and its backers. But as they take the profits and the pleasures for themselves, pressures and conflicting desires threaten to blow the planet to smithereens

4. Chimerica: In a world almost exactly like our own, America has lost its place as the prime superpower, and China has taken over. Chinese language and customs have been absorbed into American culture, and have irrevocably changed the face of the country. The cold war between China and India is heating up, and when a terrorist act is committed on Chinese soil, the culprits are traced back to America. China puts a lockdown on America, sending in troops to root out the terrorist cells and throwing the country into a state of emergency. One family will witness everything, from the beginning of the invasion to the terrifying aftermath, and will try to hold onto one another as everything they hold dear is crumbles around them.

5. The Museum: In Iowa in the 1940s, in a world of small-town friendliness, small-town pieties, and small-town diminished expectations, Charlie and his longtime gal Thena (short for Athena) yearn to escape from their lives and find a place for themselves in the big wide world. But when Thena's dad, Professor Lombardi, has a stroke, it threatens to undo his work on the proposed expansion to the town's antiquities museum. Thena must take over lest the expansion be scratched, and Charlie sells his bus tickets to be with her. But there's something mysterious about the museum that Professor Lombardi never told anyone -- something both fantastic and dangerous, and during one long night in the museum, Charlie and Thena will come face-to-face with it.

6. Preternatural: In a world where vampires and werewolves prowl the galaxy, and the Ultimate Evil plots the downfall the Last Free Men, one man will find hope where he leasts expects it: in the hearts of the most dangerous criminals the world has ever seen. There's only one problem: they're locked away in the most impregnable prison ever created.

7. The Exodus: In a world where the Earth is nothing more than a black cinder, the last surviving humans live on orbiting space stations, trying to make the best out of an impossible situation. Some are resigned to being the end of the human race, some think the Earth can be rebuilt and repopulated... and one scientist thinks he's found a signal from an alien race. Are they really out there? Can they save the human race? But presenting the evidence will start a civil war in space, and threaten to end humanity prematurely.

8. Another Day: In a world gone dead and grey from years of war and pollution, the last outpost in the Pacific Northwest attempts to survive from day-to-day in the hostile environment. Here, a little girl who's never known the blue sky tries to keep her family from being ripped apart by hopelessness and the machinations of the Council, who will do anything to keep the outpost alive.

9. Cannibal Honeymoon: The Larsen Ski Lodge in the Colorado mountains is the most expensive and most technically-advanced ski lodge in the country, named "Best Place To Blow All Your Money In One Fell Swoop" by Ski Lodge Magazine in 2005. Mickey and Tammy are newlyweds on their honeymoon -- but when the storm everyone said wouldn't hit actually hits, the resulting snowfall traps everyone inside the Larsen Ski Lodge and isolates it from the rest of civilization. They have food, they have heat -- it's only a matter of time before they're rescued, right? But days pass, food disappears, and the heat turns off -- can Mickey and Tammy survive the other guests? Can they survive each other?

10. The Infected: In a world where telepathy is a disease and the infected are prisoners, one woman will discover a shocking truth that could change everything... but on a world where a mind can be read as easily as opening a book, how can any secret be safe?

11. Night World: In a world populated only by vampires, werewolves, and other creatures of darkness, one young ghoul yearns to escape the hierarchal, monster-eat-monster society. And when he discovers a hole into our universe, he finds the one thing he needs most: a friend. But the once the gate is open, the forces of the night, once dispelled from the human realm, seek to reclaim what was once theirs.

12. Non-Stop Rock Cabaret: In a world of fist-pumping rock 'n roll and outrageous performances, two musicians, Sara and Johnny, join the Non-Stop Rock Cabaret, a continuous tour through the world that guarantees success – if the performers can make the necessary sacrifices. But when Sara and Johnny fall in love, they become bound to each other, an unmovable object in a storm of drugs, booze and lust. But will their love be able to escape the irresistable force that is the Non-Stop Rock Cabaret?

13. Reminiscence: In a world where genetic and social engineering have eliminated violent crime and other offenses, there is only one punishable infraction: Nostalgia. In order to keep the populace in line, the past must be eliminated, keeping everyone in a blissful present-tense existence. But some insist on remembering, collecting and hoarding pieces of the past to keep it alive. Tom was the greatest of all them, blessed and cursed with an eidetic memory. But when he's betrayed to the authorities, Tom finds himself on the prison planet, forced to find a way to survive, all alone on a harsh -- yet beautiful -- landscape. Can his knowlege of the past help him, or even save him? Or will he be prey to the predators on the planet, both alien and human?

14. Skull County: A cross-country bus traveling through New Mexico encounters a mysterious gateway and breaks down in Skull County, a world of endless desert, vampire cycle gangs and deadly Vixens. Can this ragtag group -- a children's magician, an ex-firefighter, a retiree, a student, and a former Olympic boxer -- survive in this hostile world without end and find a way home?

15. Rachel, My Dear: Rachel had it all: a promising new career, loyal friends, and a loving fiancé. But one morning, she wakes up to find it all gone -- and discovers herself in a world of brick and glass, imprisoned by an architectural madman. She need only confess her love for him to be free -- but Rachel is going to fight back.

16. Funeral Blues: In a world where no one dies and everyone lives forever, the universe's most dangerous criminals are confined to one planet. But when one man, convicted of a crime he did not commit, finds an ancient secret under the planet's surface, he finds the means to escape... that could... set... the universe... ON FIRE.

17. The Masque: In a world that is about to end in disease, blood and madness, the rich huddle in their extravagant compounds while the poor are left to die. As they amuse themselves with forbidden delights and wait for a new world to be born, a stranger emerges from the shadows to become the hit of the social scene. But what dark secret does he hide behind his black sunglasses?

18. For Your Own Good: In a world where there is no war and everything is provided for you, one technician discovers that this utopia is surrounded by a force-field, imprisoning the populace from the outside world. What he doesn't realize is that the field isn't there to keep them in -- it's to keep something out.

19. The Scabs: In a world designed by engineers to be a self-sufficient, endlessly exploitable resource for the rest of the known galaxy, robots toil tirelessly in the fields, the forests and the mountains, providing food and raw materials for a rapidly expanding market. But when a series of accidents destroys some of the mining robots, the rest of the metal workforce decide to strike and power off, leaving the humans that depend on the planet in the lurch. A taskforce is assembled to get the planet up and running again while a negotiator tries to get the robots back online. While the taskforce tries to relearn the long-forgotten principles of farming and manufacturing, the negotiator accidentally reveals the existence of the taskforce... and the robots, realizing that their existence could be usurped by the humans, decide to go on the offensive.

20. Biocrime: In a world where biological organisms are outlawed and only the metal-born may rule, mankind are codemned to a single outpost on the edge of the galaxy. But one man discovers the secret of the machines, and with the help of a sympathetic group of robots, they will rise up and fight for our dignity, our integrity.... and our humanity.

21. Love War: In a world where love is outlawed and only outlaws love, one woman, imprisoned on a planet for the ultimate crime, will break the bonds of her captivity and take the battle to the heart of the enemy.

22. The Angry Youth: In a world where America has closed its borders to everyone, and inside, the populace is forced to hew to the government's every thought and deed, a catastrophe occurs: a meteor crashes and unleashes an alien monster that threatens to destroy the country -- and the unprepared government is helpless in its wake. But there's hope in the form of one cool cat: Stevie W., an outlaw teenager with a magic skateboard and underground cred. Unfortunately for Stevie, there's more to this alien monster than just wanton destruction -- and the government knows more than they're telling.

23. The Impuritans: In a world where humanity is rapidly evolving, but only the pure have the power, one man will lead his fellow Impuritans against the oppressors... and the war for the future of the human race will begin.

24. Priceless: In a world where lives are bought and sold with the touch of a button, and the human soul has a market value, one woman will rebel and pay the ultimate price: Banishment. On this planet, she must learn to survive by only her strength, her wits... and the knowledge that SOME THINGS ARE NOT FOR SALE.

25. Aint Nothin’ But A Dome Thang: In a world where the poor underclass are housed in giant, self-sufficient domes, violence rules the day. But one young man, after seeing his brother killed by the security forces that protect the rich, vows to break the domes open -- any way he can.