Divine Madness: A man is caught in a time loop relieves the death of his wife.

The Great Slow Kings: W hat would be the perspective on life of beings whose lives spanned millennia? A Museum Piece: A critically unappreciated artist decides that if he cannot live by creating art, he’ll create living art – and of course, meets an alien. This Moment Of The Storm: A storm predictor and a world hopper predicts the big storm, working with the Mayor to watch, predict and steer the city through the Big One, even as society descends into chaos. This Mortal Mountain: A mountain climber and his team attempt the impossible – the highest mountain in the universe, a mountain higher than the atmosphere. The Monster And The Maiden: The reader must decide which is the monster… Collector’s Fever: A nephew with ulterior motives collects a Stone that doesn’t want to leave. A Rose For Ecclesiastes: An internationally acclaimed linguist-poet is invited to Mar – the first human to learn the Martian language and the first invited into the inner sanctum to see the Martian dance, a mix of spirituality and poetry. Devil Car: In a post-apocalyptic world, g roups of wild escaped cars are living in the wastes, led by the Devil Car. The Keys To December: After a mine on Alyonal closes, a group of bio-engineered humans buy a world to bio-engineer to fit their physical forms – but many philosophical questions arise during the long trip.

This volume contains the following short stories: The Doors Of His Face, The Lamps Of His Mouth: A baitman takes one last job hunting the biggest sea monster yet – while deep sea fishing on Venus.

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