"Interesting, engaging, and believable."-San Diego Union Tribune *** Here is an eclectic collection of science fiction stories (and three short poems) by multiple award winning author Michael Flynn, author of such acclaimed titles as Eifelheim (Hugo nominee) and Firestar, called by the San Diego Union Tribune a 'knockout.' *** This collection itself includes two Hugo nominated stories ("The Forest of Time" and "Melodies of the Heart") as well as a selection of some of the author's finest works of short fiction that were originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. *** Included in...

A collection of old and new, but finally put together as the author originally imagined the interlocking world of these six stories. Each of the six independent stories lightly touches on another, reminding us of our shared existence even as we deal with our own individual trials and tribulations.