A heart that's a bulding, a dog that's a program, a woman who's sinking irretrievably - stories about love, loss, and movement. A collection of speculative stories from author and editor B. Morris Allen.
Chambers of the Heart – when someone else's heart is your home
Building on Sand – your own child or the child that needs you now?
Blush – when everyone else wears a mask, what's it like to bare your face?
Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon – magic, music, and ... buffalo?
Fetch – she may be a simulation, but out on the edge, she’s one man’s best friend
The Humblebract Expedition – a play date for a dying child can only end in tragedy, right?
When Dooryards First in the Lilac Bloomed – a doorway to opportunity and change, if only they can understand it
Some Sun and Delilah – a sunny island, an abandoned temple, and … truth?
Crying in the Salt House – the house is built from tears, or so they say
Full of Stars – jar half empty, jar half full
Memory and Faded Ink – the aliens are perfectly human ... and just as flawed
Fountainhead – arranged pairings never work, especially with different species
Adaptations to Coastal Erosion – what do you do when your spouse just sinks away, literally?
Outburst – Earth is dead, and the one remaining orbital can’t be saved, can it?
The Irrigation Ditch – they came to hide, but didn’t realize it was from each other
Dragons I Have Slain – take hope where you find it
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