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PLAYING MUSIC AND CHASING TUFT OCCUPIED THEIR LIVES Blood brothers and bandmates, Kip Marten, Flyte Error and Red Green spend their nights playing clubs in the barraque for 'quistes and topsiders alike, and their days sleeping it off. That is, until a chance discovery in a reclamation haul upends their lives and puts them-and the entire barraque-in mortal danger.

This lyrical story collection asks the price of life, as you travel alongside the Timedippers and the Immortals, from the present to the far-distant future. "If his heart was pounding now, it was not in fear but in exultation. He was alive, come what may, come death and extinction, as surely it must. You can't go back, he though, and you can't stand still. He had to go forward or he would surely die. That was where his strength and his art lay, in the constant fight against Death, spitting in its very face, not in conquering it and then living in a fearful immortality. So he would die. So what? In the meantime, he would live life to its fullest, not cringing before time." Annapolis Town sets the stage for a story arc covering centuries and light years with a lovely tale of music, love, and the dangers of manipulating time. Annapolis Town introduces the Timedippers, and musical innovations that echo through the future. Stella Blue carries the tale into the future, where a divided society grasps for life and feeling in a world where the wealthy grope after the richness of emotion in the songs of the underclasses. Young Garcia finds his musical voice in tragedy. Time's Fool, originally published as a stand-alone novel, is Garcia's tale of the temptations of time and immortality. With music his life, would eternal life blunt his art? On The Deck of the Starship takes the tale of Timedippers and musicians to the stars, as Philip Steinbrunner answers the questions of life, love, and time for himself in a haunting tale of the price and power of love. The Worm Beneath the Skull concludes the Time's Fool tales on a planet at the far rim of human space. Struggling to choose between freedom and life, young musician Madeira finds voice through the music and the lessons of those who came before, learning what the famed Garcia meant when he said, "Without the worm, there is no rose."

Travel with the author of Time's Fool, and Other Stories from the past to the far distant future, from Annapolis to Andromeda, and enjoy a damn fine cup of coffee along the way. This eclectic science fiction collection includes the Nebula-finalist story "His Hour Upon the Stage." Then there were no more words, just two bodies pressed tightly against each other yet already hundreds of miles apart. We walked together, arm in arm, through the dark house, the lobby and out to the street. We kissed one last time then I watched her walk away. At the corner, she stopped, smiled weakly, and waved goodbye. I walked back through the house. The only light left in the theatre was a single naked bulb backstage that cast garish shadows across the stage floor. I stood in the light, feeling vaguely foolish.

Schemes may unfold in one's mind in an instant, and be communicated in a few minutes. But when such schemes involve the rearrangement of the heavens, some time is required. What if you could warp spacetime in the laboratory, experiment with quantum gravity, and convert mass into energy with unprecedented efficiency? That's what you could do if you made a micro-black hole. But it won't come cheaply; you need mass and energy from four star systems, coordinated over light years and decades. You have to overcome fear mongers and the politicians who feed on them every step of the way. And if you're Dr. Hilda Kremer, you find you'll fight anyone, even your own father, to make it happen.

Alone on an unknown world... Needing some closure, he tore out an empty page of Ascendant's diary after her last entry. Some of the cells of her body would be on that, along with her fingerprints. Also, it represented her future, the unwritten pages of a life that might have extended to the end of time itself. Gone now. He took the page and lit it afire from his charcoal lamp. Its brilliance filled his small cave for a few seconds, then flickered out. He sang Heinlein's Green Hills of Earth softly and went to sleep with tears in his eyes and an unanswered question in his mind. Sabotage required a saboteur. Who? It would have been a suicide mission... or maybe not. He was alive, after all.

A double-planet with a mind of its own! Join noted hard science fiction author G. David Nordley Among the Stars in this collection of his stories previously published in Analog and Asimov's science fiction magazines. A world where down is out needs help from below, an ancient monarch is challenged to save the galaxy, and more. She gleefully concurred, so they willed their nanocells to take human form again, for the first time in ten million years. Trillions of submicroscopic hexagonal toroids arranged themselves to emulate skin, hair, flesh and bone; optical data links carefully arranged themselves to simulate nerves and glands. Most of a billion years of experience was set carefully aside from conscious thought so that they could enjoy real-universe sensation again. Ellen laughed joyfully, surrounding him with legs and arms, devouring him with kisses as they tumbled through the void, delighting to join one another as if they had not been one undifferentiated physical being just a few moments before. - The Touch

The forest was young when humanity was old, and now the forest was old... "It's a spring morning and I can love you like no one has loved for millions of years," she told him when they rested. "We aren't old; the stars are old. We're young. We are ten million years young and it's all just beginning." The planet shuddered in agreement, and some rocks fell in the distance. The saga of Mars after the Vikings is told by noted hard science fiction author G. David Nordley in a series of tales from the first landing in Martian Valkyrie; through a race to save a life in A Life on Mars; with terraformers called Comet Gypsies; during the first alien contact in The Day of Their Coming; and to the far distant future of human and Martian evolution in Morning on Mars. The stories unfold one by one as, under a dying sun, alien archaeologists uncover the mysteries of the Red Planet's rich and varied future history.

Maimed in battle, Nathaniel Wooster wants to recuperate and try to rebuild his life. Returning home to his mother's cottage in the quiet port community of York-Town seems like a good place to find some peace and quiet. He's slowly finding his way in a life forever changed when the British arrive in force, and he has to draw on everything in him just to keep himself and those he cares about alive.

Pennsylvania, 1776: The British Were the Least of His Problems...As the British close in on Philadelphia, trouble at home and a fight with Congress culminate in the worst night of Isaac Melcher's life. Can he recover his honor and his marriage before both are lost forever - and help prevent the Revolution from being crushed by the Crown?The Will is the Pennsylvania volume in the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel explores how the American War of Independence unfolds across a different colony. If you love getting to know the complex and very human people who gave their all to the cause of the American Revolution, you'll love The Will.Read The Will today and get to know one of America's forgotten patriots!

New-Hampshire, 1772: The tree of liberty sprouted well before the Revolution started...Abe is haunted by the sudden loss of both of his parents. Left to manage a New-Hampshire time grant with only his eccentric aunt to guide him, he finds comfort in a new friendship with Betty, a decidedly odd neighbor. Defying the grasping British officials and his aunt's commands, Abe makes choices that put him on a collision course with both. With rebellion in the air, Abe must escape detection by the Royal Governor's agents and solve the puzzle of Betty's past in order to secure his future.The Tree is the New-Hampshire volume in the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel examines the American War of Independence as it unfolded in a different colony. If you like moving stories of little-known historical incidents, you'll love The Tree.Buy your copy of The Tree today and see the earliest stirrings of the American Revolution for yourself!

West-Florida, 1779: How Spain saved the American Revolution!Gabriel is a simple sailor, doing the bidding of his Captain and King, when he is swept up in a storm that changes his life in ways that he could never have anticipated. Carlotta yearns for her lost home, and is searching for her lost husband, but both remain elusive in a world that has been turned upside-down by forces far outside of her control. When the storm that is Governor Bernardo de Gálvez breaks over them both, neither will ever be the same - and nor will their world.The Wind is set in the often overlooked colony of West-Florida from the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel examines the American War of Independence as it unfolded in a different colony. If you like enthralling stories of forgotten parts of familiar history, you'll love The Wind.Grab your copy of The Wind today and gain a whole new appreciation for the reach of the American Revolution!

New-York, 1777: They should have been enemies, but they became brothers...Joseph Killeen was sent to eliminate the threat of savage enemies in the forests of New-York, but when he meets Ginawo and his peaceful village of Skarure, he realizes that nothing is as simple as he was told. The Haudenosaunee Confederation is being torn asunder by the American Revolution, forced to choose sides in a fight that's not their own. Can Joseph and Ginawo bridge the divide between their peoples, when warfare threatens to destroy both societies?The Smoke is the New-York volume in the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel explores how the American War of Independence unfolds across a different colony. If you like stories such as The Deerslayer, or you've ever wondered how the Revolution affected those who were here before the arrival of European colonists, you'll love The Smoke.Buy The Smoke today and see how the American Revolution sometimes changed the history of peoples who had no say in it!

Planting the Tree of LibertyAbe is haunted by the sudden loss of both of his parents. Left to manage a New-Hampshire land grant and its troublesome Royal Navy mast trees, with only his eccentric aunt to guide him, he finds comfort in a new friendship with Betty, a decidedly odd neighbor. Defying the Royal Governor's crackdowns and his aunt's commands, Abe makes choices that put him on a collision course with both. With rebellion in the air, Abe must escape detection by the Governor's agents and solve the puzzle of Betty's past in order to secure his future.The Tree is Hedbor's standalone novel set in New-Hampshire from his Tales From a Revolution series, in which he examines the American War of Independence as it unfolded in each of the colonies. If you like enthralling stories of familiar events from unfamiliar viewpoints, you'll love The Tree.Grab your copy of The Tree today, and experience the American Revolution as a personal journey of discovery.

What Does Liberty Mean for a Freedman?Calabar was brought from Africa to North-Carolina as a boy and sold on the docks as chattel property to a plantation owner. On the plantation, he learned the intricacies of indigo production, fell in love, and started a family.Abruptly released from bondage, he must find his way in a society that has no place for him, but which is itself struggling with the threat of British domination. Reeling from personal griefs, and drawn into the chaos of the Revolution, Calabar knows that the wrong moves could cost him his freedom-and that of the nation.The Freedman is Hedbor's standalone novel set in North-Carolina from his Tales From a Revolution series, in which he examines the American War of Independence as it unfolded in each of the colonies. If you like enthralling stories of familiar events from unfamiliar viewpoints, you'll love The Freedman.Grab your copy of The Freedman today, and experience the American Revolution as a personal journey of discovery.