What did zombies do for kicks in those heady days after the revolution? Can a star learn the secrets at the heart of her own life cycle? Will a student wizard survive the gruelling final examination process? These questions and more are explored within these pages, where ten strange stories (and a strange poem) unfurl their secrets. By turns funny, startling, haunting, and terrifying, these tales will take you to the furthest reaches of the Storystream…and maybe beyond. This collection includes: -Hot Zombie Chicks and Cocktails at Gore’s -The Power Badger -Little Concrete Thought -The Dance of a Hundred Million Mothers -Certain Places -A Clean Death -Winter’s Witness -Theory of Mind -A Time For Us -Final Exam at the Academy -Persistence Of Memory Please note that several of these stories were previously available in the ‘Tales from the Storystream’ anthology, which has now been discontinued.