Contains: Empire Dreams (Ground Control to Major Tom) • novelette by Ian McDonald (aka Empire Dreams 1985 ) Scenes from a Shadowplay • (1985) • shortstory by Ian McDonald Christian • (1984) • novelette by Ian McDonald King of Morning, Queen of Day • (1988) • novelette by Ian McDonald The Catharine Wheel (Our Lady of Tharsis) • (1984) • novelette by Ian McDonald Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh • novelette by Ian McDonald The Island of the Dead • shortstory by Ian McDonald Radio Marrakech • shortstory by Ian McDonald Visits to Remarkable Cities • shortstory by Ian McDonald Vivaldi • novelette by Ian McDonald