Gardner Dozois' multifaceted, sharp-edged, surreal fiction has long been regarded among science fiction's finest offerings. The fourteen masterworks in this volume are unique and beautiful constructions whose images etch themselves indelibly in the reader's mind. Contents xi • Foreword (Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois) • (1992) • essay by Robert Silverberg 1 • Morning Child • (1984) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 9 • Dinner Party • (1984) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 26 • Executive Clemency • (1981) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II 44 • A Special Kind of Morning • (1971) • novelette by Gardner Dozois 88 • Down Among the Dead Men • (1982) • novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann 115 • Solace • (1989) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 126 • Slow Dancing With Jesus • (1983) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann 131 • The Peacemaker • (1983) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 149 • One for the Road • (1982) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 155 • Chains of the Sea • (1973) • novella by Gardner Dozois 216 • A Dream at Noonday • (1970) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 230 • Disciples • (1981) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 240 • Après Moi • (1990) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 246 • A Kingdom by the Sea • (1972) • novelette by Gardner Dozois