An alternative cover for this edition is here A collection of over a half-dozen classic science fiction stories by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author and editor Gardner Dozois. Contents vii • Introduction (Morning Child and Other Stories) • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • Morning Child • (1984) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 10 • A Special Kind of Morning • (1971) • novelette by Gardner Dozois 59 • The Hanging Curve • (2002) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 73 • A Kingdom by the Sea • (1972) • novelette by Gardner Dozois 103 • A Dream at Noonday • (1970) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 119 • Ancestral Voices • (1998) • novella by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick 191 • Fairy Tale • (2003) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 210 • The Peacemaker • (1983) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 230 • Machines of Loving Grace • (1972) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois 237 • Chains of the Sea • (1973) • novella by Gardner Dozois