Spanning two decades of work and many different genres, this is the very first collection of Mike Carey's short fiction . . . It includes the original short stories that were the basis for his novel The Girl With All the Gifts and for the Koli trilogy. It also features a short story set in the world of the Felix Castor novels. Each story is accompanied by the author's own notes. Table of Contents:- Iphigenia in Aulis Zuleika The Sons of Tammany We'll Always Have Paris Second Wind The Demon in the Well My Life in Politics The Tale of Salt-Carrier VA The Non-Event In That Quiet Earth The Gold of Anwar Das Take Two Face The Ordeal Taproot Reflections on the Critical Process All That's Red Earth The Soldier