A collection of Sheffield’s short stories, written from 1977 to 1979. Contents: • What Song the Sirens Sang • Introduction • Fixed Price War • Marconi, Mattin, Maxwell • Power Failure • Killing Vector • Dinsdale Dissent • We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident • Skystalk • How to Build a Beanstalk • Transition Team • Bounded in a Nutshell • The Long Chance • The Treasure of Odirex • The Dalmatian of Faust