Twenty never before collected sci fi and fantasy short stories, bracketed by two never before collected novellas, from the author of HARVEST NIGHT, THE HOUSE OF JIN, and DERBY CITY DEAD. Join a small, desperate band of guerilla fighters on a suicide mission aboard Earth's last working Space Shuttle as they blast through an interdimensional portal, crash the Gates of Heaven, and make a kamikaze run with a nuclear warhead into the Great White Throne of God, following orders directly from DAMNATION STATIONLassie's barking and barking, but what's she trying to tell you? Probably something like, don't go looking for TIMMY, DOWN THE WELLOne man's utopia is another's post-Apocalypse nightmare come true, in CATACLYSMIn a modern day covertly run by immortal bloodsucker clans, there are secret laws regarding when you can turn a human into a vampire - but some vamps have to do things their own way, and when I say 'some vamps', I'm definitely TALKIN' BOUT MY GIRLRobot Tommy desperately wants to land a coveted job as a nursemaid to human babies -- but to do it, he'll have to roll way outside the law, and discover what it means to become an AVATOIDSomething's gone wrong with a holiday pageant at the world's most popular interactive amusement park - to see exactly what, COME YE NOW TO THE HALLS OF DAVIDWhen a pair of sibling rogues runs into a pair of sibling gods, the two couples quickly discover they have more in common than a strong mutual sexual attraction -- all four of them also lust to possess THE JEWELS OF SANKHARRAPlus fifteen more stories guaranteed to please both the dedicated and casual science fiction/fantasy fans.