Acclaimed Science Fiction and Fantasy author C. S. Friedman invites you to journey into the deliciously disturbing worlds of her imagination. A bank clerk struggles to deal with malware inside his head... A woman is required by law to let her dying mother take over her body... A writer meets the man of her dreams (or perhaps her nightmares)... A time traveler seeks scalped tickets to the Sermon on the Mount... A telepath must abandon her humanity to negotiate with alien predators... A visiting extraterrestrial chooses a down-and-out junkie for its first human contact... From humorous to dark, witty to lyrical, this collection of eight short stories (plus a few extra treats) showcases the versatile talent of one of the genre's most creative writers. If you're not already a fan of C. S. Friedman, you soon will be. And if you're already a fan, you'll enjoy reading these rarely-seen shorter works. Included: Perfect Day Downtime Terms of Engagement Pandora The Dreaming Kind Soul Mate Bad Trip Eye of the Needle Plus three dark fantasy poems, and several excerpts from longer works.