The stories in this groundbreaking collection - including the Nebula Award-winning 'Rachel in Love' - effortlessly cross the boundaries between the real and the imaginary, blending visionary storytelling with uncompromising realism.

They reveal the extraordinary range, depth, and insight that imbue all of Murphy's work, confirming her as one of the most gifted authors of short fiction writing today.

1990 Philip K. Dick Award

Dead Men on TV
Women in the Trees
Don’t Look Back
Orange Blossom Time
In the Islands
Touch of the Bear
On a Hot Summer Night in a Place Far Away
Sweetly the Waves Call to Me
His Vegetable Wife
Good-Bye, Cynthia
Prescience
Clay Devils
A Falling Star Is a Rock from Outer Space
With Four Lean Hounds
On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops
In the Abode of the Snows
Rachel in Love
Recycling Strategies for the Inner City
Bones