The ladies of Southern Comfort are the most gorgeous and lively women on any mining colony in the galaxy. But when they start turning up dead and the local police do nothing to protect them, it's time for these girls to take the law, their safety, and their destiny into their own hands.
Why do people see the ghosts of their loved ones on the mysterious asteroids called the Siren Stones? And why is there a girl claiming to be Jesus reborn on one of these rocks?
Featuring the interconnected Siren Stone and XY-Girls stories, this second collection of fiction by award-winning author Derwin Mak brings readers tales of danger, cleverness, acceptance, and more. Jump in and enjoy the ride with a cast of gregarious women, a teenage vampire, ballet dancers, and the all-new story "The Room Where We Hid".
Includes the Aurora Award-winning story "Transubstantiation"
Foreword by Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame author Tanya Huff
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Derwin Mak's story "Transubstantiation" won the 2006 Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction. The Dragon and the Stars, an anthology that he co-edited with Eric Choi, won the 2011 Aurora Award for Best Related Work. Where the Stars Rise, an anthology that he co-edited with Lucas Law, won the Alberta Book Publishing Award for Speculative Fiction Book of the Year in 2018. Derwin also founded the cosplay competition at Anime North, Canada's largest anime convention. He has degrees in accounting and military history and was the first person to capture a Pokémon inside the Royal Canadian Military Institute.