Here is an eclectic collection of science fiction stories (and three short poems) by multiple-award-winning author Michael Flynn, author of such acclaimed titles as Eifelheim (Hugo nominee) and Firestar (called a "knockout" by the San Diego Tribune).

This collection itself includes two Hugo-nominated stories ("The Forest of Time" and "Melodies of the Heart") as well as a selection of some of the author's finest works of short fiction that were originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

Included in this edition are three humorous poems which also originally appeared in Analog.