Lovedeath: Dan Simmons

Five tales of love and death; Entropy's Bed at Midnight - Accidents are like death. Waiting for us everywhere. Plan as we might, the defy our planning. Dying in Bangkok - Mara and her child are monsters, but even monsters get careless. Even monsters can be killed. Sleeping With Teeth Women - a celebration of the richness of North American lore in the epic ale of Hoka Ushte, a seventeen year old Sioux warrior given the awesome responsibility of being the saviour of his people. Flashback - the point wherein the ability to recapture the past - and those lost to us in the past - becomes a sickness rather than a solace. If a simple drug allowed you to relive segments of your life, would you take it? The Great Lover - a trip into the terrible crucible of World War I in an attempt to understand how the mind and heart of a sensitive poet could have survived such horrors. Cover art by Chris Moore.