Chimerascope — Douglas Smith

Chimerascope a story of many parts: A dinner conversationtakes three lifetimes to finish; a geologist faces a planet-sized, eons-oldpuzzle to save her crew; the hero of the Fall of Earth must choose between loveand revenge; a man is born each day into a new life only to die eachnight; a sentient aurora threatens the last of humanity; and a house as big asthe world. These are some of the stories you will encounter inChimerascope, the first full collection of short fiction fromaward-winning Canadian author, Douglas Smith. Sixteen engaging stories of fantasy and science fiction that take you fromlove in fourteenth-century Japan to humanity's last stand, from virtual realityto the end of reality, from alien drug addictions to a dinner where a man loseseverything.