Stained Black — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Simpson will do anything for his art. In a quest to truly understand color, Simpson buys the Alter Ego of a blind man, and begins to explore. Soft yellows, rich reds, decadent browns, and black: every color and no color all at once. But the deeper he delves into feeling color through the sightless Alter Ego, the closer he comes to losing himself. If he hasn't lost already.

Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark.
-- the London Times

International bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won two Hugo awards, a World Fantasy Award, and six Asimov's Readers Choice Awards. Her latest science fiction novel is Blowback: A Retrieval Artist Novel. She also writes as Kris Nelscott in mystery and Kristine Grayson in romance. For more information about her work, please go to kristinekathrynrusch.com.