Albert Suttles' mother championed Earth Day and its environmental causes. The cause became her first priority, almost an obsession. And Albert's obsession? His mother. In her honor, he will Save The Earth. In this powerful little tale, Kristine Kathryn Rusch takes a common story trope and adds a clever, fresh twist."Rusch has style."-Charles de Lint

Earth Day

Because he lost his arm in the war against Napoleon, Nicholas cannot return to Society. The ton will reject him. Now, he lives in solitude in his estate, claiming he prefers it. Then a child arrives. A young boy who reminds him of his past. A boy who threatens his present. A boy who must be dealt with to ensure Nicholas' own future."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Controlling the Sword

By the time Sara finds herself in the middle of the Idaho Primitive Area, she knows she made a huge mistake. Her decision clouded by the blush of new love, she agrees to accompany Travis on a weeklong hike. Sara, the city girl, in the woods, camping. And just when she thinks things can't possibly get worse, she discovers just how wrong things can get-but in ways she never expected. Magical ways.Part of Out of the Woods, an Uncollected Anthology."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Primitive Area - Uncollected Anthology, #8

David loved Kari from the moment he first saw her. That love inspired his art. But something more, something darker might prove his greatest inspiration of all-if only he can finally look within his own heart."[Rusch's] short fiction is golden."-The Kansas City Star

Hearts

"Kristine Kathryn Rusch ventures into (darker than) Zenna Henderson territory in her effective and atmospheric two-track story 'The End of the World.'"-SF SiteSmall-town detective Becca Keller must struggle with her own demons when her ex-husband calls her to help with a mass grave unearthed at the site of his resort-restoration project in the Oregon desert. Her investigation unearths more questions than answers-about the bones and about the past. Winner of the UPC Special Award, The End of The World explores the complexities and range of the human condition.

The End of the World

The Fourth Volume in the Acclaimed Series!For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith wrote professional science fiction short stories that won awards and sold millions of copies. Now, for the first time, they collect together 120 of their science fiction short stories into a six-volume set called Colliding Worlds. Sixty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 4 explores the rich meanings of the term "goofy." Rusch offers up a guidebook for space travel with "Amelia Pillar's Etiquette for the Space Traveler" and a very determined little girl in "Advisors at Naptime, " while Smith takes readers aboard the Titanic with Sherlock Holmes and contributes his Nebula Award-nominated tale of a vampire saying goodbye to a mortal lover with "In the Shade of the Slowboat Man." A do-not-miss volume!

Colliding Worlds Vol. 4: A Science Fiction Short Story Series - Colliding Worlds, #4

Devi follows orders, even if she hates them. Like her orders for this mission: pilot a single ship-The Matilda-on a fact-finding mission in the middle of a war zone. Despite Matilda's apparent fondness for Devi, Devi feels the opposite about working with the sentient ship. But as pilot and ship approach their target-a large CeaWayLaV warship-the pair discovers their inability to function as a bonded team threatens not only their mission but also the entire war with the CeaWayLaV. Chosen by the readers of Asimov's SF Magazine as one of the best stories of the year.".an excellent piece of military science fiction."-Tangent Online"Another good story from Rusch."-SFRevu

Matilda

Grief often transports us to the past. But for one woman, the transportation becomes more literal. She lives more in the past than the present, her beloved grandmother often tells her. Until one final moment of grief changes her forever. A powerful tale about the impact of love and family."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-The Kansas City Star

Perennials

He calls himself Ben.sometimes. Mostly he avoids thinking of his name so other people won't remember him. He kills people for a living, but he has standards. He uses astrology to help him follow the right path. But when someone targets him, Ben realizes his methods might just get the astrologers who have been helping him killed."Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark."-The Times of London

Earth Day

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