From the award-winning author of Majestrum, Template, and The Other, this collection of short stories ranges from the thoughtful to the whimsical. Most of them appeared first in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Asimov's. Others were written for the bespoke anthologies: Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars, and Welcome to the Greenhouse; one is published here for the first time.

Praise for Matthew Hughes:

"Matthew Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself" - George R.R. Martin

"Heir apparent to Jack Vance" - Booklist

"Hughes's boldness is admirable"- New York Review of Science Fiction

"Hughes effortlessly renders fantastic worlds and beings believable"- Publishers Weekly

"A towering talent"- Robert J. Sawyer

"A treasure" - David Gerrold