A heart that's a bulding, a dog that's a program, a woman who's sinking irretrievably - stories about love, loss, and motion. A collection of speculative stories from author and editor B. Morris Allen.

Chambers of the Heart – it's hard, living in someone's heart. Building on Sand – how to choose between children. Blush – when everyone else wears a mask, what's it like to bare your face? Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon – magic, music, and ... buffalo? Fetch – she may be a simulation, but out on the edge, she’s one man’s best friend. The Humblebract Expedition – even dying children like to play. When Dooryards First in the Lilac Bloomed – a doorway to opportunity and change, if only humans can understand it. Some Sun and Delilah – a sunny island, an abandoned temple, and truth. Crying in the Salt House – the house is built from tears, or so they say. Full of Stars – jar half empty, jar half full. Memory and Faded Ink – the aliens are perfectly human ... and just as flawed. Fountainhead – arranged meetings never work, especially with different species. Adaptations to Coastal Erosion – when your spouse is literally falling away from you. Outburst – Earth is dead, and the one remaining orbital can’t be saved, can it? The Irrigation Ditch – they came to hide, but didn’t realize it was from each other Dragons I Have Slain – take hope where you find it.

Cover art by Bonnie Leeman