Kevin J Anderson is one of the bestselling novelists working in the field today but over the course of his long career he has also produced a steady stream of short fiction ranging from hard science fiction to fantasy to horror dark fantasy and humor He has won or been nominated for the Hugo Award Nebula Award Bram Stoker Award Shamus Award Colorado Book Award Scribe Award New York Times Notable Book and many others This first volume of Andersons selected short fiction focuses on his science fiction stories from flash fiction to novella length written solo or with collaborators These stories showcase his writing talent across a range of military science fiction dystopian fiction space adventure humor alternate timelines and political and psychological extrapolation