Embracing The Starlight by Dave Smeds

Eleven previously uncollected stories. Includes reprints from the pages of Full Spectrum 4, Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and others, and one original story, "Family Values." 

Praise for the stories of Dave Smeds 

Praise for "Suicidal Tendencies"
"...astonishing both in range and quality. Dave Smeds conjures a future where regeneration and eternal youth are made possible through nanotechnology; his story tells what happens to a dysfunctional mother and a daughter in a world where suicide is a hobby and murder a misdemeanor." 
--Publishers Weekly 

Praise for "Goats"
"an orgy of bloodletting that makes Vietnam seem like a church picnic-or would, had Mr. Smeds not skillfully established symbolic connections..." 
--David Bradley, The New York Times Book Review 

Praise for "A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain"
"...one of my favorites, a poignant story about a man who taps into Faerie to find closure with his all-too-mortal wife." 
--Tom Knapp, Folk Tales

Editions

Trade Paperback: 6 x 9, has a beautiful 12 point full color cover, 60lb. natural vellum stock.