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A collection of Robert Reed stories, recent as well as old, including the popular "Blood Wedding." The table of contents:
"Blood Wedding"
"334 Manchester Lane"
"Hybrid"
"Pack"
"Season to Taste"
"Salad for Two"
"Six Foot Easy"
"Stock Photos"
"The Road Ahead"
"The Next Scene"
"Sparks"
"Mystic Falls"
From the title story:
"The bride was born gorgeous. In a different century, Glory Lou Ames might have been an actress hamstrung by being too perfect for meaningful roles. But her native beauty was just the scaffolding for a series of early tailorings and recent, very temporary additions. The treasure was twenty-three years-old. Like a fertility goddess carved from mammoth ivory, she was rich with hips and breasts, and of course she was nude, the abundant flesh emerald and glossy and grand. But what made her impact more remarkable was the strategic use of living flowers. Epiphytes were common embellishments among the bio-aware community, but epiphytes weren't good enough for Devon Ames' daughter. Glory wore tailored parasites. Roots slipped painlessly into her tissues, robbing just enough blood and sugar to maintain their splendor. The blossoms erupted from short dense stalks. Every flower produced a fragrance that merged with every other fragrance in the brilliant tropical air -- a veritable community promenading down a path of mushroom-built cobblestones. At least a dozen patentable technologies were on display. Cynical tongues claimed that Devon, recognizing opportunity, was milking another fortune from this event. But what wasn't appreciated was that his only daughter had never been shy about helping the family business, which was the same as helping herself."
Robert Reed is a prolific author of science fiction and a few hard-to-categorize titles. He won a Hugo Award for "A Billion Eves," and his novella "Truth" became the small Canadian film, PRISONER X. His most recent novel, THE DRAGONS OF MARROW, belongs to the Great Ship saga.
Genre: Science Fiction
"Blood Wedding"
"334 Manchester Lane"
"Hybrid"
"Pack"
"Season to Taste"
"Salad for Two"
"Six Foot Easy"
"Stock Photos"
"The Road Ahead"
"The Next Scene"
"Sparks"
"Mystic Falls"
From the title story:
"The bride was born gorgeous. In a different century, Glory Lou Ames might have been an actress hamstrung by being too perfect for meaningful roles. But her native beauty was just the scaffolding for a series of early tailorings and recent, very temporary additions. The treasure was twenty-three years-old. Like a fertility goddess carved from mammoth ivory, she was rich with hips and breasts, and of course she was nude, the abundant flesh emerald and glossy and grand. But what made her impact more remarkable was the strategic use of living flowers. Epiphytes were common embellishments among the bio-aware community, but epiphytes weren't good enough for Devon Ames' daughter. Glory wore tailored parasites. Roots slipped painlessly into her tissues, robbing just enough blood and sugar to maintain their splendor. The blossoms erupted from short dense stalks. Every flower produced a fragrance that merged with every other fragrance in the brilliant tropical air -- a veritable community promenading down a path of mushroom-built cobblestones. At least a dozen patentable technologies were on display. Cynical tongues claimed that Devon, recognizing opportunity, was milking another fortune from this event. But what wasn't appreciated was that his only daughter had never been shy about helping the family business, which was the same as helping herself."
Robert Reed is a prolific author of science fiction and a few hard-to-categorize titles. He won a Hugo Award for "A Billion Eves," and his novella "Truth" became the small Canadian film, PRISONER X. His most recent novel, THE DRAGONS OF MARROW, belongs to the Great Ship saga.
Genre: Science Fiction
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