Butterfly St. Cyr Series by Elizabeth R. Wollheim, Lisanne Norman, Julie E. Czerneda, Robert Sheckley, Neal Barrett Jr., C.J. Cherryh, Tad Williams, Timothy Zahn, Ian Watson, Charles L. Harness, Frederik Pohl, C.S. Friedman, Charles Ingrid, Cheryl J. Franklin, Eluki bes Shahar, Brian M. Stableford, Kate Elliott, Brian W. Aldiss, S. Andrew Swann, Ron Goulart, Sharon Lee, John Teehan, Holly Phillips, Lawrence M. Schoen, Laura J. Underwood, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Ru Emerson, Mark W. Tiedemann, Patrice Sarath, Edward McKeown, Nathan Archer, Lee Martindale, Jody Lynn Nye, Joe Murphy, Douglas Smith, Paul E. Martens, Christian McGrath, Chris Szego, Alan Smale, Eric Witchey

Ever wonder what really happens on the lower decks of the space ship or in the castle kitchen? This unique collection of original science fiction and fantasy short stories focuses on characters that are normally in the background and brings them to the forefront of the adventure! Low Port features stories by Mark Tiedemann, Laura J. Underwood, L. E. Modesitt, Jr... moreEver wonder what really happens on the lower decks of the space ship or in the castle kitchen? This unique collection of original science fiction and fantasy short stories focuses on characters that are normally in the background and brings them to the forefront of the adventure! Low Port features stories by Mark Tiedemann, Laura J. Underwood, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Nathan Archer, Jody Lynn Nye and many others, including a new urban fantasy by Sharon Lee! So come along and meet an orphan with a dream, a dockworker who believes in freedom, a maintenance worker with feelings and visit a soup kitchen with a secret.Contents:Voyeur / Eric Witchey --Digger don't take no requests / John Teehan --The gate between hope and glory / Holly Phillips --Riis run / eluki bes shahar --Bidding the walrus / Lawrence M. Schoen --The gift / Laura J. Underwood --The dock to heaven / L.E. Modesitt, Jr. --Find a pin / Ru Emerson --Sailing to the temple / Alan Smale --The pilgrim trade / Mark W. Tiedemann --More to glory / Patrice Sarath --Gonna boogie with Granny Time / Sharon Lee --Angel's kitchen / Chris Szego --Lair of the lesbian love goddess / Edward McKeown --Contraband / Nathan Archer --Spinacre's war / Lee Martindale --Bottom of the food chain / Jody Lynn Nye --Zappa for bardog / Joe Murphy --The times she went away / Paul E. Martens --Scream angel / Douglas Smith. less

Seasoned smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr is targeted for execution when she tries to rescue young hellflower Tiggy Stardust, and even the most powerful artificial intelligence in the universe might not be enough to save her.

Smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr tries to take Tiggy, the young hellflower heir to the chief diplomat of the AlMayne mercenaries, safely back to the Starbringer family's home world fortress. But the "safe haven" of AlMayne might become Butterfly's final port of call, and Tiggy will surely be killed if left among his "loving" kindred.

In the sequel to Hellflowers and Darktrader, Butterfly and Tiggy set out to destroy the seemingly indestructible Governor-General Mallorum Archangel, who is prepared to start a war. Original.

1 The Home Front by Brian Stableford 2 Aboard the Beatitude by Brian W. Aldiss 3 Odd Job #213 by Ron Goulart4 Agamemnon's Ruin by Robert Shekley5 Grubber by Neal Barrett Jr6 The Sandman, the Tinman, and the BettB by C.J. Cherryh7 The Big Picture by Timothy Zahn8 A Home for the Old Ones by Frederik Pohl9 Not with a Whimper, Either by Tad Williams10 The Black Wall of Jerusalem by Ian Watson11 Station Ganymede by Charles L. Harness12 Downtime by C.S... more1 The Home Front by Brian Stableford 2 Aboard the Beatitude by Brian W. Aldiss 3 Odd Job #213 by Ron Goulart4 Agamemnon's Ruin by Robert Shekley5 Grubber by Neal Barrett Jr6 The Sandman, the Tinman, and the BettB by C.J. Cherryh7 The Big Picture by Timothy Zahn8 A Home for the Old Ones by Frederik Pohl9 Not with a Whimper, Either by Tad Williams10 The Black Wall of Jerusalem by Ian Watson11 Station Ganymede by Charles L. Harness12 Downtime by C.S. Friedman13 Burning Bridges by Charles Ingrid14 Words by Cheryl J. Franklin15 Read Only Memory by eluki bes shahar16 Sunseeker by Kate Elliott17 The Heavens Fall by S. Andrew Swann18 Passage to Shola by Lisanne Norman 19 Prism by Julie E. Czerneda less