Maps in a Mirror Series by Orson Scott Card

Eleven chilling tales, including the author's introductions and afterword comments, provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination... moreEleven chilling tales, including the author's introductions and afterword comments, provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination. 5 • Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory • (1979) • novelette by Orson Scott Card (variant of Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory)26 • Quietus • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card44 • Deep Breathing Exercises • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card (variant of Deep-Breathing Exercises)54 • Fat Farm • (1980) • short story by Orson Scott Card69 • Closing the Timelid • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card87 • Freeway Games • (1979) • short story by Orson Scott Card103 • A Sepulchre of Songs • (1981) • novelette by Orson Scott Card (variant of A Sepulcher of Songs)134 • Prior Restraint • (1986) • short story by Orson Scott Card149 • The Changed Man and the King of Words • (1982) • novelette by Orson Scott Card191 • Memories of My Head • (1990) • short story by Orson Scott Card200 • Lost Boys • (1989) • short story by Orson Scott Card225 • Afterword (The Changed Man) • essay by Orson Scott Card (variant of Afterword (Book 1: The Hanged Man, Tales of Dread) 1990) less

This second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race. A fascistic government's capital punishment extends beyond death. Intellectually superior aliens from a doomed world choose Earth's dogs as their new vessels. Not-quite-human beings on an Earth wasted by biological warfare continuously fight an enemy which has long been annihilated... moreThis second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race. A fascistic government's capital punishment extends beyond death. Intellectually superior aliens from a doomed world choose Earth's dogs as their new vessels. Not-quite-human beings on an Earth wasted by biological warfare continuously fight an enemy which has long been annihilated.These and other possible fates may be discovered in this collection, which includes: "A Thousand Details" "Clap Hands and Sing""Dogwalker""But We Try Not to Act Like It""I Put My Blue Genes On""In the Doghouse""The Originist". less

The final volume of the acclaimed Maps in a Mirror collection includes ten fables and fantasies: "Unaccompanied Sonata", "A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon", "The Porcelain Salamander", "Middle Woman", "The Bully and the Beast", "Sandmagic", "A Plague of Butterflies", "The Monkeys", The Best Day", and "The Princess and the Bear". "A revelation and a delight".--Macon Telegraph.

A collection of science fiction tales includes An Eye for an Eye, as well as an autobiography by the author.