ISBN: 1680570269 9781680570267

Category: Fiction / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies

Page count: 269

<b>From a Nebula Award–nominated author, “insight and imagination infuse the stories of this eclectic collection. . . . Powerful . . . sure to draw in readers.” (<i>Publishers Weekly)</i></b><br>  <br> In <i>Today I Remember</i>, Martin L. Shoemaker—award-winning author of <i>Today I Am Carey</i> and <i>The Last Dance</i>—shares stories written as tributes to the people who inspired him in his life and his writing. <ul><li> A circus acrobat relives tragedy and triumph </li><li> Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest creation exceeds even his vision </li><li> A manager must save a space colony from starvation </li><li> An Alzheimer’s patient and her android caretaker experience life through her delusions </li><li> A girl must keep her father alive after an accident on the Moon </li><li> A Lunar rescue squad races to find a lost transport ship </li><li> A vampire's assistant must help him to face the great detective </li><li> A young man in Nigeria talks with the spirit of the wood </li><li> A dying patient volunteers for an experiment with unforeseen side-effects </li><li> A teacher must teach her students to survive the wreck of their spaceship </li><li> A young law student returns to Haiti to rescue his dead grandfather from the Bokor </li></ul> Each story begins with an explanation of how it came to be and who inspired it. These are some of Martin’s best stories—and best memories.