Brian Herbert

Kobo Edition – 2016

WordFire Press
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ISBN: 978-1-61475-384-1

Copyright © 2016 by DreamStar, Inc.
“Two Heads and One Fat Pig” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. previously unpublished.
“Earth Games” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. previously unpublished.
“The Stakeout” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. previously unpublished.
“The Egg and the Dragon” © 2005 by DreamStar, Inc., part of a round-robin novel The Omega Egg edited by Mike Resnick, published online by Fictionwise.com 2005.
“The Great Steam Time Machine” © 2012 by DreamStar, Inc. and Bruce
Taylor, previously published in Resurrection Engines, Scott Harrison, ed.
“Death of the Internet: Under Burning Skies” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc.
and Bruce Taylor, previously unpublished.
“The Bone Woman” © 1994 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously published in Dark Destiny, Edward E. Kramer, ed.
“The Contract” © 1995 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously published in Forbidden Acts, Nancy A. Collins and Edward E. Kramer, eds.
“Dropoff” © 1995 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously published in Dante’s Disciples, Peter Crowther and Edward E. Kramer, eds.
“Blood Month” © 1995 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously published in Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate, Edward E. Kramer, ed.
“Raiders from the Ghost World” © 1996 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards, previously published in Pawn of Chaos, Edward E. Kramer, ed.
“The McElvoy File” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously unpublished.
“Santaphobia” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously unpublished.
“Caveat Emptor” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously unpublished.
“The Norre Fen Murders” © 2015 by DreamStar, Inc. and the Estate of Marie Landis-Edwards,
previously unpublished.

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