Notes: Partial contents only, as there's non-genre stuff too. "A few of these stories have been published elsewhere. "Abba's Mark" was published in 1998 by Design-Image Group in a vampire anthology called The Darkest Thirst. "Engineering Beauty" won a prize in eternity.com's Price of Technology contest in 1999. "Dancing with the Shadow" appeared on-line at Dark Planet (http://www.sfsite.com/darkplanet) in 2000. "The Intercessor" was presented in its original form in Don't Forget To Write: A Guide to Building and Maintaining a Lasting Writers Group, published by Xlibris in 2000, a joint venture by the 6' Ferrets Writers' Group, edited by D.M. Rosner." [info from xlibris.com page for this book]