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CONTENTS:
Introduction
Complications
Alternate Worlds
The Flowers of the Forest
Layers of Meaning
The Oedipus Effect
Sortilege and Serendipity
Skinned Alive
Taken for a Ride
Virtuous Reality
Wildland

Published by Cosmos Books in October 2003
ISBN: 1587154110 (hardback); 1587154129 (paperback)
Cover Art by Juha Lindroos

Review by Ian Braidwood

This collection is not as tightly themed as Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution. Only Skinned Alive is mainly concerned with biotechnology, so the range of topics is much wider: The Oedipus Effect, Sortilege and Serendipity are concerned with the paranormal. Alternate Worlds and Taken for a Ride consider interaction between alternative universes.

Given Brian's reservoir of uncollected short stories, it would be remarkable indeed if this collection wasn't a strong one. Personal favourites are: The Oedipus Effect, Complications, Wildland and, Sortilege and Serendipity.