Emperor's Golden Carp and Other Stories

This remarkable collection of fantasy scifi stories begins with A secret trek into the ancient capital of an enslaved nation... A hermaphroditic visitor from another planet, forced to choose... An artist who doesn't cure people... Two half-crazy inmates who are just looking for a good time and have never set out to change the face of anything... It continues with A planet where slavery thrives, met by a freedom-loving researcher... An Egyptian noblewoman and a revolution... A shipwrecked herbalist who finds her own cure... A mesmerizing voice, and a batch of genius crepes... An improbable search for an ancient Martian artifact... ...And the ending? These are tales to savor. Warning: you may hate to see them end.20 unusual short stories for fans of fantasy and scifi, or for fans of the unusual.