Winter's Dreams
by Glen Cook
The fourteen standalone stories in Winter’s Dreams range in length from vignettes (“Appointment in Samarkand”) to novellas (“In the Wind”).
In the near future America of “Song from a Forgotten Hill,” the nations’ tragic racial history replays itself.
“The Seventh Fool” recounts the misadventures of a con man who outsmarts both his target—and himself.
“The Waiting Sea” encapsulates the life history of a navy veteran haunted by the sea—and by the faceless voices only he can hear.
In “Ponce,” a poverty stricken St. Louis family encounters a mysterious blue-eyed dog—a dog that serves as a conduit to the undisclosed secrets of the universe.
“The Recruiter” presents a portrait of an ultra-violent future and asks the question: How far will a man go in order to survive?
2 editions available
Editions
The fourteen standalone stories in Winter’s Dreams range in length from vignettes (“Appointment in Samarkand”) to novellas (“In the Wind”). In the near future America of “Song from a Forgotten Hill,” the nations’ tragic racial history replays itself. “The Seventh Fool” recounts the misadventures of a con man who outsmarts both his target—and himself. “The Waiting Sea” encapsulates the life history of a navy veteran haunted by the sea—and by the faceless voices only he can hear. In “Ponce,” a poverty stricken St. Louis family encounters a mysterious blue-eyed dog—a dog that serves as a conduit to the undisclosed secrets of the universe. “The Recruiter” presents a portrait of an ultra-violent future and asks the question: How far will a man go in order to survive?