Chambers of the Heart: speculative stories

A heart that's a building, a dog that's a program, a woman who's sinking irretrievably - stories about love, loss, and movement. A collection of speculative stories from author and editor B. Morris Allen. Contents: Chambers of the Heart - when someone else's heart is your home; Building on Sand - your own child or the child that needs you now?; Blush - when everyone else wears a mask, what's it like to bare your face?; Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon - magic, music, and ... buffalo?; Fetch - she may be a simulation, but out on the edge, she's one man's best friend; The Humblebract Expedition - a play date for a dying child can only end in tragedy, right?; When Dooryards First in the Lilac Bloomed - a doorway to opportunity and change, if only they can understand it; Some Sun and Delilah - a sunny island, an abandoned temple, and ? truth?; Crying in the Salt House - the house is built from tears, or so they say; Full of Stars - jar half empty, jar half full; Memory and Faded Ink - the aliens are perfectly human ... and just as flawed; Fountainhead - arranged pairings never work, especially with different species; Adaptations to Coastal Erosion - what do you do when your spouse just sinks away, literally?; Outburst - Earth is dead, and the one remaining orbital can't be saved, can it?; The Irrigation Ditch - they came to hide, but didn't realize it was from each other; Dragons I Have Slain - take hope where you find it. Art by Bonnie Leeman.