World of Dew and Other Stories

Julian Mortimer Smith is a writer of speculative fiction. His short stories have appeared in many of the world's top science fiction and fantasy venues, including Asimov's, Lightspeed, Terraform, and Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. He lives in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Acknowledgments1. Come-from-Aways2. The World of Dew3. Barb-the-Bomb and the Yesterday Boy4. The Fumblers Alley Risk Emporium5. The Mugger's Hymn6. The Washerwoman and the Troll7. Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine8. Joey LeRath's Rocketship9. The Visible Spectrum10. Headshot11. Anxiety Boy and the Confidence Men12. Hospice13. The Monster14. Practice15. Foundation16. Keeping It Real17. An Oral History of the City Beneath18. The Surface of the Moon

"A dazzlingly imaginative and deftly crafted collection that runs the gamut of speculative fiction. The fresh, surprising worlds created in The World of Dew and Other Stories linger in the mind long after the covers have been closed."—Michelle Pretorius, author of The Monster's Daughter"Julian Mortimer Smith's The World of Dew and Other Stories enchants, delights, and terrifies, whether conjuring a violin that stops time, a gambling hall of impossible wonders, or an anxiety disorder so profound it has the potential to stop nuclear annihilation. Smith writes with crackling wit, tender emotion, and a knack for concocting complex moral quandaries that will stick with you long after the last page."—Anca L. Szilágyi, author of Daughters of the Air"Julian Smith's first collection is a box of umpteen delights: startling, magical, tender-hearted stories, from an imagination that seems endless. I was spellbound."—Sean Michaels, Giller Award-winning author of Us Conductors"The uniquely visualized tales of The World of Dew and Other Stories place traditional human struggles with mortality, love, and belonging into a panoply of new worlds."—Michele Sharpe, Foreword"Smith's enjoyable debut collection brings together 18 science fiction and fantasy stories, though the fantasy far outshines the sci-fi. . . . Fantasy lovers should seek this out."—Publishers Weekly