A series of five tales, told by a synthetic narrator, centuries after humans have died out. Some deform myths and legends that have been found in scattered records that these post-human beings, who feel they have been abandoned by humans, have found. Others attempt to transform things that have happened into new fables and myths that they can live by. Above all, they remain obsessed with the idea of children, which are a very different thing for these beings than they were for humans in ways they don't fully understand. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. BRIAN EVENSON is the author of a dozen books, most recently the story collection The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell (2021). His penultimate collection, Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019), won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Ray Bradbury Prize. Other recent books include A Collapse of Horses (2016) and The Warren (2016). His novel Last Days won the ALA-RUSA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild (IHG) Award. His 2003 collection The Wavering Knife won the IHG Award. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and a Guggenheim Award. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at CalArts

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