* * * * contents introduction local event ( complete story from forgotten tomorrows ) a bag of sugar ( complete new story ) survival ( except from biome ) one last shot ( complete new story ) sudden collision ( except from residuum ) full moon ( excerpt from the billows ) borova nightfall ( complete story from forgotten tomorrows ) old house in the flap of the wind ( excerpt from the music of the rending of the night ) * * * * introduction this sampler contains four complete stories , two of them currently unavailable elsewhere , and excerpts from four of my novels .