Terminal Visions

Richard Paul Russo is known for his dark and sinister views of the future and the human spirit. In his first collection of short fiction, Russo presents a wide variety of tales—“More Than Night” and “In the Season of the Rains,” tales of gritty alien encounters, and the ultimate road story, “Just Drive, She Said.” In other stories, the hopelessness of the human condition is examined—on Earth in “Cities in Dust,” in space in “The Open Boat,” and in an alternate reality in “Prayers of a Rain God.” Of the 14 tales, 11 are set on Earth—and Russo’s Earth can be far more alien than other worlds.

Contents:
• Introduction (Terminal Visions) • essay by Karen Joy Fowler
• Listen to My Heartbeat • (1988) • short story
• Just Drive, She Said • (1992) • short story
• In the Season of the Rains • (1987) • short story
• The Open Boat • (1991) • short story
• Lunar Triptych: Embracing the Night • (1989) • short story
• Celebrate the Bullet • (1991) • novelette
• Watching Lear Dream • (1999) • short story
• Telescope, Saxophone and the Pilot’s Death • (1989) • short story
• Cities in Dust • (1990) • short story
• Liz and Diego • (1990) • novelette
• No Place Any More • (1990) • short story
• Prayers of a Rain God • (1987) • short story
• More Than Night • (1989) • novella
• View from Above • (1990) • short story