Czerneda, Julie E. (ed) - Under Cover of Darkness / Чернеда, Джулия (ред) - Под покровом тьмы [2007, epub, ENG]

The Scoria novelette by Doranna Durgin The Gatherers' Guild short story by Larry Niven Kyri's Gauntlet short story by Darwin A. Garrison Falling Like the Gentle Rain short story by Nick Pollotta The Things Everyone Knows novelette by Tanya Huff The Invisible Order novelette by Paul Crilley Borrowed Time / Время взаймы short story by Stephen Kotowych Shadow of the Scimitar novelette by Janet Pack (as by Janet Deaver-Pack) The Good Samaritan novelette by Amanda Bloss Maloney Seeking the Master short story by Esther M. Friesner When I Look to the Sky novelette by Russell Davis The Sundering Star short story by Janny Wurts The Exile's Path novelette by Jihane Noskateb The Dancer at the Red Door novelette by Douglas Smith

FROM A FEW hundred feet up in the moonless Northern California night, the restaurant was invisible. A redwood forest ran up a mountain, with no work of humanity in sight. I followed the pale light of my GPS indicator down, trusting it knew what it was doing. I’m a Gatherer, but my branch is Sales Tax. I’d never yet seen Gregor’s, a favorite hangout of the IRS elite. A shadowy mass sank past me, too fast, no lights. I veered, not bothering to curse. Too many idiots already fly cars. I dread the day taxpayers find out they can fly. Flight belts are much safer for the people below—but several hundred million flying taxpayers would still be too dangerous, and Jeez, what if they got cars? . . .