Chapter Seventy-Three: Fire Watch

This is a collection of Connie Willis's short stories, most of which precede her novels.  The stories here are much more disturbing than the novels by her that I've read; indeed, most of the stories were just a bit too disquieting for my taste, though they definitely held my interest.  My favorite stories from the collection are the titular "Fire Watch," which is an early idea of her time-traveling premise, "And They Came from Miles Around," which is sort of mystical and ambiguous, and "Blued Moon," which is cute and clever and punny.  Most are hard-core sci-fi or fantasy, so I wouldn't recommend this book if you're not into those genres and if you don't have a taste for the strange and disturbing.