Conscientious Inconsistencies

&quote;Break all rules, including these.&quote; So advises one of the stories in this reprint collection. These stories jump — conscientiously — from a homage to Alexandre Dumas to an action-packed adventure set in the near future. There's also an epic fantasy or space opera — take your pick — told in aphorisms, a contemplation on death, and a tale of what happens when walls begin to divide a place. As Lyndon Perry wrote of the now-out-of print PS Publishing hardcover edition, &quote;Moore's style rises above a particular perspective and stands on its own as quality short fiction.&quote;