Tales From Across Space

Tales from Across Space collects five stories from fantasy and science fiction writer Kate MacLeod:The science fiction novelette "Required to Assist, " a mystery set on board a colony ship, where one woman alone is woken by the ship's droids to solve a murder."Sword and Tattoo, " a fantasy short story where a stranger stumbles into a hidden town. He brings danger with him, but the people of the town just might be more dangerous still.
The science fiction short story "Being Neighborly", a light-hearted tale of a human family homesteading on a world side by side with a very alien people."Tumbling Up", a science fiction short story about a group of diplomats attempting to negotiate a peace with an aquatic alien species."Death Spiral", a science fiction mystery where a security officer must solve a murder and keep a strange species of aliens calm at the same time.