Fifteen stories of ordinary lives that take fantastic turns Robert never quite feels at home with Cassie's family, a gang of eccentrics including a reptile smuggler, a worshipper of Osiris, and an old woman who believes her photographs can see into the future. When he breaks up with Cassie, she is so upset that she gives him the most terrible thing she can offer: an envelope of her grandmother's photos, which show in detail the path that Robert's life will take. At first, this vision of the future gives him strength-but soon it becomes a prison on glossy paper. Nominated for several major awards, "Cassandra's Photographs" demonstrates all the power of Lisa Goldstein's imagination. Whether she is writing about shape-shifting aliens or kind-hearted ghosts, Goldstein's fantasies remain grounded in reality, supported by the kind of crystalline prose that takes a lifetime to master.
"The 15 stories that make up this collection of short fiction . . . by one of the genre's most inventive writers demonstrate the working of a subtle mind and a gifted imagination."
Library Journal
"Told in a quiet, easy tone, these stories carry a powerful emotional charge. They leave one with a sense of strangeness and completion, of real travel, of real magic."
Locus
"The most important short-story collection I've seen this year . . . displays an imposing array of talents."
