A fascistic government's capital punishment extends beyond death. Intellectually superior aliens from a doomed world choose Earth's dogs as their new vessels. Not-quite-human beings on an Earth laid waste by biological warfare continue to fight an enemy which has long been annihilated. These and other possible futures may be found in this collection, which includes A Thousand Deaths, Clap Hands and Sing, Dogwalker, But We Try Not to Act like It, I Put My Blue Genes On, In the Doghouse, and The Originist.
