New Ceres Nights

New Ceres, a planet in the outer colonies, embraced the Age of Enlightenment nearly two hundred years ago and refused to let go. Refugees and opportunists come to New Ceres in search of new lives, escaping the conflict of the interstellar war that has already devastated Earth. New Ceres Nights presents thirteen exciting stories of rebellion, debauchery, decadence, subterfuge and murder, set against the backdrop of powdered wigs, coffee houses, balls and duels. DebutanteDirk Flinthart The Widow's Seven CandlesThoraiya Dyer Code DuelloJ.C. Hay Murder in LaochanAliette de Bodard Tontine MaryKaaron Warren Fair Trade Stephen Dedman A Troublesome Day for Jacky MidnightMatthew Farrer Prosperine When It SizzlesTansy Rayner Roberts Candle to the DevilSue Isle Blessed Are The Dead That The Rain Falls UponMartin Livings The Sharp ShooterSylvia Kelso Smuggler's MoonLee Battersby The Piece of Ice in Miss Windermere's HeartAngela Slatter