Today I Remember

From a Nebula Award–nominated author, "insight and imagination infuse the stories of this eclectic collection. . . . Powerful . . . sure to draw in readers." (Publishers Weekly)

 


In Today I Remember, Martin L. Shoemaker—award-winning author of Today I Am Carey and The Last Dance—shares stories written as tributes to the people who inspired him in his life and his writing.
A circus acrobat relives tragedy and triumphLeonardo da Vinci's greatest creation exceeds even his visionA manager must save a space colony from starvationAn Alzheimer's patient and her android caretaker experience life through her delusionsA girl must keep her father alive after an accident on the MoonA Lunar rescue squad races to find a lost transport shipA vampire's assistant must help him to face the great detectiveA young man in Nigeria talks with the spirit of the woodA dying patient volunteers for an experiment with unforeseen side-effectsA teacher must teach her students to survive the wreck of their spaceshipA young law student returns to Haiti to rescue his dead grandfather from the Bokor Each story begins with an explanation of how it came to be and who inspired it. These are some of Martin's best stories—and best memories.