Aum. City of Gates. The Lost City. The Cursed City. Come to Aum, where anything can be bought. Come ready to bargain for love, for power, for dreams. Just remember, the price must always be paid. Included in this collection of fantasy short stories: The Collector of Delinquent Accounts; The Incomplete Reliquary; Shing of the Bridge Folk; The Yellow Play; Cure for the Plague; The Face of the Messenger; Black Orchids from Aum; A King Comes to Aum; The Reed from Hell; Forgotten Woman; While Waiting for Evening; A Piper in the Necropolis; Dying Fires; The Sea in Silence