''Songs of Stars and Shadows'' is the second

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

collection by author

George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...

. The collection was first published by

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on July 1, 1977, and contains nine short stories. The cover of the book was painted by Edward Soyka, based on the story, This Tower of Ashes.

# "This Tower of Ashes" (1976) # "Patrick Henry, Jupiter, and the Little Red Brick Spaceship" (1976) # "Men of Greywater Station" (1976) # "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" (1976) # "Night of the Vampyres" (1975) # "The Runners" (1975) # "Night Shift" (1973) # "...For a Single Yesterday" (1975) # "And Seven Times Never Kill Man" (1975), novelette

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