OF GODS AND GLOBES, the award-winning anthology, returns with over 20 speculative stories based on the world’s astronomical myths. Given that we know that the moon holds sway over the ocean tides, and the almost universal testimony of the effect of a full moon on people, it seems plausible that there are planetary effects that are more mysterious than we have discovered.

Does a bias against seeming superstitious or appearing to descend to horoscope folly cause the scientific community to leave such questions less explored than they should be?After all, our words "influence" and "lunacy," not to mention the names of the days of our week, remind us that this belief has a strange staying power. Science has a very different view of energy than when astrology was rejected, so maybe it is possible to study our relationship to the cosmos in a way that avoids the pseudoscience but answers our lingering questions, like the impact of the moon on hospitals? What we don't know about such things could and does fill many books.

But even Disney continues to invite us to wish upon a star. What there is to that idea scientifically we don't yet know, but anthropologically there's something profound at work.

Maybe we need a branch of psychology devoted to the symphony of the spheres?Or maybe we need Of Gods and Globes III to speculate on the connection with fantasy and sci fi stories?Works in the collection include these contributions by the following authors:Twins by Juliet MarillierDeath In Venus by Chris EdwardsSearching for the Door into Death by Michaele JordanThe Mistress of the Labyrinth by Donna J. W.

MunroWe Have No Spare Parts by Andrew NajbergWar on Brihaspati Graha by Shashi KadapaA Cup of Justice by Teel James GlennAlfa Romeo by Victory WitherkeighUnchained by Helen VennMazzaroth Falls by F. C.

ShultzIgnition by Dan HenriksenAcross Saturn Rose by Anthony G. CirillaAll Bright Things by Evangeline GiaconiaCharon by Chuck BoeheimThe Perseid by Benjamin ChandlerThe Legend of Johnny Comet by Benjamin BrinksWinding Ways by Emily MunroRetrograde by Artemis CrowHer Secret Face by Carol RylesJumping at ‘The Labyrinth’ by Gordon LinznerThe Visions of a Single Eye by Gabriel KellmanMars and Venus by Zoe KaplanTHE DELPHIC ORACLE Metaphysical Insurance Claim 0075Aby Lancelot Schaubert & Alexander Sirkman.