David Niall Wilson

The Stargate Atlantis team discover a city on a moon that's about to plunge into its own sun, but the city which looked as if it had been abandoned turns out to be inhabited by descendants of the Ancients who have fallen into decadence and debauchery. Faced with a dissolute society disinterested in their own fate and unable to escape, the team must fight their way free before being plunged into a fiery death.

Contains: [Autopsy room four]( / Stephen King -- Haunted / Charles Grant -- Out there in the darkness / Ed Gorman -- Please help me / Richard Christian Matheson -- The lesser of two evils / Denise M. Bruchman -- Point of intersection / Dominick Cancilla -- Doctor, lawyer, Kansas City Chief / Brent Monahan -- Grandpa's head / Lawrence Watt-Evans -- Lonelyhearts / Esther M. Friesner -- Lighting the corpses / Del Stone Jr. -- Echoes / Cindie Geddes -- Lifeline / Yvonne Navarro -- Blameless / David Niall Wilson -- Deep down there / Clark Perry -- Knacker man / Richard Parks -- So you wann be a hitman / Gary Jonas -- The rug / Edo van Belkom -- Interview with a psycho / Billie Sue Mosiman -- Icewall / William D. Gagliani -- A Southern night / Jane Yolen -- The forgiven / Stephen M. Rainey -- Safe / Gary A. Braunbeck.

When the sensors of the USS Voyager detect abundant plant life on an unexplored planet, Captain Janeway leads an away team in search of fresh food supplies. They find lavish gardens inhabited by an enigmatic alien race that holds the gardens sacred. The fragrant blossoms are beautiful, enticing—and far more dangerous than they appear. One by one, the away team begins to fall into deep comas from which they cannot be revived. Unwilling to spread the affliction to Voyager, the away team is trapped on the planet until a cure can be found, but their investigation is perceived as desecration by the devout worshippers of the gardens. Pursued by a fanatical mob, slowly succumbing to the insidious effects of the blossoms, Janeway faces either a violent death—or an endless sleep.