With Where Worlds Collide II, the second volume of Rob Shelsky's dark SF stories, we pick up where the first volume ended. Included in this anthology is a novella, An Imperial Death. This intricately wrought tale could be called space opera, but is also much more Along with this piece are dark SF stories, a dark fantasy about a spirit elemental, an Indiana Jones-style tale of treasure hunting gone terribly awry, a dark, "Lovecraftian" style short story, and more These stories will grip the reader and make them wonder.