Defining Moments is the award-nominated collection by author David Niall Wilson. This book collects a lot of stories written over a lot of years. It was first published by Welsh publisher Sarob Press. Defining Moments was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award as a collection. The story "The Gentle Brush of Wings" first published in this collection, WON the Bram Stoker Award for short fiction. The collection was originally issued in only limited and lettered states, and is long sold out. Copies go in excess of fifty dollars apiece.

Contents:

Preface by David Niall Wilson.
Defining Moments
The Lost Wisdom of Instinct
For These Things I Am Truly Thankful
Cockroach Suckers
More Than Words
The Call of Farther Shores
Bloody Knife and Morning Star
The Gentle Brush of Wings
The Death-Sweet Scent of Lilies
To Dream of Scheherazade
A Taste of Blood and Roses
The Milk of Paradise
’Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky*

All previously published stories have been newly revised by the author for this collection. *Previously Unpublished.