Award-winning Speculative Fiction from the author of Carpathians.

A collection of thirteen stories awaits within these pages, ranging from hard science fiction to magic realism, with a dash of weird and a bit of humor thrown in as well.

Contents

An Occurrence at Owlskirk: Part science fiction colonization and part metafictional riff on the American classic "An Occurrence at Owls Creek Bridge". Winner of the Parsec speculative fiction contest.

Perchance to A brooding reflection on our collective desire as humans to cheat death.

Habitat for Inhumanity: Vampires! Werewolves! Murder! And a disgruntled police lieutenant trying to make sense of it all.

Sibling Rivalry: A fantasy tale about the children of a sorceress, with a dark twist.

Return to Moreau: A transhumanist story set in not-so-very-far future Madagascar.

One Let A semi-autobiographical piece about the journey from childhood to adulthood, with a very magical fish.

Other stories include a xeno-archaeological heist, undead at war on Mars, and the tale of a foolish graduate student desperate to change his luck.

Includes three short stories and a novella never before in print.