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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Not Quite the End of the World Just Yet
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'The twelve stories in this collection touch upon science fiction, horror, and fantasy, but all see people brush against the sublime and discover who they truly are. In “One Saturday Night, With Angel,” a young man staffing a convenience store frets as angels hunt his customers. In “Say Zucchini, and Mean It,” the world is overrun by a plague that robs us of three very important words. In “Clockwork, Patchwork, and Raven,” a clockwork man dreams of a fairy-tale ending while trying to protect those he loves from a dangerous gang of genetically engineered crow boys. In “Dying Young,” the psychic son of a lawman must re-evaluate the deals he makes in order to keep his town safe from cybernetic marauders and a dragon seeking justice.

'Mimes, aliens, and kaiju that only fifty percent of the population can see. Invaders from beyond the stars, empaths on the run, and Astronomer’s Royal of England. These are just some of the characters you’ll meet in the strange futures presented in this collection, but always grounded in the very human strengths and frailties.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Includes the following stories:

    • One Saturday Night, With Angel
    • To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer's Lament
    • The Last Thing Said Before Silence
    • The Girl In The Next Room Is Crying Again
    • Say Zucchini, and Mean It
    • Clockwork, Patchwork, and Raven
    • 52 Pick-Up (new to collection)
    • Memories of Chalice
    • From Tuesday to Tuesday
    • Inside An Egg, Inside A Duck  (new to collection)
    • Visitors
    • Dying Young

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Brain Jar Press , 2018 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 216p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 31 May 2018.

      ISBN: 9780648176121
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