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Kevin Kershaw is on the achy side of fifty, divorced, and spends his days processing insurance claims. It’s a far cry from the wondrous future he imagined as a teenager. Then, one random day, as Kevin drifts through his joyless existence, he stumbles upon a shop that defies belief—possibly the last remaining video shop in England. He eventually ventures in and meets the enigmatic shopkeeper, who presents Kevin with a VHS tape.

In Mustard Seed they discover a massive underground complex stretching through miles of ancient lava tubes, and Mister Frostie grows up in a familiar, almost mythical mid-century small town with parks and stores and movie theatres and schools, even a miniature golf course. It's a time capsule full of people meant to preserve a tiny seed of the human experiment—just in case the human experiment blows up in the lab.

Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.

I used to be the greatest Earth Mage in my world. The head of the entire Order of Architects. But the older you get, the more you come to realize that at some point, you need to retire, so that you can have the chance to enjoy a peaceful life and to cede your place to the young, some of whom have already turned two thousand years old . . .So that's what I did. But I failed to account for one thing: during the course of my long life, I'd accumulated too many enemies, and they had decided to spoil my retirement. So they died along with me. And I hope their deaths were final. But mine was not!

Halycon Sage is back! As the eccentric citizens of Dry Creek Gulch happily organize a peaceful, post-technological society, big sparkly blue Squidren are rapidly approaching Earth! These telepathic, time-traveling, dimension-hopping Squids have plans for us-as do the suddenly sentient Nanobots...

Join Halycon Sage, founder of the Post-Modernist Minimalist Neo-Symbolist Pseudo-Realist School of Literature, as he slaloms through time, space, and multiple dimensions, all tangled up in a multiverse-spanning ball of yarn. The Squidren are back, along with many new characters. Will lawyer...

Halycon Sage, founder of the Post-Modernist Minimalist Neo-Symbolist Pseudo-Realist School of Literature, has voluntarily disappeared. He is hoping to save the world but is also fleeing the Mail Pile. Sage, a person of mystery who may be a Native American male, meets some odd characters...

Jax hates stools. He hates counters that are chest-high. But mostly, he hates not getting paid. Captain Jax is a pilot with a Napoleon complex and a corvette held together by duct tape and lizard spit. He’s five-foot-six of pure spite in a galaxy built for giants. When a slime-mold broker offers him a retirement-level payday to transport a "biological sample" to the edge of the Drift, Jax doesn’t ask questions. He just wants the credits.

Totally feathered up and living on the dub side... Take a trip in a stranger’s head. Travel rain-shot streets with a gang of hip malcontents, hooked on the most powerful drug you can imagine. Yet Vurt feathers are not for the weak. As the mysterious Game Cat says, ‘Be careful, be very...

Civilization is spiraling. Democracy’s on its last legs. And somewhere just outside of Area 51, an alien named Alexi is trying to escape Earth’s bureaucratic nightmare—with help from a very enthusiastic human scientist named Toby. The Advanced Guide to Self-Destruction is a satirical sci-fi rollercoaster that blends political theory, cosmic absurdity, and biting humor. When Earth becomes too stupid for its own good, one alien must navigate quarantine zones, incompetently evil administrations, and spaceport paperwork just to get the hell out.

Rob Morgan, a network engineer from that sprawling metropolis called Omaha, Nebraska, is going about his jaded, everyday life until a group of men in black suits yanks him from his best friend’s wedding and drops him into a totally-not-government-wink-wink black-site defense project. One accidental misstep later into a wormhole, he ends up in the year 1700 during the Golden Age of Piracy, finding himself thrust into a world of cannon fire, sword fights, treasure maps, and men in serious need of better hygiene.

The team is back for more tales of friendship, action, and karate justice! This time on Morphinizin' Chroma Corps, the cruel galactic overlord known as Lord Evilface (pronounced Evil Fah-Chay) has been defeated, and Tanya, Jason's evil ex-girlfriend, is out of the picture. But our rangers just can't catch a break! Jason and the gang have been tasked to find a new host for the Gold Chroma Crystal before their new enemies can get their hands on it. Are you thinking what Jason's thinking? Time for a karate tournament to decide who's the most worthy!

A Deadly World Awaits. The Bwetnibs consider Proxima Centauri b a vacation spot. Predators with toxic venom? What's not to like? Buddy is happy to bring his friends along. Anthony Bell is the first person to walk on an extraplanetary biome. The local fauna is unimpressed, though he does look delicious. Proxima Station Saga, Book Two

Hey, bud. It's Captain Rusty, gearin' up to haul a load of space freight through the Vorn Abyss. Sounds like a heavy-metal band, but it's a patch of space with wonky gravity, where your ship gets pulled in more directions than a dog walker at a squirrel convention. It's gonna be a heck of a ride, but our old rig can handle it. Probably. Me and Piper are ready to kick off our honeymoon as soon as we get back, but Murphy is always watching, and the universe has a way of rearranging your plans faster than a tornado rearranges a trailer park.

Jeff leaves behind both a scandal-plagued venture capitalist career along with his estranged wife as he sets out to find out more about his deceased brother. He discovers more than he bargained for as he digs deep into his brother’s involvement in a secret government flying saucer program at a mysterious lab in Pasadena… which just so happens to be a distance driver’s throw to a disc golf course where a sultry Swedish hustler rules the holes.

Carrie Hatchett’s been a dog walker, ice cream seller and birthdaygram girl—the clean kind. All she wants is a proper job. But Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer isn’t what she had in mind. And neither is saving the galaxy.

In the surreal academic landscape of Tumbarumba, history professor Stella Pontifex discovers that grease is not merely a culinary byproduct but a metaphysical archive of human memory. As the world suffers from “The Great Sizzle” and a subsequent “thinning” of reality known as attenuation, Stella is contacted by the spirits of legendary Grease Prophets like Frank and Glen. These apparitions warn her that corporate interests and a fanatical cult, the Way of Dryness, are draining the universe of its viscosity and historical depth.

It’s 1990, and Leo Sanford has just been expelled from Central Baptist University for creating an explicit topiary of the female figure using a push mower on the front lawn of the quad. After a humiliating ride back to his hometown of Westshore, Michigan, his father suggests Leo join him as a traveling clothing salesman. As partners, they could travel around the Midwest in their wood-paneled station wagon with the mannequins, sporting the latest fashions, as backseat passengers. Instead, Leo opts for an entry level job at All the Hits Video Rental.

Herc Tom remains under suspicion following the escape of his clone with Colonel Tulin. Even his fighter Shadow has abandoned him to take up with the fugitives. To make matters worse, they seem to have gone to the dogs–the empire’s most recent nemesis. Herc knows that he should be the one to stop these Turncats from whatever mischief they plan; he could save the empire once again, but no one trusts him, including Emperor Octavio. Well, as has happened before, it is better to forego purrmission in favor of asking forgiveness later. Or so he hopes.

My Fair Planet and Other Stories is part of the Evelyn E. Smith series of science fiction works by the iconic author.