Alien Dimensions is a space fiction short stories anthology series featuring amazing authors from around the world. Previous issues have featured stories about extraterrestrials, clones, robots and androids, invasion and colonization, cyberpunk and space opera, first contact, genetic manipulation, starship exploration, time travel and more. From seriousness to humorous, high octane to slow burn, from back-story heavy to present tense dialogue-driven adventures, Alien Dimensions explores the future. Enjoy a much more alien experience with Alien Dimensions. This "bumper" issue features: Mining Mercury by Keith 'Doc' Raymond Culture Shock by Gustavo Bondoni The Map the Territory, and a Hard-Won New Data Point re: Fat Charlies by Adrian Simmons Out of Control by Dave Creek Return to Nexus by Tom Howard Downtime at Ranger Station by Mike Adamson Stobor by Robert M. Walton Supernova Chasers by Frank Dumas Allstar Pest Squad: Winning the Interplanetary War on Pests by C W Stevenson Echoes (or The Case of the Smashed Pondu) by Margaret Karmazin In Beauty Sleeping by Allen Ashley Defenders of the Nest by David Castlewitz Blood by M.P. Strayer Selcha's Song by Briag McRae Close Proximity by Lawrence Dagstine The Garden of Vagalants by Nestor Delfino Locals Eat Here by Mord McGhee Stellar Flash: Intermission 2134 by Neil A. Hogan The Greatest and Strangest Question by T. J. Matthews Empty Planet by Elana Gomel Blender Tooth by Mord McGhee Keeper of the Ways by Mike Adamson