Fractured Realities redefines Science Fiction and Fantasy, collecting the best works of an author in his prime into a single volume for the first time ever. In this tome you will find stories of cyberpunk, alien invasion, strange infections, and stories of himanity's very end.
In Sounds for Crustaceans, originally published in Fantasy Magazine, the protagonist discovers they are turning into a crab and seeks acceptance and understanding from their partner in a painful story about finding ourselves and treating the world with kindness.
In Hard Memory, our protagonist is a detective in search of a hacker who spreads depression throughout the city with electrical emotional manipulation, but finds something much darker in the process.
In Mycelium Dreams, the sole survivor of a shuttle's alien fungal infection converses with the thing which killed his crew and tries to understand the motivations of something which has a different understanding of life itself.
In Spill-Free and Sparkling, a shipboard cleaning system deals with a dire situation while unaware of the realities facing the crew, all in the name of perfect cleanliness.
In A Golem Made of You, our protagonist encounters failure, disgust, and desire as a parasite overtakes his ship, leading him to question his humanity and the unbearable burden of loneliness.
In Aspiration Extermination, we view a robot apocalypse through the optics of the mundane and the workers who clear the earth of humanity, despite the tedium of the task.
To the Plains of Etherea is the story of an adventurer facing the loss of his companion who has been by his side through all of their struggles. It's a heart-rending tale of perseverance and deepest caring.
Interview with Julie Fairweather, Star of Lawnmower Hands, is a story of utmost decadence in the form of a magazine interview, shining a light on the depravity that hides in ignoring the truth.
Their Hands Will Carry You Home asks what we would be willing to give for the return of the one we love, and how much sacrifice is too much.
The stories in this collection are all interspersed with tiny drabbles - stories themselves in small, 100-word snippets.
Inside you will find: Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common
Hard Memory
Reflection
Fancy and Fish Hearts
I Grow
Sounds for Crustaceans
Memory and Steel
Hope for Enthos
The Psychic Fish Hates You
The Legend of Johnny C
To the Water Goes My Pain
Mycelium Dreams
To Fly on Gentle Wings
Bone and Acid and Rushing Waves
A Mark Deeper Than Flesh
Spill-Free and Sparkling
His Monstrous Cloaca
A Golem Made of You
By Moonlight Guided
Containment
The Devil's in the Details
Aspiration Extermination
My Ship to the Depths
The Locked Prophet
The Oathtaker, Servant of Draghtai the Undying
A Mind Not My Own
Not Good Enough
With Hands Unstilled
For You I Return
To the Plains of Etherea
An Itemized List of Charitable Contributions
With Dreams in Her Hair
Interview with Julie Fairweather, Star of Lawnmower Hands
A Drink to Return to the Sea
How to Build a Sexbot to Love and Cherish You
Their Hands Will Carry You Home
And Two Shall Take Its Place
To Worlds Within
Your Robot Horoscope for the Day of Reclamation
Unfleshed
Vessel
Witness for the Dead
Ships Rise over Apple Valley
Sweet Words from Acid Lips
And much more
