Beyond World's End

<p><strong>Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know.</strong></p><p><em>This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes:</em></p><p><strong>The Manchurian Paradox</strong><br>We have met our timeline's enemy and he is us.</p><p><strong>A Fatal Rebirth</strong><br>Nothing in this world should live forever-not even civilization itself.</p><p><strong>The Final Turning</strong><br>This is how the world ends: not with a bang but with a whimper-thanks to me.</p><p><strong>The New Covenant</strong><br>To restore a fallen America an ancient and terrible covenant must be renewed.</p><p><strong>Hearken and Behold (by J.M. Wight)</strong><br>Hearken oh ye hypocrites and behold the desolation that is already come upon you!</p><p><strong>The End of Elysium</strong><br>For the promise of paradise the last civilization will surrender to the apocalypse.</p><p><strong>The Promise of King Washington</strong><br>When the aliens came it wasn't a military invasion: it was an economic one.<br>(Again Hazardous Imaginings December 2020)</p><p><strong>Lord of the Slaves</strong><br>Everyone secretly wants to be a slave. Those who deny it simply haven't found the right master.</p><p><strong>The Other Side of Reality</strong><br>What if your future self came back to give you advice and all it did was confuse you?</p><p><strong>Schrödinger's Diaper</strong><br>Stays clean and dry until you're free to change it! ...except not quite.<br>(Bards and Sages Quarterly April 2022)</p><p><strong>Two Hours Ago</strong><br>A time machine without paradoxes so long as it's not abused.</p><p><strong>Welcome to Our Crazy Family</strong><br>Two genderqueer lesbians and a tranny have a rebellious daughter who does the unthinkable and decides to marry a Christian.</p>