Firestorm

<h4>If you obsess over <em>FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON</em> you will love the twenty-three sci fi stories in this collection. Each tale examines some aspect of the human condition sometimes dark and dystopian sometimes optimistic but always thought-provoking.</h4><p>If you enjoy time travel try <strong><em>Neverland through the Looking Glass</em></strong> <strong><em>The Self-Murder Solution</em></strong> or <strong><em>One Million Years in a Day.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Self-Murder Solution</em></strong> describes a suicide crisis a few hundred years in the future from the point of view of a contemporary woman who tries to kill herself.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong><em>One Million Years in a Day</em></strong> an up-close survey of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy goes awry.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong><em>Neverland through the Looking Glass</em></strong> just about everything that can go wrong does and the culpable scientific and military people try to undo the damage within a narrow window of opportunity.</p><p><br></p><p>The stories featuring trans characters are: <strong><em>Informed Consent</em></strong> <strong><em>Yes Dear Breast Cancer can Kill a Trans Woman</em></strong> and <strong><em>The Gender Blender</em></strong>. The author is a male-to-female transsexual and these stories are drawn from her experience as an early transitioned (1974) trans woman.</p><p><br></p><p>Dystopian stories include <strong><em>Ride the Snake</em></strong> <strong><em>Maiden Voyage of the Fearless</em></strong> and <strong><em>The Black Hole: A Tale for Men and Women Who Aren't Trying to Kill Feminism.</em></strong> <strong><em>Ride the Snake</em></strong> describes a golden future. <em></em><strong><em>The Maiden Voyage </em></strong>focuses on a miracle cure for anxieties of all kinds. <strong><em>Black Hole</em></strong> is about the status of women in this world and our future world.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Cold Waters of Europa</em></strong> (a recreational diving expedition goes wrong with the help of eco-terrorists) <strong><em>Helping Hand</em></strong> (a stranded astronaut proves that she is seriously tough) or <strong><em>Raptures of the Deep</em></strong> (what could possibly turn sideways when exploring the Mariana Trench?) are hard sci fi.</p><p>If you want a little humor there are <strong><em>Growing Up Human</em></strong>  <strong><em>The Mimic</em></strong> (one character accuses the other of being an alien and vice versa) or <strong><em>Aliens Anonymous</em></strong> (a quasi-twelve-step program for alien abductees). <strong><em>Electro Genesis</em></strong> is about a woman who survives an electric jolt to the brain. And in <strong><em>Center of the Universe</em></strong> astronomers begin to worry when all the stars dim.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong><em>The Predator Trap</em></strong> an entomology student solves a missing-person mystery and discovers a new species. <strong><em>Crime Warp</em></strong> mixes science fiction and fantasy when a junior professor discovers that worldwide crime rates are falling. <strong><em>Death After Dying</em></strong> takes a look at the possibility of post-mortem brain waves and quasi-life-after-death experiences. And <strong><em>The Final Launch</em></strong> centers on an Air Force Colonel who will stop at nothing to launch her missile. <strong><em>The Conservationist Hunter</em></strong> is an adult fairy tale about big-game hunting on a lush alien planet.</p>