Fractured Realities

<p><strong>Fractured Realities </strong>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.</p><p> </p><p>In <strong>Sounds for Crustaceans</strong> 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.</p><p> </p><p>In <strong>Hard Memory</strong> 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.</p><p> </p><p>In <strong>Mycelium Dreams</strong> 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.</p><p> </p><p>In <strong>Spill-Free and Sparkling</strong> a shipboard cleaning system deals with a dire situation while unaware of the realities facing the crew all in the name of perfect cleanliness.</p><p> </p><p>In <strong>A Golem Made of You</strong> 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.</p><p><br>In <strong>Aspiration Extermination</strong> 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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>To the Plains of Etherea </strong>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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Interview with Julie Fairweather Star of Lawnmower Hands</strong> 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.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Their Hands Will Carry You Home </strong>asks what we would be willing to give for the return of the one we love and how much sacrifice is too much.</p><p> </p><p>The stories in this collection are all interspersed with tiny drabbles - stories themselves in small 100-word snippets.<br><br><strong>Inside you will find:</strong></p><p>Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common</p><p>Hard Memory</p><p>Reflection</p><p>Fancy and Fish Hearts</p><p>I Grow</p><p>Sounds for Crustaceans</p><p>Memory and Steel</p><p>Hope for Enthos</p><p>The Psychic Fish Hates You</p><p>The Legend of Johnny C</p><p>To the Water Goes My Pain</p><p>Mycelium Dreams</p><p>To Fly on Gentle Wings</p><p>Bone and Acid and Rushing Waves</p><p>A Mark Deeper Than Flesh</p><p>Spill-Free and Sparkling</p><p>His Monstrous Cloaca</p><p>A Golem Made of You</p><p>By Moonlight Guided</p><p>Containment</p><p>The Devil's in the Details</p><p>Aspiration Extermination</p><p>My Ship to the Depths</p><p>The Locked Prophet</p><p>The Oathtaker Servant of Draghtai the Undying</p><p>A Mind Not My Own</p><p>Not Good Enough</p><p>With Hands Unstilled</p><p>For You I Return</p><p>To the Plains of Etherea</p><p>An Itemized List of Charitable Contributions</p><p>With Dreams in Her Hair</p><p>Interview with Julie Fairweather Star of Lawnmower Hands</p><p>A Drink to Return to the Sea</p><p>How to Build a Sexbot to Love and Cherish You</p><p>Their Hands Will Carry You Home</p><p>And Two Shall Take Its Place</p><p>To Worlds Within</p><p>Your Robot Horoscope for the Day of Reclamation</p><p>Unfleshed</p><p>Vessel</p><p>Witness for the Dead</p><p>Ships Rise over Apple Valley</p><p>Sweet Words from Acid Lips</p><p>And much more!</p>