Herein are five unusual and fun short stories to pique your imagination.
First, with The Unisphere Thesis, you will find a tale where powerful deities ponder the consequences of a life-inspiring universe that one of them has created for his college thesis. Can they tolerate a challenge from a newly evolved intelligent species?
Second, with Professor Guinea Pig, a man partially wakes to discover haunting figures dissecting him, removing his organs, and replacing them with new. He frantically struggles to learn who is assaulting him at night before they finish their frightening work.
Next, with Spinning Away, we learn the tale of a man stranded on the moon that has been hurled out of Earth-orbit on a path toward Jupiter. How will he manage his final days?
Then with A Second Journey, we discover along with our protagonist, a portal to another planet where people of Earth who came before him have settled and are developing a new way of life.
Finally, with Sherry's Fairies, we share the frustrations of an aging man who believes his late wife's garden is populated with fairies. Is he confused by the ravages of age or are there really fairies in his garden?