A collection of slipstream fiction. Cover art by Ben Baldwin.
Two heads are better than one!
This
collection brings together two of the brightest stars in the science
fiction slipstream short story firmament. The combined talents of Allen
Ashley and Andrew Hook have produced eleven delicious yet subtly
seamless stories full of wit, imagination, invention and emotion.
What is the secret behind the gated community of “Xanadu Springs”? Will the
online pharmaceutical “Vitamin X” really guarantee you fifteen minutes
of fame? What is the best strategy to ensure victory at “Air Hockey
3000”? And can Lynsey the lowly “Abattoir Girl” successfully lead the
resistance against the alien invasion?
Allen Ashley is the author of the novel “The Planet Suite” and the collections “Somnambulists”,
“Urban Fantastic”, and “The Days of the Dodo”; Andrew Hook’s recent
publications include the novellas “And God Created Zombies” and “Ponthe
Oldenguine” and the short story collection, “Nitrospective”. Forget Pohl and Kornbluth; move over Maynard and Sims; Ashley and Hook are the new
noises on the block.
Contents:
- Vitamin X
- Mermaids in a Snowstorm
- Abattoir Girl
- Air Hockey 3000
- Struck By The Unusual
- Xanadu Springs
- Knights On The Tiles
- Miss Treat
- The Marvels of Monoworld
- Thesaurus Rex
- Like A Slow Motion War
- Soft Assassins
- The Androidgenous Zone
- Please Saura
