Three Fun Science Fiction/Fantasy Shorts You May Have Missed

From the fevered mind of BILL ALIVE, author of the acclaimed steampunk comedy THE PUNCTUALITY MACHINE, comes a fresh (and slightly cynical) short story that may make you think twice about buying your first teleport.

Teleports are finally on sale!

Will Taylor finally get to skip his daily four-hour commute?

Just imagine—four extra hours! Every day! Enough time to really get serious about his piano playing at last. Who knows, maybe even write the next viral hit.

He just has to find a model he can afford. While still being, you know…

… safe.

If you love sharp, funny, short science fiction that imagines how future tech might really go in everyday life, don't miss this ride on the Commute Killer.

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From the festive mind of BILL ALIVE, author of the acclaimed steampunk comedy THE PUNCTUALITY MACHINE, comes a short, sparkling tale of time travel, sibling rivalry (well, cousins), and love.

What if we'd gotten time travel instead of the Internet?

It's 2005, and Marvin, a still-mostly-aspiring actor, is turning thirty. His brilliant, blowhard cousin Drew, though only two weeks older, has just made it onto the illustrious “Time Team” at MIT… and he makes sure everyone at Marvin's birthday party knows it.

Marvin has spent his whole life trailing his successful cousin. If Drew manages to pull off actual time travel, will Marvin ever live it down?

Maybe Marvin needs to take matters into his own hands… before he runs out of time himself.

If you love alternate history and funny, thoughtful, short science fiction that imagines how future tech might really play out, don't miss this party of a story with the Birthday Boy.

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From the festive mind of BILL ALIVE, author of the acclaimed steampunk comedy THE PUNCTUALITY MACHINE, comes a short, hilarious fantasy story, told as you've never heard a story told before!

…unless you've done a critique group.

So, some writers do this thing called a "critique group".

One writer submits their story, the other writers read it, and then everyone sits in a circle. Each writer gets, say, two minutes to give their critique of the story. Intimidating? Yes. Even worse than you think.

But what if you only overheard all these critiques, without ever having read the actual story?

All you'd get would be insane story fragments getting slopped around, like discarded bits during an open-heart surgery. I doubt even Shakespeare or Hemingway could survive that, much less this humble tale of a questing knight with amnesia and his faithful robot kitten.

Except… what if the original story was so bizarre, so long and convoluted and just plain bonkers, that this way sounded BETTER?

If you love funny, quirky, experimental short stories, this is one tale of lost love (and lost plots) that you won't want to miss.

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From BILL ALIVE, the acclaimed author of MURDER FEELS AWFUL, come five splendid short tales of science fiction and fantasy, including a finalist for the Parsec Awards…

Time travel will fix it all!

Not.

These people will be lucky to survive…

Let's face it. Why do we yearn to conquer time and space? Because we're freaking desperate.

Despite the crazy risks.

In these five stunning short stories, you'll take a wild ride on the dark side of time travel peril.

A lovestruck Victorian inventor… a fairy trapped in a rash vow… even a frustrated commuter who'll do anything to skip the daily drive…

Can all this tech and magic grant a heart's desire?

Or will Time take a terrible revenge?

If you relish science fiction and fantasy stories with exciting twists, dry wit, and love triumphant, you'll love this collection of five fun, fantastic tales.

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