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Take a trip into the unknown with this collection of mind-expanding science fiction stories in the spirit of Ray Bradbury and The Twilight Zone. “Freak Show of the Gods” presents 33 encounters with the bizarre that uncover unsettling strangeness in the midst of everyday life, including:
“Van Helsing’s Last Stand”: The vampire hunter and his great enemy have one last battle … over book royalties, movie rights, and merchandising.
“Early Retirement”: An aging superhero discovers he cannot qualify for Social Security … with tragic results for him and the city.
“Tax Time”: A genius inventor’s plan to build a time machine can be stopped by only one force in the universe … an IRS audit.
“The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln XL-3000”: The Abraham Lincoln automaton at Disney World begs his creators to set him free.
And 29 more strange, offbeat and bizarre tales.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 280
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Imprint: Quill Driver Books
Publication Date:
21 March 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781610352635
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, FICTION / Thrillers / Technological
"A range of stories that adopt satisfyingly diverse approaches, from the urban fantasy of a vampire hunter's final battlefield as he faces the ravages of profiting from his trade to what happens when a professional superhero can't get social security in his old age. Delightful in tone and scope, Freak Show of the Gods excels in a sense of the odd, the unexpected, presenting a series of tantalizingly diverse scenarios." —California Bookwatch
Introduction
Van Helsing’s Last Stand
A Boy and His Dad
The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln XL-3000
The Rubber Band Man
Highways
If Looks Could Kill
Insomnia
Early Retirement
Tax Time
The Unbearable Likeness of Bean
Einstein’s Boy
Freak Show of the Gods
Rocket Man
The Lottery of Forever
The Techno-God’s Daughter
26 Weeks
The Case of the Monkey’s Mask
Ladies’ Night at the Blood Club
Fishboy
Never Look Back
Can You Hear Me?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Cooperman’s Pond
The Complete Novels Of
Chimney Sweep
The End Effect of Global Warming
A Toy for Young Prince Caeser
Some Abigail of His Own
The Huntsman
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
The Civilized Man
Shadetree, Prince of Darkness
And All the Sky a Sheet of Glass
The Priest and the Pig