Aliens Bug Hunt - Aliens Universe Author:Jonathan Maberry (Editor) Eighteen brand new stories-exclusive to this Anthology collection-featuring the Colonial Marines in bloody conflict with the deadly Aliens. When the colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt -- kill or be killed. Here are all-new stories of such "close encounters"... more ». Set during the events of all four Alien films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racing.
Contents:
Introduction (Aliens: Bug Hunt) • essay by Jonathan Maberry
Chance Encounter [Aliens Universe] / short story by Paul Kupperberg
Reaper [Aliens Universe] / short story by Dan Abnett
Broken [Aliens Universe] / short story by Rachel Caine
Reclamation [Aliens Universe] / novelette by Yvonne Navarro
Blowback [Aliens Universe] / short story by Christopher Golden
Exterminators [Aliens Universe] / short story by Matt Forbeck
No Good Deed [Aliens Universe] / novelette by Ray Garton
Zero to Hero [Aliens Universe] / short story by Weston Ochse
Dark Mother [Aliens Universe] / short story by Dave Wolverton [as by David Farland]
Episode 22 [Aliens Universe] / short story by Larry Correia
Deep Background [Aliens Universe] / short story by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Empty Nest [Aliens Universe] / short story by Brian Keene
Darkness Falls [Aliens Universe] / short story by Heather Graham
Hugs to Die For [Aliens Universe] / short story by Marina J. Lostetter and Mike Resnick
Deep Black [Aliens Universe] / short story by Jonathan Maberry
Distressed [Aliens Universe] / short story by James A. Moore
Dangerous Prey [Aliens Universe] / short story by Scott Sigler
Spite [Aliens Universe] / short story by Tim Lebbon