Desolate Places Author:Eric T. Reynolds (Editor), Adam Nakama (Editor) 37 short tales of desolation set on both human and alien worlds. Over 150,000 words of imaginative fiction set in or about desolate places: from stories of eerie beauty to borderline speculative horror, of desolation and desperation of solitude, be it self imposed or forced upon the characters by unfortunate events -- a wide range of tales, of s... more »ecrets, death, and wondrous discoveries.
Contents:
Tomb / shortfiction by Z. S. Adani
Don't Leave, She Said / shortfiction by Michael Anthony
Honeymoon at the Pearly Gate / shortfiction by Tom Barlow
Red / shortfiction by Paul L. Bates
All Quiet on the Vega Front / shortfiction by Chris Benton
Ozymandias Redux / shortfiction by Skadi meic Beorh
Bone Wars / shortfiction by Brenta Blevins
A Poor, Desert Planet / shortfiction by Sue Burke
The Days After / shortfiction by Jean-Michel Calvez
A Helmet Full of Hair / shortfiction by Scott Christian Carr
Adrift / shortfiction by Willis Couvillier
A Requiem for the Sons of Kings / shortfiction by Jennifer Crow
Acid Rain Rocks / shortfiction by Hazel Dixon
A Dream? / shortfiction by F. V. Edwards
Death and Love in Gehanna / shortfiction by Sara Genge
Weapons of Mass Destruction / shortfiction by Jude-Marie Green
The Ugly Ones / shortfiction by Max Habilis
Someone is Dying / shortfiction by James Hartley
It's A Dog's Life / shortfiction by Shelley Savran Houlihan
Husk / shortfiction by Meghan Jurado
Nor Winter's Cold / shortfiction by Stephen Graham King
The Road / shortfiction by Fran LaPlaca
Lucky Shot / shortfiction by Gerri Leen
Gifts of Bone / shortfiction by C. A. Manestar
Gray / shortfiction by Paul E. Martens
A Wilderness of Sand / shortfiction by Lyn McConchie
History / shortfiction by Alex Moisi
End of Time / shortfiction by Mari Ness
Flying Solo / shortfiction by Camille Alexa [as by A. Camille Renwick]
Blown to Dust / shortfiction by Stephen D. Rogers
Empty Epochs / shortfiction by Trent Roman
The Peach / shortfiction by Shaun Ryan
What Doesn't Stay in Vegas / shortfiction by Lawrence M. Schoen
The Last / shortfiction by Cavan Scott
Honeymoon / shortfiction by Katherine Shaw
Geisterbahnhof Trinity / shortfiction by Eric Vogt