Bøger af Joe Vasicek

Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know.This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes:The Manchurian ParadoxWe have met our timeline's enemy and he is us.A Fatal RebirthNothing in this world should live forever-not even civilization itself.The Final TurningThis is how the world ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper-thanks to me.The New CovenantTo restore a fallen America, an ancient and terrible covenant must be renewed.Hearken and Behold (by J.M. Wight)"Hearken, oh ye hypocrites, and behold the desolation that is already come upon you!"The End of ElysiumFor the promise of paradise, the last civilization will surrender to the apocalypse.The Promise of King WashingtonWhen the aliens came, it wasn't a military invasion: it was an economic one.(Again, Hazardous Imaginings, December 2020)Lord of the Slaves"Everyone secretly wants to be a slave. Those who deny it simply haven't found the right master."The Other Side of RealityWhat if your future self came back to give you advice, and all it did was confuse you?Schrödinger's Diaper"Stays clean and dry until you're free to change it!" ...except not quite.(Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2022)Two Hours AgoA time machine without paradoxes, so long as it's not abused.Welcome to Our Crazy FamilyTwo genderqueer lesbians and a tranny have a rebellious daughter who does the unthinkable and decides to marry a Christian.

Where were you on the day the Earth disappeared?So there I was, on an awkward first date with my secret crush, when the colonies went into revolt. They nuked the moon and hijacked half of Earthfleet-and that was just the opening salvo.Then I learned that my date was one of the terrorists (or patriots, depending on your political beliefs), and I had to make a choice: join her, or spend the next few days stuffed in an EVA suit locker. I chose the former, and that's the only reason I'm still here.The name's Rex Carter. On the day the Earth disappeared, the civil war had just broken out, and I didn't know which side I was on. All I knew was that my homeworld had been swallowed by an alien anomaly, and I had to get to Jane and Sam, my gunslinging sister and brother-in-law.Unfortunately, the Kletchkas are no longer with us. But that's part of my story, too.

Not long from now, in our own Milky Way…The name's Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you've heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet, and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time.This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe. Not that it was easy, of course. I've looked death in the face so often, he's practically an old buddy of mine. But when all your worst enemies are immortal, that's a buddy you want on your side.Stay frosty, my friends. You never know what you'll find at the next star.