Parallel Worlds / Parallel Worlds (ePub)

The Parallel Worlds Omnibus collects volumes 1-3 of the Parallel Worlds collection by science fiction and fantasy author Addison Smith. Many of the works within have previously appeared in a series of publications. Each volume of Parallel Worlds collects five stories of science fiction and fantasy interspersed with tiny drabbles - stories themselves in small, 100-word bites.

Inside you will find:

Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common is a light science fiction story originally published in Flash Point Science Fiction. As aliens fall from a portal in the sky, our protagonist makes the best of a strange situation.

Hard Memory is a cyberpunk detective story originally published in Crash Code - an anthology from Bloodbound Books. A digital disease is attacking the minds of its victims and making them act in violence. When it touches the life of the detective on the case, everything he knows begins to fall apart.

Sounds for Crustaceans is a fantasy story of transformation originally published in Fantasy Magazine. It begins with a simple confession: "I'm a crustacean," and is a slice-of-life look at a couple adapting to our ever-changing lives and understanding of our identities.

Memory and Steel is a cyberpunk short which originally appeared in The Mods, an anthology from Shacklebound Books. When Niva wakes up, something is different. What follows is a series of life-altering shocks as she realizes what has happened and how she came to be in this situation.

As well as 23 other stories of science fiction and fantasy.