A selection of short stories from Paris Portingale author of Art and the Drug Addict's Dog. In his unique style Paris shows us that love isn't always as conventional as we think it might be.

Phil is a man with a minor dependence on prescription medications who has conversations with famous people from history on his telephone, despite the fact that it’s out of order.Zac is a journalist working on an expose of the illegal drug industry. He’s joined-at-the-hip to Phil because of an incident during their school years when Phil saved his hand from being nailed to a desk by a kid named Roach.Cassie is a woman working at a gentlemen’s club in Mayfair, London. She’s hav...

It was once said that evil flourishes when good men do nothing, and 2,000 Jews Walk into a Bar proves, with irony and insight, how even when good men actually do something, things can still go very badly wrong indeed.Take Len, for example. Len has tapeworms and a short temper, and when an irritable Darlene confronts him in his liquor store, tapeworm and temper combine to throw him into a universe well beyond his control.And with Lewis Day, his best intentions continually tu...

Art and the Drug Addict's Dog, Paris Portingale's first published novel, was nominated for a Global eBook Award in 2012.Art Handel is a contract killer who works for Mr Dean, a Star Chamber-type character who is cleaning up the streets. Art has a stun gun. And depression.Art also has a dog, Fletcher, courtesy of Rainbow Davis, the local drug addict. And a friend, Alex Elinksy, who sees dead people. He has another friend, Minnie Fielding, who is being stalked by an acid-wiel...

Paris Portingale at his very best - dark, insightful, creative, funny, and looking at the world in a way very few of us know how.Join Paris as he explores life in a hole, life as a clown, life as a God, and life as a lazy husband, among other journeys.Stories in this collection include:A Better WorldClownsMad to Work HerePremonitionsRaeleneThe Apartment on the Seventh FloorThe HoleThe Road TripWhat I Did on the...

'The Trouble with Daleks' takes place at a time when Daleks have been around for about 50 years.In this story, Paris Portingale paints the Daleks as a separate race, and uses that to explore all kinds of undercurrents which we might not normally notice in our day-to-day society.We are taken to a world where the Daleks in question all work as servants for different families. They each come with their own set of problems, their own personality, and their own agendas.T...

The third volume in the Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included in this volume are:"The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber"Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth"The Human Equations," by Dave Creek"The Gun," by Philip K. Dick"Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers"Jackpot," by E.C. Tubb"The Killing Streets," by ...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories:WHAT’S HE DOING IN THERE? by Fritz LeiberTHE MARCHING MORONS, by C.M. KornbluthGHOST, by Darrell SchweitzerDEATH WISH, by Robert SheckleyTHE WAVERIES, by Fredric BrownADAM AND NO EVE, by Alfred BesterFOXY LADY, by Lawrence Watt-EvansTHIN EDGE, by Randall GarrettCOMPANDROID, by Nina...

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many moreComplete contents"Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads," by Mar...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):ARENA, by Fredric BrownEXPEDITER, by Mack ReynoldsONE-SHOT, by James BlishSHAMBLEAU, by C. L. MooreSHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando BinderZEN, by Jerome BixbyTHE LITTLE BLACK BAG, by C.M. KornbluthLANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson S. BondLIGHTER THAN...

In the Colorado mountain town of Glenwood Springs not far from Aspen artist/photographer Gwyn Sanders discovers a cryptic letter her sister Kelly left behind. The victim of a deadly hit and run Kelly reveals she was sexually involved with her sisters boyfriend and is scared for her life. Both Gwyn and her remaining sister Linda have since married their boyfriends so either of their husbands could be guilty of murder. The sisters received a large inheritance before meeting these men and kno...

"The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack" presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are:OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy KressTHE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. DickWALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal AsherTHE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes BokTHE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, by Arthur C. Cla...