He was a large yellow man in a green world.When pirates disable his interstellar transport, Lonin, the first Timmistrian ambassador to the Co-Operative League of Systems, is forced to abandon ship in an escape pod. Now alone and lost on an unfamiliar human world, he is captured by traffickers and thrust into an international war that threatens the stability of the entire planet — and any chance of escape.With only his untested diplomatic skills and the timeril sense that al...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - March 2022Now You Know: Felons virtually live their victims criminal experience, and the ramifications of the crime.The Tomorrow Man: A young man claims he is able to "remember" the future.The Glowing Bonsai And The Kintsugi Pot: A penitant man attempts to stop the NSA from weaponizing his programmable light emitting plants....

Synopsis: A new treatment may allow 98% of the people to be genetically enhanced, but at the expense of the 2% who already are.After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.Podcast discussion of this short ...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of bioethics. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListSacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant b...

Winter holidays mean lights, decorations, and delicious food. They bring about a sense of joy and a giving spirit that seems more abundant than at other times of the year.This anthology holds a Hanukkah story, two stories about the solstice and two about some lesser-known holidays. Two authors made up their own holidays, and three looked at what people who don’t celebrate do during the holiday season.With so many creative ways to celebrate, this volume will surely lift the ...

15 Stories 15 AuthorsDown another forgotten hallway lie more unexplored rooms.Each room contains another world waiting to be discovered.Some are wonderful and beautiful, others are dark and terrible.You won't know which until you step inside.So take a deep breath, and open the door...Particular Passages 2: East WingFeaturing stories by:Edward Ahern - John T. Biggs - Dave D'Alessio - CJ Erick - J.T. Evans - Eric Fritz - Katie K...

Read a story per day from the end of November to January first...or binge the entire collection. Stories that center around holidays from American Thanksgiving and Black Friday to St. Nicholas Day, Hanukkah to Boxing Day, and of course, the worldwide biggies, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. Award-winning and bestselling writers like Ron Collins, Annie Reed, Robert Jeschonek, and 28 others explore holidays in three different genres--mystery, romance, and light fantasy.

Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing's notable series, The Year of the Cat, felines of all stripes pounce and play and stalk through 100 cat stories in genres ranging from light romance to dark crime and everything in between.Entertaining cats, loving cats, even super-talented and time-traveling cats grace the pages of these twelve volumes edited by ...

Bees versus murder hornets—not just a natural occurrence.Beverly Nautilus discovers something strange during an assignment in the Texas prairie: a derelict sculpture of a giant bee. When she investigates, the sculpture comes alive and begs her for help.Beverly wants nothing to do with talking bee-ships, but when she returns to her city apartment, the bee appears and shows her images of the danger approaching—giant space hornets intent on world dest...

The human colony on Timmistria is attacked in an escalating series of clandestine acts damaging food production, medical equipment, and technology. Colony manager Cara Harvestmoon, her partner, Paul, and the colony's leadership team scramble to increase security and identify the vandals and their motives. Can they believe the evidence that points to the vandals being a rogue sect of the native Timmistrian peoples? The acts of sabotage are serious and crippling to the colony's progress and ...

This issue, we have a pair of Irish-themed stories (one dark, one light) by Christina Hoag and David Dean to welcome St. Patrick’s Day. Of course, there’s plenty more original fiction, too: tales by Ron Miller, Grant Tracey, Susan Shwartz, and CJ Erick, plus a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. And, as always, we have some classics, too: science fiction shorts...

Cats move around. In fact, a cat’s very nature requires them to explore, to move from place to place. Even if their realm lies indoors, they still check out each window and watch every detail of their world.In this fantastic group of stories, cats roam from place to place, bring home presents from their adventures, get lost, and even find romance, as far as romance and cats go together.Follow these cats on their entertaining travels and see what they get up to.Inclu...