This anthology which I edited, and derived considerable entertainment from has just launched: Mad Science: Bits and Pieces

Yes there are radioactive man-eating lobsters. I can’t do much better than quote from the publisher’s own release:

“From a genetically engineered lobster staging a breakout to a grieving inventor building a gravity-defying escape vehicle, from a boy turning catfish into cybernetic heroes to a lone mechanic assembling a story-powered machine to defy both villains and overlords, these ten wildly inventive tales explore the glorious, ridiculous, and terrifying consequences of unchecked curiosity.

Expect sentient toasters, soul-splicing radiators, apocalyptic piano dollies, and one very determined vacuum cleaner. Expect laughter, dread, heart, and the occasional explosion.”

I will mention that it is a giant lobster…

Seriously, it was fun. People have entertaining imaginations. And now on with the current ‘Main book’ – I’m at 75K of the Space Castaways story, so I had better see the end soon. The physical and time demands of building have rather hurt my progress. Someone commented the other day about what the weirdest place they’d ever had a story idea was. I think at my desk is my most unusual.