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.

7 responses to “Mad Science, Bits and Pieces.”

  1. quicklyglorious238a1a5ba8 Avatar
    quicklyglorious238a1a5ba8

    Sentient toasters. That’s a must have right there.

  2. Good luck with the anthology to you and everyone who has a story in it.

    And begging pardon, but the other day I got a notification about an entry here titled “Accuracy versus Reader Expectations”. It seems to have gotten two responses, but when I clicked the link to look at it myself, I got a 404 “This page does not exist” response. What happened with it?

    1. TXRed as Mod: The piece was accidentally published on the wrong date, and was pulled and re-dated. It is currently live.

      1. Thank you.

      2. Ironically enough, it did NOT send out a notification for the new, correct one.

        1. Paul (Drak Bibliophile) Howard Avatar
          Paul (Drak Bibliophile) Howard

          Yep.

          And I had commented on it on the 15th.

  3. I have a story in this one, and it’s definitely got my favorite title of any of those I’ve published so far: “The Revenge of the Cyber Catfish.”

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