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Striker Out [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Steel Striker, interplanetary troubleshooter and space dick, was low on starbucks. But in the 95th century there was always another case to bungle. Another leggy blonde. Another crack or two on the head. 1995
Words: 5358 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Humor
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The Complete Accursed Wives [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Reprinted from the pages of Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories, Science Fiction Age, Weird Tales, and other leading genre publications, the five stories and thirty-five poems in this collection portray the plights of the wives of archetypal figures from science fiction, fantasy, and horror, often reflecting contemporary relations at the same time. 2000 Bram Stoker Award Finalist
Words: 15217 - Reading Time: 43-60 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Roger, Roger [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Roger knew he was not equipped to satisfy Mrs. Thuringer's desires. Yet he also knew that certain robos were. Since he was advertised as the domestic robo who could learn to do anything, no doubt the appropriate part could be ordered and attached. 1985
Words: 2544 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Pest Control [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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The aliens were no bigger than insects, they looked like insects, and they had their own agenda. No one had ever been able to communicate with them, but Abbey had a bright idea. 1987
Words: 1919 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Skin Trade [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Daniel Kirby was a true artist, dedicated and single-minded. He would allow nothing to stand in the way of his creations. 1983
Words: 1007 - Reading Time: 2-4 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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The Final Fragrance [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Mylar was an expert at fragrances. The sophisticated smells he helped to concoct were selling better than ever. Yet when he visited Sokolov, he expected more than just one more sale. 2005
Words: 1982 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Etiquette With Your Robot Wife and Thirty More SF/F/H Lists [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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A darkly humorous collection of 31 lists, reprinted from the pages of Asimov's SF Magazine, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, Talebones, Inhuman, Mythic Delirium, Dreams and Nightmares, Wicked Hollow, and other genre publications. Includes: "Signs Your Parents Are Being Replace by Automatons," "What to Expect and Not from an Interstellar Voyage," "Advice on Dealing with Your Teenage Werewolf Son," "Reasons the Druids Did Not Survive," "Advice on Meeting the Devil in Hell," and more. 2005 Strange Horizons Readers' Choice Award Runner-up, Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Winner
Words: 4272 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Humor
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SPECULA: Selected Uncollected Poems 1968-1993 [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Forty-five poems, a mix of SF, fantasy, and horror. Reprints from Asimov's SF, Weird Tales, Dark Regions, The Leading Edge, Fantasy Commentator, etc. Includes the 1993 Rhysling winner "Spacer's Compass." Note: Two poems from this collection appear in Sensuous Debris, also available from Fictionwise. 1993
Words: 6705 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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She Was There for Him the Last Time [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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She haunted him through his life and through the ages. She was always there in one manifestation or another, both science fictional and overflowing with the past. [Author comment: This story-poem is like my "Pavane for a Cyber-Princess" (also available from Fictionwise) in that it is dense and full of allusions. In this case, Andrew Joron's afterward, reprinted from the original edition, does much to illuminate its intent. Note that due to the limitations of eBooks, in particular handheld reader... more info>> 2002
Words: 1433 - Reading Time: 4-5 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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We Are The Dark [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston & Marge Simon
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They were nameless and lost in the dark tunnels of an endless maze. They were not sure if it was all a dream, or they had been condemned to this existence for sins they had forgotten. Then it seemed that their rescue could be at hand. [Author Warning: A few readers have found the vision rendered by this story so effectively depressing, they were sorry they read it.) 2002
Words: 1200 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Horror
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Everyone Needs a Vacation [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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His life was nearly perfect. He was a successful novelist with a trophy wife. Then the limousine pulled up across the street ... his scalp began to itch like terminal dandruff ... and the dreams and hallucinations began. 1999
Words: 3729 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Broken Portraiture [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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He abandoned the wild times and ideals of his youth for a safer and saner life. Yet his past proved more dogged than he suspected. It refused to abandon him. 1975 Pushcart Prize Winner
Words: 1900 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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The Scissors-in-the-Arm Story [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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There was something very strange about the old man in the expensive suit. For starters, he had a scissors in his arm. 1985
Words: 2847 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Sensuous Debris: Selected Poems 1970-1995 [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Fifty-nine of the best poems by the first Grand Master chosen by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Reprinted from the pages of Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories, Aboriginal SF, Weird Tales, the Nebula Awards anthology, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and other leading genre publications. This collection includes four Rhysling winners and two Asimov Readers Award winners and one Aboriginal SF Boomerang Award winner. Introduction by t. winter-damon. [NOTE: 5 of the 59 poems also appear in The Com... more info>> 1995 Rhysling Award Winner, Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Winner, Bram Stoker Award Recommendation
Words: 11659 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Carmichal and the City [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Carmichal was an old friend and an old enemy. More an enemy, if truth be told. Carmichal was adept with games and woman. He always had a way with both. Yet the years were catching up with him. And so was I. 1990
Words: 4589 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Have Another Glass [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Ashton knew he was consuming too much treacly. He needed to cut down on treacly. But the damn stuff was everywhere. And after all, he was only ... human? 1981
Words: 1965 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Opening [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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They were strangers in the night, and one of them was strange. 1982
Words: 2339 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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In an American Vein [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Christine Leslie was American wealth and American wild, insatiable and unfulfilled no matter how many roads she traveled. [Strong Sexual Content] [Author Comment: "When you become deeply involved in writing a novel, the characters take on a life of their own. You spend day after day in their company, and sometimes they begin to talk back to you, seeking different choices and lives from the ones you had planned for them. "In an American Vein," while standing as a story in itself, presents a varia... more info>> 1992
Words: 4626 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
Category: Mainstream
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Tarfu's Last Show [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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A near-future artist, the most infamous practitioner of living sculpture, takes his fans and critics on one final trip they will never forget. 1977
Words: 3652 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Break [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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To escape his incarceration he had to join forces with a man he despised. Once he was free, he planned to leave his vile accomplice far behind. 1974
Words: 1748 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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The Last Love Letter [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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All he wanted to do was send a traditional love letter to the woman he adored. Some traditions die hard, but they die nonetheless. 2000
Words: 1085 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Masque of Dreams: Tales of Illusion and Identity [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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The masques of 17th century Europe presented dramatic entertainments based on mythic themes and enhanced by lavish costumes and sets. The entertainments in Bruce Boston's Masque of Dreams fashion myths of their own and are enhanced by the voice of a poet, often lyric and at times pyrotechnic. Journey to the depths of a mutant rain forest that strikes back against the encroachments of civilization. Join a Victorian stage magician in his search for real magic. Descend to the depths of an omnivorou... more info>> 2001
Words: 107937 - Reading Time: 308-431 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Mammy and the Flies [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Mammy is all alone--except for her grandson hidden in the cellar ... a shameful reminder of her husband's evil relations with their daughter. When the nightly swarm of flies come to visit, the boy's basement prison becomes a swatting ground for his visions of death. 1988
Words: 2988 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Horror
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White Space [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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Thirty-nine previously uncollected poems from the first SF poetry Grand Master reprinted from the pages of Asimov's SF Magazine, Beyond the Rose (Ireland), Dark Regions, Darkling Plain, Electric Wine, Fantasy Commentator, Lost Ages Chronicle, Mythic Delirium, Scar Tissue (UK), Science Fiction Age, SPWAO Showcase, Science Fiction Age, Star*Line, Talebones, Weird Tales and The Zone (UK). Includes ten originals and the 2000 Rhysling winner "My Wife Returns as She Would Have It." Introduction by G. ... more info>> 2002 Bram Stoker Award Finalist
Words: 10482 - Reading Time: 29-41 min.
Category: Horror
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The Animist [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Boston
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The entire world was in a conspiracy against Brian. Not the people of the world, but its objects. 1990
Words: 3741 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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