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A Taste of Damsel [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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 Anyone can slay a dragon. Well, provided they are dragonslayers, which Colson isn't. But even clerks from photocopy shops can have heroic qualities, and even the very, very old can learn new tricks. (Published: 2002)
Words: 2716 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Humor
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Demo Mode [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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In the future, schools will be outdated and we'll all have knowledge grafted straight into our heads. Just make sure they configure the innoculotron correctly, or you might wind up contracting Esperanto by mistake! (Published: 2000)
Words: 2616 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Humor
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Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen Seldom Carry Cash [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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A secret vampire? A Celtic Princess? Three mighty dragonslayers with magic helms of gleaming light? Well, no, actually, it's just a funny story and something hideous comes out of an olive jar. Gerencer's first published work is a comic wild ride through the vagaries of kitchen appliances and their care and upkeep. Includes lamb-tongue, malfunctioning arms, and an inordinate amount of chewing gum. (Published: 1998)
Words: 1870 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Ocean's Eleven [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer, Mike Resnick
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Why does the ocean roar? You'd roar too, if you had crabs on your bottom. The North Atlantic gets fed up with its position ("There's no advancement") and decides to try a new career. Workplace troubles, disgruntlement, and desk-side medical waste abound in this funny venture from Mike Resnick and Tom Gerencer. (Published: 2001)
Words: 1851 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Primordial Chili [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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Have you ever had one of those days when everything just seems to go … right? Even when it's wrong? "Primordial Chili" is a laugh-out-loud thrill-ride of culinary perfection, taken to cosmic proportions. The planets align, the gods speak, and supper turns out pretty good, too. (Published: 1999)
Words: 2513 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Humor
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Tourist from the Tenth Dimension [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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What do you do when an eight-foot, roughly centipede-shaped creature materializes in the kitchen of your trailer home, where it plans to stay for two weeks of its "tourist-type vacation"? You could take it drinking, for one thing … but watch out for the interstellar pickpockets... (Published: 1998)
Words: 1481 - Reading Time: 4-5 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Trailer Trash Savior [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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So the millennia have passed, and the time of the reckoning is once more nigh ... not to mention that you've got a busted velvet-Elvis and the oil heat isn't working. Find out what happens when the owner of a mullet and a used AMC Gremlin becomes "the chosen one," and has to battle demons, various and sundry. (Published: 1999)
Words: 2185 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
Category: Humor
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Why I Bring a Bag Lunch Now [MultiFormat]
by Thomas Gerencer
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School lunch, weird teachers, horrifying lunchroom employees and all the terror of a hundred-thousand dreams of showing up for class in nothing but your underwear. Marty Ruckerman and chums find out the horrible secrets lurking in the teacher's lounge at Emerpathy Middle School. [Publisher Note: Also available in the anthology switch.blade: School's Out] (Published: 2002)
Words: 5050 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Humor
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