Freak Show of the Gods: And Other Stories of the Bizarre [Paperback]

Take a trip into the unknown with this collection of mind-expanding science fiction stories in the spirit of Ray Bradbury and The Twilight Zone. “Freak Show of the Gods” presents 33 encounters with the bizarre that uncover unsettling strangeness in the midst of everyday life, including: “Van Helsing’s Last Stand”: The vampire hunter and his great enemy have one last battle … over book royalties, movie rights, and merchandising. “Early Retirement”: An aging superhero discovers he cannot qualify for Social Security … with tragic results for him and the city. “Tax Time”: A genius inventor’s plan to build a time machine can be stopped by only one force in the universe … an IRS audit. “The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln XL-3000”: The Abraham Lincoln automaton at Disney World begs his creators to set him free. And 29 more strange, offbeat and bizarre tales.Introduction Van Helsing’s Last Stand A Boy and His Dad The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln XL-3000 The Rubber Band Man Highways If Looks Could Kill Insomnia Early Retirement Tax Time The Unbearable Likeness of Bean Einstein’s Boy Freak Show of the Gods Rocket Man The Lottery of Forever The Techno-God’s Daughter 26 Weeks The Case of the Monkey’s Mask Ladies’ Night at the Blood Club Fishboy Never Look Back Can You Hear Me? Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Cooperman’s Pond The Complete Novels Of Chimney Sweep The End Effect of Global Warming A Toy for Young Prince Caeser Some Abigail of His Own The Huntsman Faster Than a Speeding Bullet The Civilized Man Shadetree, Prince of Darkness And All the Sky a Sheet of Glass The Priest and the Pig A range of stories that adopt satisfyingly diverse approaches, from the urban fantasy of a vampire hunter's final battlefield as he faces the ravages of profiting from his trade to what happens when a professional superhero can't get social security in his old age. DelilË