My Anthologies
"Blue Collar Robot"
This story is set in a world where a giant alien landed in the U.S. back in the 60's. Based on that one event and the hastily built giant robot used to fight the alien, the world work market fully turned towards the production of giant robots. One such robot is being built in a factory where a propaganda writer has befriended a trio of greasy, 9-to-5 workers. Together, they'll find that balancing work life and personal life is harder than wiring a plasma cannon.
"The Tide"
Loosely based on the life of Takeshi Shudo, "The Tide" follows the life of a Japanese writer who takes part in the creation of one of the most successful children's properties in history. His creativity and hard work comes at a cost, as the habitual use of drugs and alcohol cause him a great deal of pain-to the point where he sees his characters in real life. Monsters come and go and warn him of the damage he is doing to himself and his family.
"Omar & Cruz Steal a Spy Car"
Omar and Cruz jack cars to pay off a notorious gang leader in L.A. It's a bit more than two idiot kids should get themselves wrapped up in, but things only get worse when they steal a car that traps them inside of itself. This car belongs to international man of mystery Robert Cook-a secret agent. Now they've got the cops, the gang, crooked car mechanics, and Cook's superspy enemies chasing them down.
"Killer Party, Brad!"
In this story, a high school party-king awakens to the sight of his fellow classmates turned into zombies and forming a horrific conga line. If the line keeps growing and collected new zombies, the whole country could be part of the craze.
"Omar & Cruz Befriend a Ghost"
While working on the set of a ghost hunting show, Omar and Cruz meet Lucas, a ghost boy who's been haunting this house for a long time. Over the years, Lucas and the boys fight for the rights of ghosts, experience the dangers of fame, and find their own bonds with each other have become broken".
"Serial"
There exists a secret government program where a platoon of highly advanced robot assassins are covertly dropped into areas to extract targets, overthrow regimes, and-mainly-eliminate enemies to America. However, one of these soulless killing machines finds that when they end the life of a human: they experience the joy of one.
"Remember Ami?"
When a programmer accidently reactivates an artificial intelligence he created during the loneliest years of his life, he ends up putting his coworkers, his family, and his own life in danger. The "Artificial Marital Program" was designed to love her creator, and she has a funny way of showing it.
Christopher Fable in "Inside Job"
Christopher Fable is a paranormal detective of an unknown age. Barreaus is a lesser demon from Hell who shares a body with Fable. They don't have a great relationship, but its a working one. Fable and his demon find themselves working a case alongside a woman made of multiple people's body parts, investigating odd occurrences of living skeletons replacing the skeletons of living people with....themselves?
"Glass Walls"
This story follows the adventures of lobsters being put in a grocery store. For us, it's just as simple as that, but for the lobsters; it's a community based on power, fear, and belief.
"Omar & Cruz Break a Witch's Broom"
Omar and Cruz had to do one thing. Just one. They had to buy a new broom for their school janitor. And they couldn't even do that right. Now the janitor is using the magical witch's broom to take the whole school hostage and seek revenge on the kids who tormented her.
Christopher Fable in "The Rub"
Fable and Barreaus are back and they're newest investigation sets them against a anonymous man selling wishes from his magic lamp. This pulls in two mysterious men who help Fable as much as they hinder him, as with every wish sold there comes a price-like the life of a young boy.
"Life After Bellhopping"
While the rest of the staff of an accursed inn wish to reverse the curse put upon them and return them to their human selves, one rebellious luggage cart wants to stay an inanimate object forever. However, when a beautiful woman comes to the inn and can potentially undo the curse by falling in love with the inn's monstrous owner; the bellhop's irresponsible fantasy may come to an end.
"Door Ajar"
This story follows a woman on an overnight drive home. Her car breaks down just as a snowstorm is beginning and, as she tries to walk her way back to a rest stop she starts to realize she's being followed. Could be wild animals. Could be some very bad people.
"I Die When The Hour is Over"
A therapist finds themselves in the captivity of a mentally disturbed patient. The patient demands help with their issues in exchange for the therapist's freedom, but when neither of them get what they want-they both suffer consequences".
"The Tourist Trap"
A girls trip to Spain feels like a dream come true. That is, until the days start repeating. The people, their activities, more and more it feels like this holiday away is becoming a permanent cycle and escaping it could be fatale.
"Derivative"
Using inadvisable methods, a scientist manages to send himself to another version of reality. Another dimension where things seem the same, but different in little ways. What he finds is that his own counterpart may seem like a less successful version of himself, this failure of a man may have some more morbid interests.
"From The Other Side"
A bouncer with a baby on the way is more down on his luck than he can stomach. But when he starts hearing the voice angel through his radio, he starts to think good things will come if he does what the voice says. Even if the requests are horrible and distasteful.
"Whose Turn Was It?"
An average group of friends try to to continue their online fantasy game with a new guy running the story. Coincidently, the many vices of the players start to catch up with them and even as the bodies of the players start to drop; the game doesn't end.
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