Published: Dec. 02, 2012
Words: 23,929 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301520435

Short description

Four short science fiction stories of tentacle monster mayhem and destruction to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ve already been the next victim… Written by Eva LeFoy, D.R. Larsson, and Haley Whitehall.

Extended description

Four short science fiction stories of tentacle monster mayhem and destruction to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ve already been the next victim…

Solar Pioneer
During the ten-year war, a remote scientific station on the edge of the galaxy has all but been forgotten. Tired of the war, cruiser pilot Coop takes the mission to re-establish contact with the team, but soon has to rescue himself from the clutches of a crazy scientist and a monster capable of keeping alive forever his wildest nightmares. Science Fiction Horror. 6,400 words. (Read more) Four short science fiction stories of tentacle monster mayhem and destruction to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ve already been the next victim…

Solar Pioneer
During the ten-year war, a remote scientific station on the edge of the galaxy has all but been forgotten. Tired of the war, cruiser pilot Coop takes the mission to re-establish contact with the team, but soon has to rescue himself from the clutches of a crazy scientist and a monster capable of keeping alive forever his wildest nightmares. Science Fiction Horror. 6,400 words.

Mr. Sweede
Through a telescope, some galaxies may not look like much, but the full spectrum of beings still lurk within. Some live, learn and love within it. Some are travelers. Some hunt. But not all hunters look like predators. Some look just like us. Some were our best friends. Mr. Sweede was everyone’s best friend. Or so they thought…. Science Fiction 3,000 words.

Zaural
Captain Zaural Shuri is sent to respond to an emergency hail on Andvari, a colony of former inmates, after a colonist is killed by the planet's indigenous species. Once there, she must battle her ex boyfriend, bizarre creatures, and her own fears to unravel the tangled web of clues before she loses her grip on reality. As if reality was ever what it seemed.
Science Fiction with mild adult sexual content. 11,000 words.

The Sacrifice
One night Aveda, a scullery maid, is dragged out of bed by ruthless pirates and hauled on board their ship. She fears she will be sold into slavery or worse, but their plan is even more sinister. Down below, a monster she never imagined existed awaits the decision that will change her life forever...
Science Fiction/Historical
2,500 words
(Less)

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Tags

horror, anthology, short story, science fiction, pirate, monster, sci fi, shifter, sci fi action

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Review by: Randy Stafford on March 12, 2013 :
Truth in advertising. You do get tentacles in every story – and a lot of alien possession.

There are four stories from three authors with none of the stories longer than 11,000 words with the shortest at 2,500.

“Solar Pioneer” from Eva LeFoy starts out with that old reliable science fiction thriller hook – the rescue mission to the space station in trouble. (Ok, so it’s more than 10 years since they got in trouble. There’s a war going on.) There is a sole survivor. But that’s not all Coop, the rescuer, finds. For one thing, there’s those voices in his head … This story kept me involved even though it really didn’t go anyplace unexpected.

“Zaural”, also from LeFoy, kind of starts out with the same hook – a rescue mission. Here it’s a full ship worth of rescuers and there are plenty of people on a colony world set up for political undesirables. But the nearby sun is gearing up for a particle storm that will kill the colonists so they are going to be mandatorily evacuated. First, though, the captain wants to find out why the Gramica, the local lifeform, killed a colonist and if they’re sentient. The longest story in the book, it has a couple of minor scientific puzzles and a surprising, ambiguous ending.

To be honest, I’m not sure what exactly what went on with D. R. Larsson’s “Mr. Sweede”. I know it involves an alien who assimilates the body and memories of its victims. I think there’s something of a biter-bitten plot, but continuity problems in the description of the action confused me, and I don’t think this story works.

Last in the book is the fun historical horror piece “The Sacrifice” by Haley Whitehall. In it, a poor, virginal, scullery maid is sacrificed to the Kraken by pirates. What happens then is both surprising and very human.

So, three pieces of effective, light entertainment of the horror variety.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Randy Stafford on March 12, 2013 : (no rating)
Truth in advertising. You do get tentacles in every story – and a lot of alien possession.

There are four stories from three authors with none of the stories longer than 11,000 words with the shortest at 2,500.

“Solar Pioneer” from Eva LeFoy starts out with that old reliable science fiction thriller hook – the rescue mission to the space station in trouble. (Ok, so it’s more than 10 years since they got in trouble. There’s a war going on.) There is a sole survivor. But that’s not all Coop, the rescuer, finds. For one thing, there’s those voices in his head … This story kept me involved even though it really didn’t go anyplace unexpected.

“Zaural”, also from LeFoy, kind of starts out with the same hook – a rescue mission. Here it’s a full ship worth of rescuers and there are plenty of people on a colony world set up for political undesirables. But the nearby sun is gearing up for a particle storm that will kill the colonists so they are going to be mandatorily evacuated. First, though, the captain wants to find out why the Gramica, the local lifeform, killed a colonist and if they’re sentient. The longest story in the book, it has a couple of minor scientific puzzles and a surprising, ambiguous ending.

To be honest, I’m not sure what exactly what went on with D. R. Larsson’s “Mr. Sweede”. I know it involves an alien who assimilates the body and memories of its victims. I think there’s something of a biter-bitten plot, but continuity problems in the description of the action confused me, and I don’t think this story works.

Last in the book is the fun historical horror piece “The Sacrifice” by Haley Whitehall. In it, a poor, virginal, scullery maid is sacrificed to the Kraken by pirates. What happens then is both surprising and very human.

So, three pieces of effective, light entertainment of the horror variety.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: AJ Murphy on Feb. 19, 2013 :
This was a great read.... surprising, and kept my interest, and was well written.
Definitely worth the read.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Scatty The Shadow on Feb. 17, 2013 :
Well I can’t say that I was surprised except that I was. The first three stories had me yelling ‘what’ every few minutes and just flailing at the creepiness that was occurring. All these stories were very well written and had me staring wide eyed at my screen as I read the unbelievable (and often horrifying) events in these stories.

This anthology is a great way to get a glimpse at these authors and I definitely plan on checking out their other works. If you’re into horror, sci fi and tentically monsters, this is the anthology for you.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: He Le on Feb. 17, 2013 :
Tentacles: An Anthology consists of four short stories of monsters by three different authors. (Haley Whitehall, D.R Larsson, and Eva LeFoy) I mistakenly thought there might be other monsters involved, but they were all of grasping limb variety. Apart from that similarity, the stories are varied; a couple are in space, one spans across time and place, the last is set in the past. The last (very) short story has a lovely twist at the end, a wonderful dessert to a great feast of suckered appendages.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Lisa on Feb. 05, 2013 :
I'm not normally a reader of very much science fiction but I'll have to admit that I enjoyed these stories. It was easy to become caught up in the plot of each story and I felt a sense of disappointment when each one ended. My favorite was the last one entitled "The Sacrifice" because it left me breathless!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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