Bug Motel

By Jim Musgrave
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Published: Aug. 16, 2011
Words: 36,045 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466142251

Short description

Jim Musgrave's volume of short fiction, The Mayan Magician and Other Stories is #1 on the Smashwords bestseller list for single author stories. His stories have been in the finals of the Bram Stoker Awards, published in audio format at Audio Shorts 2 Go, and recently featured online and in the popular magazine, SciFi Short Story Magazine. This volume collects 9 SciFi stories to enjoy for .99.

Extended description

"Zinggong" = The United States of Zinggong has been turned into a Wild West theme park for the overlord Pan-Asians.

"Brainiac" = Two scientists invent a device to speed-up brainwaves to send the user into parallel dimensions.

"Entropy" = An enterprising physics professor tries to make escort services "user friendly." Instead, he finds that somebody is light years ahead of him. (Read more) "Zinggong" = The United States of Zinggong has been turned into a Wild West theme park for the overlord Pan-Asians.

"Brainiac" = Two scientists invent a device to speed-up brainwaves to send the user into parallel dimensions.

"Entropy" = An enterprising physics professor tries to make escort services "user friendly." Instead, he finds that somebody is light years ahead of him.

"Freedum" = Caleb gets a birthday present: the use of his body is returned to him.

"The Mutant Gene" = A worker for the Divine Conglomerates discovers there was a distant past when people read and wrote words.

"S.S.I." = Social Security Insurance in the United States has become a battle to the death for benefits.

"Noah" = A Neanderthal is cloned and brought back to life.

"Big Mother" = A mother just wants to see her son again, but Apple won't let her.

"Bug Motel" = A rogue geneticist finds a way to make bed bugs teach a lesson to political fanatics in Arizona.
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Tags

short fiction, scifi, robotics, short stories, genetic engineering, time travel, robots, parallel universes

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