When We Were Mutants & Other Stories

A collection of 8 of Edward W. Robertson's sci-fi and fantasy stories. Six have been published elsewhere, including "All Man's Children" and "The Werewolf of Narashtovik" in Reflection's Edge. Other stories include "Steve Kendrick's Disease" and "When We Were Mutants," the post-apocalyptic tale of a young mutant named Miles and his quest to save his dying wife.

Approximately 50,000 words. More

When We Were Mutants & Other Stories collects six of the author's previously published sci-fi / fantasy stories and two new pieces.

In "Steve Kendrick's Disease," a crew of looters unearth terror on an evacuated planet. "The Werewolf of Narashtovik" follows a young necromancer named Dante and his blade-slinging partner Blays on a hunt for a werewolf suspected in a string of brutal killings. In "All Man's Children," two naive AI elude their corporate captors through a hostile Martian city. "When We Were Mutants" is the post-apocalyptic story of a young mutant named Miles and his quest to save his dying wife by making contact with the colonists who abandoned Earth.

Funny and dark, stories in this collection have made Tangent Online's 2009 Recommended Reading List and Reflection's Edge's Favorites. It's approximately 50,000 words long.

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