EXIT ZERO: Seven Stories

by Christopher Hellstrom

Exit Zero gathers seven speculative tales from a weird new America—where memory, technology, and myth collide.

From science fiction and alternate history to satire and horror, this collection is a variety show of imagination.

Stories in this collection “Scatter,” “The Astroland Terror,” and “Exeunt, Pursued by an Android,” along with “A Very Brain Rotty Christmas,” “The Halcyon Years of Jasper Strand,” “Exit Zero,” and “Proxima’s Light.”

Also by the The March (2003), Fresh Kills (2009), and the alternative history/science fiction novel, Magisteria (2025)

151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2025

About the author

I'm the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Lehigh University. I have two daughters from a previous marriage and live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with my wife.

I wrote my dissertation, "Alpha Geek," on sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson and self-published, "The March," "Fresh Kills,", "Magisteria," "EXIT ZERO: Seven Stories," and the forthcoming "The Crossing of the Dawn Cypress."

Each month I release a new chapter or story on Substack. https://substack.com/@chrishellstrom

Reviews

[Christopher Hellstrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am somewhat biased, but I really enjoyed these stories!