Kill Switch: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Tales

by Steve Perry

In Kill Switch and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Tales, New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Perry offers twenty-two stories, from short-short to novelette-length—science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, martial arts, sex, mayhem, and even a couple set in other writers’ universes, rated PG to R, with dabs of NC-17 hither and yon. T

This collection includes Contender, a story from Perry's Matador Universe.

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 2, 2026

About the author

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Steven Carl Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written books in the Star Wars, Alien and Conan universes. He was a collaborator on all of the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Two of his novelizations, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Men in Black have also been bestsellers. Other writing credits include articles, reviews, and essays, animated teleplays, and some unproduced movie scripts. One of his scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Writing.

Perry is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Animation Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, West