Alien Abduction: Collected Short Fiction

by J.L. Forrest

Alien Abduction is a collection of eleven fine short stories on the themes of alien and abduction. Herein you'll find thought-provoking, wondrous, hopeful, frightening, and deeply human tales of the supernatural other. Such stories have been with us far longer than most realize, perhaps for thousands of years, challenging humankind's very position in the cosmos. Their power is perennial, and here are eleven of the best.

Alien Abduction features short fiction by A.J. Lavender, Amanda Kespohl, Erica Ruppert, Kari Ann Ramadorai, J.L. Forrest, and others. Watch for strange lights in the sky. Beware the standing stones and hollow hills. Prepare to commune.

Genres: Science Fiction

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 25, 2015

About the author

J.L. Forrest migrates in regular patterns between the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, and Italia.

He is an award-winning science-fiction and fantasy writer who doesn't believe in genres, who believes every excellent story told well has equal value.

You can reach him here at Goodreads, at http://www.jlforrest.com, on Twitter @WordForrest, through the SFWA, or on Amazon at http://amazon.com/author/jlforrest.

Forrest has been published by Crossed Genres, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the Robot Cowgirl Press, Third Flatiron, and others. He is an Active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and a writing fiend.

Reviews

[Karen Spieß · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such cool short stories on a kitschy subject that has always fascinated me. The stories aren't kitschy but deeply detailed, with bizarre twists.
A really fun read.

[Lance Schonberg]

Published by the fledgling Robot Cowgirl Press, Alien Abduction is an eclectic collection of 11 tales. Alien Abduction can be interpreted in a lot of different ways, and you’ll find 11 of them here. My story is funnier than my normal work, and it was written to be humorous SF. Whether it’s successful or not… the editor liked it with some tiny tweaks in the text but no substantive changes. Maybe you would too.
As always with something I have a story in, I’m not going to do a detailed review or provide a rating. It wouldn’t be trustworthy, anyway. But it’s a fun and interesting anthology. If you choose to read it, I think you’ll find something in here to like, and probably more than one thing.

Winterking by Erica Ruppert
Dissidence by Kari Ann Ramadorai
Inalienable Rights by Jill Seidenstein
Cut Adrift by J.L. Forrest
With Only Necessary Exactness by Lance Schonberg
Take Me Away by Aislinn Batstone
The Other Side of the Wall by A.D. Starrling
Minotaur by Katherine Mankiller
The Virus by A.M. Khalifa
The Wicked Fairy by Amanda Kespohl
Like Roses Burning by A.J. Lavender

[Michael]

Table of Contents:

Winterking by Erica Ruppert - 4 stars - Spooky and haunting; more of a horror story especially because what is happening isn't exactly clear.
Dissidence by Kari Ann Ramadorai - 3 stars - Clever idea, but too hard to figure out what is going on. Who are these creatures? Where are they all living?
Inalienable Rights by Jill Seidenstein
Cut Adrift by J.L. Forrest
With Only Necessary Exactness by Lance Schonberg
Take Me Away by Aislinn Batstone
The Other Side of the Wall by A.D. Starrling
Minotaur by Katherine Mankiller
The Virus by A.M. Khalifa
The Wicked Fairy by Amanda Kespohl
Like Roses Burning by A.J. Lavender