A collection of fifteen science fiction stories whose topic are: A homeless woman discovers and frees trapped dogs in ""Rose Became Useful."" A sick man escapes to find a woman who still desires him in ""Do Laundry."" The world ends with a snooze in ""Zero Bottles Of Beer On The Wall."" A crazy woman jabbed by a pencil lives forever in ""Arf."" A boy and girl struggle against bigotry before one is chosen in ""First Day."" When the dead can be brought back for a while in ""Alpha Card."" A roll of birthday ribbon destroyed her life in ""Ribbon."" A failing underground town of the future in ""Boot Hill."" A boy discovers the hard way his parents were made in ""Made."" A woman escaping the law portends an even worse future in ""Coming Storm."" His wife has lost too much weight and needs a ""Hot Bath."" And five more exciting, and emotional stories of the future.
Bryan Costales wrote the very successful "sendmail" (bat book) for O'Reilly Media. His most recent credits are short stories published in The Banyon Review, Romance Magazine, the Riptide Journal, and Gold Dust Magazine. Bryan lives in Eugene, Oregon where he dabbles in photography.