How To Control Gravity And Other Stories

by Charles Martin, Will Weinke

This is a book about heartbreak.
Following my divorce, I considered writing about my rough reentry into the dating world.
I wrote a bunch of science fiction stories instead.
But in these tales of a Martian invasion, an interstellar world-destroyer, and an artificial god in a bottle, you’ll still sense the smoke trails of lost loves and the aching whimper of a poorly guarded heart.
No matter how hard I’ve tried to hide it, you will still see my life in this book. Perhaps, in these extended metaphors, you’ll see me even clearer.

157 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 27, 2016

About the author

Charles Martin & Will Weinke specialize in sub-culture, cross-genre fiction that utilize familiar themes to explore wider cultural questions.
Charles Martin is also the Creative Director of Literati Press Comics & Novels.

Reviews

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite books offer insights into humanity and life through fiction, and those glimmers popped up in multiple stories in this imaginative, heartfelt collection. I recommend it.

[Matthew Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite things I've read this year, and possibly the best thing Charles has written. Heartbreak and its aftermath ripple through a mix of science fictional settings.