Outer Frontier: Two Stories

by Sean Munger

The line between fantasy and reality gets a work-over with a metaphysical eraser in this duo of stories about the existential and philosophical dimensions of entertainment and pop culture. In “The Collection of X,oraan,” a nerdy teenager’s innocent purchase of a mysterious plastic monster figure in a comic book shop ignites a 30-year obsession with a collection of toys that only one other person in the world seems to have heard of...and which may not be as benign and playful as they seem. Meanwhile, “Outer Frontier” asks you to imagine yourself in laid up in your apartment with a broken leg during a ferocious heat wave, your supply of painkillers dwindling, what price are you willing to pay for a momentary escape? Binge-watching a cheesy 1960s science fiction TV series may seem a harmless enough diversion, but be warned...the series finale involves you losing your mind!

90 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 24, 2017

About the author

Sean Munger is the author of several novels in various genres, including the horror novels Zombies of Byzantium, Doppelgänger, The Rats of Midnight and Zombie Rebellion, the science fiction novels The Valley of Forever, Life Without Giamotti and its sequels, and the historical fiction books Romantic, Memoirs of a Great Liner and Beowulf is Boring. He also has short fiction available in collections titled Hotel Himalaya: Three Travel Romances, President in the Bathroom and The Antimeridian. A historian, he is the creator of the history podcast Second Decade, available on iTunes and other outlets. He writes about history, books, movies, art and many other subjects on his website www.seanmunger.com. He lives in Oregon.

Reviews

[Martin Watts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two tales to make you think

A mysterious set of collectables that can seriously damage your health. A world on the brink of war that may be saved or destroyed by the existence or not of a cult television science fiction series. Two thought provoking stories.