Forever (The Short Story Collection Series) by Michael Priv. Priv has this ability to vault the reader, in just the first paragraph or two, from the comfort of their reading chair, to a planet on the other side of the galaxy, plunging one into the middle of a battle scene with explosions and concussions reverberating inside one's skull, and then ... Wait a minute... that's exactly what happens! Like I said, Priv is a master at teleporting the reader to another dimension in just a few words. Forever is a story that should, in my opinion, be developed into something even bigger - I enjoyed its pace and I wanted to experience more of it; but alas, that is the nature of "short" stories.