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Alien Days
Alien Days is a multi-author anthology with thrilling tales of aliens, invasions, artificial intelligence, friendship,deceit and extinction. A combination which makes this collection a must-read for science fiction short story fans. This anthology features Amazon bestsellers and award winners alongside rising stars in the science fiction genre. Let the authors take you on adventures through dystopian worlds and far flung planets that will stretch your imagination. Welcome to Alien Days
Contents:
* Recidivsim / short fiction by Charles E. Gannon
* Am I Alone? / short fiction by J. R. Handley and Corey D. Truax: The outside world called it Area 51. To Sergeant Alexis Monroe it was the pit of despair where her once promising military career had came to a dead end. At night she drank while during the day she stood guard outside a warehouse with a sign that read ‘No entry. Authorized personnel only.’ Boredom, curiosity and a hangover got the better of her and Alexis’ life changed forever.
* The Shanti Heist / short fiction by Killian Carter; Eline was a born survivor. Tough as they come. She had to be to have survived on Claracia for so long after the death of her sister, Vale. A death which may have been at the hands of the crime lord Malek but one that Eline had always felt responsible for. Throw in humanoid looking robots, the alien Shanti and a sisters thirst for revenge and you are looking at an explosive cocktail ready to rock your world!
* Ambassador T / short fiction by Quincy J. Allen: A technologically advanced civilization lays in ruins on a distant world with no clue as to what caused its fall. The scientists find a lone sentient being among the ruins. How were they to suspect the devastation they were about to inflict on humanity.
* Discovery / short fiction by P. P. Corcoran
* A Bolt from the Blue / short fiction by S. K. Gregory:
* Antithesis / short fiction by Mitch Goth: Imagine discovering that extra-terrestrial life did exist. Then imagine that our very existence was diametrically opposed to everything that life held as truth. What would that information do to the universe?
* A Series of Anomalous Phenomena / short fiction by D. B. Crelia: Humm, the shape shifting first officer to a captain who ignored him and a crew who laughed at him. The mission was simple-Visit Earth, get a DNA sample, leave. What could go wrong?
* Dead Reckoning / short fiction by Anthony Regolino: The war against the Progellics was not going well. How do you fight an enemy that uses your own dead against you?Simple, you start using the dead too.
8 After the Crash / short fiction by Jason J. McCuiston: Billy Resnick, a private investigator in the 1930s. However, this is the 1930s where an alien ship has crash landed years before and those same aliens now live amongst us. Aliens that just want to live in peace but there are a lot of humans who want their advanced tech and don’t care how they get their hands on it.
* Where All Memories Are One / short fiction by Lyn Worthen [as by Leigh Saunders]: We created the Synths. Now hunted and alone their only hope for survival is a benevolent alien race willing to lay down their own lives to preserve another’s.
* First Friendship / short fiction by A. N. Myers
* Phobosteus / short fiction by Dennis Mombauer
* The Law of the Jungle / short fiction by Mickey Ferron
* And the Light Faded / short fiction by Lisa Fox
* A Mission of Mercy / short fiction by Mark Lynch
* Another Day, Another Dollar / short fiction by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
* Altered / short fiction by Alexander Harrington
* Within the Storm / short fiction by Beth Frost
* Songs Sweeter Still / short fiction by David M. Hoenig
* There Goes the Neighborhood / short fiction by Vivian Kasley
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Contents:
* Recidivsim / short fiction by Charles E. Gannon
* Am I Alone? / short fiction by J. R. Handley and Corey D. Truax: The outside world called it Area 51. To Sergeant Alexis Monroe it was the pit of despair where her once promising military career had came to a dead end. At night she drank while during the day she stood guard outside a warehouse with a sign that read ‘No entry. Authorized personnel only.’ Boredom, curiosity and a hangover got the better of her and Alexis’ life changed forever.
* The Shanti Heist / short fiction by Killian Carter; Eline was a born survivor. Tough as they come. She had to be to have survived on Claracia for so long after the death of her sister, Vale. A death which may have been at the hands of the crime lord Malek but one that Eline had always felt responsible for. Throw in humanoid looking robots, the alien Shanti and a sisters thirst for revenge and you are looking at an explosive cocktail ready to rock your world!
* Ambassador T / short fiction by Quincy J. Allen: A technologically advanced civilization lays in ruins on a distant world with no clue as to what caused its fall. The scientists find a lone sentient being among the ruins. How were they to suspect the devastation they were about to inflict on humanity.
* Discovery / short fiction by P. P. Corcoran
* A Bolt from the Blue / short fiction by S. K. Gregory:
* Antithesis / short fiction by Mitch Goth: Imagine discovering that extra-terrestrial life did exist. Then imagine that our very existence was diametrically opposed to everything that life held as truth. What would that information do to the universe?
* A Series of Anomalous Phenomena / short fiction by D. B. Crelia: Humm, the shape shifting first officer to a captain who ignored him and a crew who laughed at him. The mission was simple-Visit Earth, get a DNA sample, leave. What could go wrong?
* Dead Reckoning / short fiction by Anthony Regolino: The war against the Progellics was not going well. How do you fight an enemy that uses your own dead against you?Simple, you start using the dead too.
8 After the Crash / short fiction by Jason J. McCuiston: Billy Resnick, a private investigator in the 1930s. However, this is the 1930s where an alien ship has crash landed years before and those same aliens now live amongst us. Aliens that just want to live in peace but there are a lot of humans who want their advanced tech and don’t care how they get their hands on it.
* Where All Memories Are One / short fiction by Lyn Worthen [as by Leigh Saunders]: We created the Synths. Now hunted and alone their only hope for survival is a benevolent alien race willing to lay down their own lives to preserve another’s.
* First Friendship / short fiction by A. N. Myers
* Phobosteus / short fiction by Dennis Mombauer
* The Law of the Jungle / short fiction by Mickey Ferron
* And the Light Faded / short fiction by Lisa Fox
* A Mission of Mercy / short fiction by Mark Lynch
* Another Day, Another Dollar / short fiction by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
* Altered / short fiction by Alexander Harrington
* Within the Storm / short fiction by Beth Frost
* Songs Sweeter Still / short fiction by David M. Hoenig
* There Goes the Neighborhood / short fiction by Vivian Kasley
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485 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2019
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About the author
Charles E. Gannon
78 books208 followersDr. Charles E. Gannon is a Distinguished Professor of English (St. Bonaventure U.) & Fulbright Senior Specialist (American Lit & Culture). He has had novellas in Analog and the War World series. His nonfiction book "Rumors of War and Infernal Machines" won the 2006 ALA Outstanding Text Award. He also worked as author and editor for GDW, and was a routine contributor to both the scientific/technical content and story-line in the award-winning games "Traveller," and "2300 AD." He has been awarded Fulbrights to England, Scotland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, and worked 8 years as scriptwriter/producer in NYC.
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September 26, 2019
There are some clever, fun stories in this anthology. While none of the blew me away, they were all entertaining, and I might go so far as to say a few were thought-provoking. They certainly made my drive to work easier (listened to the Audible version). A full review for each story will appear on my blog through the coming weeks.
June 4, 2019
I really enjoyed this collection of stories. So many brilliant ideas of what first contact with aliens would be like. I would highly recommend it.
November 12, 2020
Fair amount of decent stories
My favorites were probably the Future Days stories they tagged onto the end to be honest. Among the stories part of the anthology the last one reminded me of the last Fringe season a bit.
Overall, the stories felt a bit disjointed from each other and a bit jarring in flow. Good value but not nearly as good as the Future Days anthology that comes next in the series.
The wolves story had egregious spelling and grammar errors that should have been caught before publication. Spell check doesn't catch sliver for silver but a reader should. The errors marred an otherwise entertaining story.
Worth reading but I think some changes in reading order and subtle redacting of some of the stories by a good editor would have punched this anthology up a level.
My favorites were probably the Future Days stories they tagged onto the end to be honest. Among the stories part of the anthology the last one reminded me of the last Fringe season a bit.
Overall, the stories felt a bit disjointed from each other and a bit jarring in flow. Good value but not nearly as good as the Future Days anthology that comes next in the series.
The wolves story had egregious spelling and grammar errors that should have been caught before publication. Spell check doesn't catch sliver for silver but a reader should. The errors marred an otherwise entertaining story.
Worth reading but I think some changes in reading order and subtle redacting of some of the stories by a good editor would have punched this anthology up a level.
October 24, 2019
This was a solid anthology about aliens in all facets. The story of Ambassador T will stick with me for a very long time. Each story was well written and in most cases, completely original. I loved how no one part of the collection took over the entire book. It was a group of stories by various authors which all had great bits and didn't seem to take themselves too seriously. There is freedom in enjoying a story when you know that it doesn't need to be taken as a part of the whole. I love short stories and some of these could make great movies. Lee Goettl narrated this set of stories and did a fantastic job of it.
This audio book was given to me at my request for my free and unbiased review.
This audio book was given to me at my request for my free and unbiased review.
September 13, 2020
Alien Days is full of rich stories that fueled my imagination. There are layers of additional storylines making the main story greater than it seems. I know there are entries in Alien Days I’m going to read again to enjoy the complexities. However, they are so well crafted you don’t need to catch all of nuances to enjoy reading them. I enjoyed what I read, and because I was reading under a timeline for writing a review, I am certain I didn’t catch everything presented in this spread of science-fiction literary delights.
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November 26, 2021
Good, bad and ugly
My rating is an average score for some good and some poorly written stories. It is perhaps too generous since I found few excellent, many average and some poor stories. Some of the better narratives were marred by a splendid indifference to the use of the apostrophe, or by poor grammar. I nearly gave up early on. On balance, it was worth completing my reading of this collection. One or two stories I felt deserved more attention, to develop some good concepts
My rating is an average score for some good and some poorly written stories. It is perhaps too generous since I found few excellent, many average and some poor stories. Some of the better narratives were marred by a splendid indifference to the use of the apostrophe, or by poor grammar. I nearly gave up early on. On balance, it was worth completing my reading of this collection. One or two stories I felt deserved more attention, to develop some good concepts
December 12, 2021
Full Disclosure: I have a story in this collection. My rating is for the other stories included in this.
I really enjoyed this epic romp through the universes of the authors contained in this anthology. This was definitely worth my time and now I'm going to track down some of these worlds over on Audible with those two credits burning a hole in my account.
Overall, I enjoyed this collection of short stories put out by PP Corcoran. There were plenty of engaging ideas from authors theorizing what first contact with aliens could be like. I would highly recommend it... and check out my story too! ;)
I really enjoyed this epic romp through the universes of the authors contained in this anthology. This was definitely worth my time and now I'm going to track down some of these worlds over on Audible with those two credits burning a hole in my account.
Overall, I enjoyed this collection of short stories put out by PP Corcoran. There were plenty of engaging ideas from authors theorizing what first contact with aliens could be like. I would highly recommend it... and check out my story too! ;)
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