8 Comedic Space Opera Adventures of Space Monsters, Dashing Heroes, and a Healthy Dose of WTF!
Dodging Fate: Escape from my Fishwife - by Zen DiPietro
Charlie Kenny is that rarest of creatures--a redshirt who has left Earth to travel among the stars. He's survived a bug attack, a tank-driving monkey outbreak, and the cold vacuum of space. But now he faces his biggest challenge: his accidental marriage to an Albacore woman, which leads to being pursued by loan sharks. He'll need all of Greta's luck and Pinky's muscle to avoid sleeping with the fishes.
Spellslinger - by Chris Fox
The Galaxy needs a Hero. Wesley isn't that guy
Wesley is a space archaeologist, the special breed of adventurer willing to brave strange worlds and forgotten nebulas in search of vanished civilizations. Unfortunately, he's also a coward. When he discovers the key to the greatest treasure ever discovered he'll have to overcome his allergies, while accidentally saving the galaxy.
Crash - by James S. Aaron
Let's get ready to Crash! When young thug Ngoba Starl gets caught up in a plot to hack Cruithne Station's e-sports scene, he's going to make some friendly new acquaintances in organized crime who might blow his head off, throw him out an airlock, murder his friends. . . or maybe all three? Watch out for the mecha-dolphins, battle Corgis and drunken barbarians as they smash their way across Cruithne's underground in a Battle Royale that will leave the fans screaming for more and Starl running for his life. Crash on!
Trash Beings of the Galaxy, Unite! - by J.J. Green
Trash has become the new, lucrative weapon of warfare, and Jaquil Rarebit wants a piece of that action. He yearns to become a garbage mogul, but the sheltered tweenager finds he's bitten off more than he can chew when his internship with Trash Iz Uz morphs into a deadly battle for survival.
Can Jaquil ditch his dungarees, escape the clutches of shady corporate entities and find his place within the trash gang?
Miss Planet Earth - by S.E Anderson
Katra Zorento overslept the Milky Way's first ever Miss Universe pageant by 13,000 years. With her visa long since expired, she must return to the planet that once was Earth.... That is, of course, if dashing space pirates don't get in the way. Katra's only allies are a mysterious assassin trapped in a 9 year old's body and a droid with memory issues. But if she survives this, she could win the most valuable crown in the universe...
The Gli+chover - by Drew Avera
After a devastatingly crushing, utterly suicidal, incredibly stupid trip to Europa, Ben returns to Earth embarrassed and defeated. But Earth isn't the home he left behind. In orbit, a mass of darkness looms threateningly, and it is the only thing standing between Ben and surviving.
For the Love of Llama - by TM Toombs
Commander Mia Cochran, relegated to garbage scow duty, is forced to blackmail her captain and commandeer his ship to locate and steal a psychoactive contraband. At stake is the life of Tefeau, the closest thing she has to family and one of the most deceitful beings Mia has ever met. She only has four solar days to save her erstwhile friend's life--or land in the brig.
Delta Team: The Disknee World - by M. D. Cooper
Lashes has seen a lot of things, but nothing quite prepared her for The Disknee World. An entire planet of dwarves, pixies, talking bears, flying monkeys and a heck of a lot more.
But the Delta Team hasn’t flown thirty light years to The Disknee World just to go on some rides, or ogle the pretty fairies. No, they’re here to solve some mysterious disappearances—just as soon as they sort out what they’re going to use their Fusion Passes on.
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It's hard to pick a favourite story in this collection though I prefer the funnier ones. Escaping From My Fishwife is sweet and I like that it's a continuation from the first anthology. The Disknee World is pure silliness, an intentional parody. For the Love of Llama is an exciting comedy about space piracy and I liked the characters.
With Cooper, Avera and Pietro this was always going to be worth the cash. With many a nod to fun, sarcastic humour and a feel of the unusual this was not a Anthology for the serious. Be prepared for many a giggle especially the Disknee world have only read 3 so far but if you dont mind scratching yor head thinking back to silly tv shows, pop culture references and touching moments then this is for you. Cooper and Avera shine especially i found.
I liked that most of the stories were with the same characters from previous stories. Although, these were good stories with the comic element, I don't think they held up to the first book. There as at least one story struggled to get through. But, all in all it was a good collection and I will be reading book 3.