Logical and Preposterous: SF Short Stories

by Erika Hammerschmidt

A grandpa attacks Santa Claus. A palindrome artist redefines fiction. A time traveler disappears. A telepathic vampire tries to change humanity, and a genie goes atomic. From deep and dark to lighthearted and zany, these speculative fiction stories explore the depths of unique and outlandish minds, and the strange forms of logic that can lurk in them. (Adapted from the 2013 short story collection "If the World Ended, Would I Notice?")

84 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 17, 2020

About the author

My first name is Erika. Not Erica. Not Ericka. My last name is Hammerschmidt, which has thirteen letters, including five consonants in a row. People still find it easier to spell than my first name.

In college I majored in German and Spanish. I also accidentally minored in art, just by taking so many art classes for the fun of it. I grow my own vegetables and sew my own clothes. I am obsessed with pet birds and reptiles. I make jewelry that looks like a Renaissance Fair gone wild.

I'm an author, artist and speaker who moved from Minnesota to Pennsylvania, and then to Los Angeles. Going by temperature, I'm on the road to hell.

I work in a pharmacy as well as giving speeches on autism and writing books.