From a strange encounter with a woman who is afraid of lightning to when two friends set out one night to see the alien camp, SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY TALES contains ten short stories that span the spectrum of the genre.
\"The Boogeyman Men\" -- A desperate mother turns to a strange organization in order to help her near-delinquent son.
\"A Bag of Strawberries\" -- A thirteen-year-old boy goes through a magical doorway and ends up learning a profound truth about his father.
“Alien Camp” -- Two friends set out to see the aliens and discover they are not what they expected.
\"The Woman Who Was Afraid of Lightning\" -- A man encounters a strange woman at a used bookstore during a violent thunderstorm.
“Erasing God” -- A Catholic priest seeks to prove God\'s existence by having God erased from his memory.
“Me and My Shadows” -- One night, to relieve his stress, a man decides to go for a walk . . . only to discover his problems have taken on a life of their own and are coming after him.
“The Senex” -- An old man seeks to give meaning in a society that has taken extreme measures to keep its population in check.
\"Artist of the Gods\" -- Pandres, Artist of the Gods, is dying, and in order to see his life\'s work, he must team up with a group of men who have a purpose very different from his own.
\"Dr. Balthasar\'s House\" -- Four teenagers go out to a legendary haunted house, and what happens to them radically changes their lives for the worse.
“An Alien to Remember” -- A teenage boy and his girlfriend follow see a flying saucer pass over and decide to follow it. What happens next is a story of love, revelation, and remembrance.
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