This most current collection of Pushcart Prize-nominated author Edward Morris' speculative fiction encompasses five short stories and one novella that either lapsed out of print or haven't appeared anywhere yet. Included are "Eva", a time-travel epic of the Roaring Twenties that no one would ever want to live through; "Deep Down Trauma Hounds" a werewolf novella inspired by a neighbor who helped build the Blood Road at Buchenwald; "Children of the Atom", my take on the UFO crash at Roswell, NM in 1947; "Mysterious Ways", an EC Comics-inspired story about a faith healer that turned heads in the LitFic community; "The Devil Was Hot", a Speculative take on one of my favorite Psychobilly performers' own mythos; and "Passenger On The Menu", a satire on modern zombie fiction inspired by the dreams of two bouncers and the field-notes of a former Marvel editor. These are six of my most hard-wrought pieces, however they turned out, and I hope they're as much fun to read as they were to write.
advertisement