by Stephen WisePublish: Feb 26, 2024Literary FictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Book Overview
Prepare to be intrigued, terrified, and delighted by the fifteen imagintive short stories contained in this collection, comprising works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, slice of life, and a bit of the absurd.
Electronic Telepathy – a police forensics android investigates a mysterious murder, but uncovers aspects ... of himself he never knew existed...and which threatens his very existence.
Ode de la Lune – an orchestral conductor premieres the symphony that’s been his life’s work, but struggles to contain a medical condition that manifests during the performance.
Closing Time – a mother searches frantically for her young son as time grows increasingly closer to tragegy.
A Perfect Copy – a despicable businessman gets his comeuppance when he uses a copy machine that has a mind of its own.
The Barn – a boy faces his worst fears on a wintry night when confronting a monster living in the darkness of his farm.
Viking Funeral – a guy and his friends scheme to give his recently deceased brother the sendoff he always wanted.
The Chosen One – a farmboy is sent on a quest when he learns he’s the subject of an ancient prophecy...though it’s not quite what he expects.
Stephen Wise invites you to join him in these and other tales.read more
BIOGRAPHY Stephen Wise earned a BA in film production from the University of Central Florida and is a director, screenwriter, and author. He directed the award-winning TV series pilot Blackwater Blues starring Corin Nemec and Jason London. He wrote and directed the short film “Sur’vi”, which was screened in over 60 film festiv... als worldwide and received 20 awards. His latest film, which he wrote and directed is “The Walker”. Currently in post-production, it stars Alex Hyde-White.
Stephen also co-wrote the acclaimed Batman DarKnight, which the IFC lists as one of the best unproduced Batman screenplays. Other feature-length screenplays he wrote are Paradigm, which won seven awards internationally, and Maelstrom, winner of Best Creature Horror Script. He authored two collections of short stories, Portals of the Mind and The Signpost Up Ahead, as well as several individual short stories and novellas including “The Melting Man”, which was #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers in One-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads.read more