The Spaces Between Worlds are a wonderful, yet terrifying place. Can you hear the whispers? We are trapped here. This is some of what we see, what we experience. Worlds Beyond and Futures Unseen. An android that is more than meets the eye, a dystopian society that puts free time on a pedestal, mind-bending reeducation, cloning, dimensional travel, unethical experimentation, AI gone rampant, obscene industry, and genetic art.
Whispers from the Spaces Between and Futures Unseen is a collection of bizarre stories, grotesque and horrifying, from the author Curtiss Christensen. Blood, gore, and foul language abound
Contained in this collection:
N.o O.ne R.emembers T.heir H.ome: The android J4m35 tries its best to sell drinks under a corporate flag despite his numerous malfunctions. Can he maintain a semblance of normalcy under these conditions?
No Free Time: Howard, or employee 9472, is an achiever in a company that seems to disparage achievement. His coworkers are obsessed with their free time, which they fill with entertainment--food, drink, sex, and cinema. Howard is different. Howard just wants to work...
Smoker Beware: William Gibson is a smoker in a world that tolerates his habit less and less. His coworkers despise him, his manager penalizes him, and his wife disapproves. His life spirals out of control. All he has to do is quit, but the smokes taste sweeter than honey and more satisfying than sex.
The Abridged History of Cloning: It started as most discoveries do--with the simplest of forms. From there it advanced into replacement organs, biological weapons, political upheaval, and... the numbers.
Worlds Beyond and the Spaces Between: Professor Victor Fern is presented with an artifact. The sphere is strange. At least one has succumbed to its otherworldly power. Its essence is enthralling. Victor Fern cannot resist its allure. He grasps the orb and his fate is sealed.
Unification in the Anti-Dimension: The dimensional scientists Fritz and Gottlich argue over their recent loss of funding. Fritz desires to prove his theory, but Gottlich just wants out. In the end they make a deal... one last experiment.
Subatomic Inferno: Dr. Siderious has discovered a way to shrink people down to below the atomic level. But he needs someone who will not succumb to the energy below. Reed O'Neill is the answer.
God from the Machine: Nightingale Techtives Orwin and Simpers investigate the massacre of twelve people in the server room of a hospital. Simpers gets to work on fixing the broken computer. Orwin listens to the memories of a dead man with a strange wound. What he hears, horrifies and disturbs him.
The Great and Miraculous People Machine: Wally Abbot works for the Department of Industry. The economy is in shambles and the USA is on the verge of collapse. A file crosses Wally's desk... a chance for salvation by the factory named TPM.
The Art of Gene Twisting: A man addicted to plastic surgery is visited by two strange men. One of them offers him the perfect body he always dreamed of. But is this gift too good to be true?
