Robert J. Defendi

Aliens, zombies, artificial intelligence, a cursed artifact, a dragon, and a few other forces threaten to destroy the earth and everyone on it. Abandon hope. You can make a difference, though. You can tip the scales and decide how it goes down. It's a small choice, but the ultimate fate of humanity lies in your hands. It's up to you to decide.Based on the wildly popular audience participation panel game hosted by the Space Balrogs, this book is a collection of short stories depicting a full range of planet-ending scenarios. These case files are filled with fiery finales by Holli Anderson, D. J. Butler, Robert J Defendi, Jason King, Craig Nybo, Daniel Swenson, David J. West, and James Wymore; your mission, if you accept it, will be to decide the destiny of every living person. How do you want to meet your maker? Which apocalypse will you choose?

A collection of eleven stories from nine authors set in the Divergent Fates universe.Delve into the Badlands in The Old City with Althea from the Awakened series, as well as JS Hughes' Last Flight, J.P. Sloan's Snake Oil, and Wilbert Stanton's Prophet's Wake.Visit the cyber-enhanced world of West City with Kirsten from the Division Zero series in Loose Ends, Nina Duchenne from the Virtual Immortality series, and in Mark W. Woodring's The Contractor.James Wymore's Special Project zooms across 2418 Korea with illicit hovercar races.Peek into neo-feudal Japan with Robert Defendi's Stance-No-Stance, and go deep into Allied Corporate Council territory with Benjamin Sperduto in Sins of the Father and in Patrick Burdine's Field Test.

And with strange aeons, Even Death may take a dirt nap... From the publisher of the SPACE ELDRITCH comes a flavor of cosmic horror that's much closer to home Sometimes amusing, sometimes horrifying, always unsettling, sixteen authors bring you sixteen tales of white trash meeting dark gods, the yellowed bones of antiquity, and colors that can't be named. Including Writers of the Future winner and Hugo/Nebula/Campbell nominee Brad R. Torgersen, Writers of the Future winner Robert J Defendi, Hugo nominee Steve Diamond, and many more Contents: "A Hole in the World" by Ian Welke "Recording Devices" by D.J. Butler "Mine of the Damned Gods" by Sarah E. Seeley "Blood" by Steve Diamond "Ostler Wallow" by Nathan Shumate "Nightmare Fuel" by David Dunwoody "The Swimming Hole" by Theric Jepson "It Came From the Woods" by Jason A. Anderson "Lake Town" by Garrett Calcaterra "Taxed" by Scott William Taylor "The Gears Turn Below" by SM Williams "Slicker" by Robert J Defendi "A Brown and Dismal Horror" by Jaleta Clegg "The People of the Other Book" by Robert Masterson "The Diddley Bow Horror" by Brad R. Torgersen "At the Highways of Madness" by David J. West