Grand Theft Planetary & other stories
Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
| Author: | HL Jones | ISBN: | 9781301351640 |
| Publisher: | HL Jones | Publication: | September 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | HL Jones |
| ISBN: | 9781301351640 |
| Publisher: | HL Jones |
| Publication: | September 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Grand Theft Planetary is a collection of fifteen short stories released as a precursor to the forthcoming H L Jones novel, "Ragnar Blaise’s High Idea".
Grand Theft Planetary – A bored celebrity decides to steal an entire planet.
My Life is Saved – If at first you don't succeed... A man who can turn back time persuades a desperate beauty to go to bed with him.
From Afar – The first man on Mars is forced to find another home while pursued by a horrific creature.
Technology Fails Me – An IT Technician working for a tyrannical corporation helps a computer to live.
Modern Glass – A shallow businessman visits his daughter between social appointments.
Man Alone – Wandering across an apocalyptic England, one man struggles to survive against UFOs, strange mutated beasts, and a one hundred foot tall metal giant.
Barriers – World War 3 erupts due to a desirable alien artifact.
Murve’s Dog – A penniless heart-broken man adopts an equally-pitiful dog.
Bud and Rufus Play Dare – Two housemates play a destructive game of poker where the loser is forced to do a dare.
I Rule – The newly-elected President is given some shocking news about the human race - and the part he needs to play.
A Theoretical Question – Two students misappropriate the university’s newest asset to answer an age-old question; how many babies can a man take on in a fight?
Time and Punishment – A shy intellectual starts work at Time and Punishment, a time-travelling prison facility where the world’s most notorious mass-murderer is plotting his escape – and the ultimate act of homicide.
Farming – The rulers of the world contemplate culling the world in order to save it from an outside entity.
A Visual Masterpiece – A university scholar becomes obsessed with a woman who offers him a taste of the world’s pleasures.
Ticket – On the anniversary of his friend’s departure, a shambling recluse remembers the events of that fateful day.
Grand Theft Planetary is a collection of fifteen short stories released as a precursor to the forthcoming H L Jones novel, "Ragnar Blaise’s High Idea".
Grand Theft Planetary – A bored celebrity decides to steal an entire planet.
My Life is Saved – If at first you don't succeed... A man who can turn back time persuades a desperate beauty to go to bed with him.
From Afar – The first man on Mars is forced to find another home while pursued by a horrific creature.
Technology Fails Me – An IT Technician working for a tyrannical corporation helps a computer to live.
Modern Glass – A shallow businessman visits his daughter between social appointments.
Man Alone – Wandering across an apocalyptic England, one man struggles to survive against UFOs, strange mutated beasts, and a one hundred foot tall metal giant.
Barriers – World War 3 erupts due to a desirable alien artifact.
Murve’s Dog – A penniless heart-broken man adopts an equally-pitiful dog.
Bud and Rufus Play Dare – Two housemates play a destructive game of poker where the loser is forced to do a dare.
I Rule – The newly-elected President is given some shocking news about the human race - and the part he needs to play.
A Theoretical Question – Two students misappropriate the university’s newest asset to answer an age-old question; how many babies can a man take on in a fight?
Time and Punishment – A shy intellectual starts work at Time and Punishment, a time-travelling prison facility where the world’s most notorious mass-murderer is plotting his escape – and the ultimate act of homicide.
Farming – The rulers of the world contemplate culling the world in order to save it from an outside entity.
A Visual Masterpiece – A university scholar becomes obsessed with a woman who offers him a taste of the world’s pleasures.
Ticket – On the anniversary of his friend’s departure, a shambling recluse remembers the events of that fateful day.
