Simple Rules and Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

• Author: DC Breznik
• ISBN: 9781311058768
• Publisher: DC Breznik
• Publication: October 27, 2013
• Imprint: Smashwords Edition
• Language: English

SIMPLE RULES (3k words): Rogue military drones terrorize a rural Michigan town. DOWN IN FLAMES (3.5k words): Wreck divers disturb a supernatural threat. MEASURELESS TO MAN (3.5k words): A graduate student seeking inspiration finds his muse but risks obsession. THE BEES ARE THE PROBLEM (4k words): Salvage specialists discover deadly survivors on a derelict space station. CIRCA NOX (4k words): A circadian biologist is surprised when a half-serious call for research subjects nets a real vampire. PHENOPLASTICITY (3.5k words): A physician in an isolated town requests a consult when patients begin giving birth to monsters.
THE GOD IN THE BOX (4k words): A simulated anthropologist rented to defuse a deadly conflict harbors sinister motives. THE SENDING (4k words): Tourists exploring an archaeological site unearth an ancient horror. THE SLEEPER STIRS (3k words): A crash landing reveals an unexpected consequence of exploiting alien corpses for interstellar travel. THREE AGAINST THE TEMPLE OF MUAL'XAR (39k words): In an alternate 1945, three survivors of a rail ambush in the Andes must brave ninjas, wildlife, lepers, diabolical Australians, and a charismatic millionaire with a dark secret to protect a discovery that might end the war. THE RIGHT LURE (6k words): A young girl with dreams of a wider world finds ancient evil close to home.