15 EXTRAORDINARY TALES
“We ate people,” I said.
“We ate a lot of people,” she answered.
“But we don’t anymore, right?”
An estranged couple discovers cannibalism is the key to marital bliss; a swamp creature goes out on a disastrous blind date with a Goth girl; a private dick travels to the future to find an abducted teenager; Snow White uncovers a dark secret protected by seven ugly dwarves; a man without a past witnesses the murder of a ghost who’s haunted his dreams; an addict attempts to reconcile with the victims whose emotions he’s devoured; a widower infiltrates the underwater base of a mad scientist to exact his revenge.
EVEN SWAMP CREATURES GET THE BLUES takes you from Hollywood to ancient China and out to the darkest parts of deep space. Love, loss, sex, and the Devil await in 15 imaginative stories examining our search for identity.
HILARY GOLDSTEIN was born in San Rafael, California and raised in San Diego. Former Editor-in-Chief of IGN.com, he is a respected video game expert, writer, and teacher. A Pushcart Prize-nominated author, his work has appeared in numerous magazines, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction He lives in San Bruno with his wife and corgi and is currently at work on his first novel.
“We ate people,” I said.
“We ate a lot of people,” she answered.
“But we don’t anymore, right?”
An estranged couple discovers cannibalism is the key to marital bliss; a swamp creature goes out on a disastrous blind date with a Goth girl; a private dick travels to the future to find an abducted teenager; Snow White uncovers a dark secret protected by seven ugly dwarves; a man without a past witnesses the murder of a ghost who’s haunted his dreams; an addict attempts to reconcile with the victims whose emotions he’s devoured; a widower infiltrates the underwater base of a mad scientist to exact his revenge.
EVEN SWAMP CREATURES GET THE BLUES takes you from Hollywood to ancient China and out to the darkest parts of deep space. Love, loss, sex, and the Devil await in 15 imaginative stories examining our search for identity.
HILARY GOLDSTEIN was born in San Rafael, California and raised in San Diego. Former Editor-in-Chief of IGN.com, he is a respected video game expert, writer, and teacher. A Pushcart Prize-nominated author, his work has appeared in numerous magazines, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction He lives in San Bruno with his wife and corgi and is currently at work on his first novel.
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