Blastoff Stories

Imagine a world without humans, where smart clothes equipped with apparel intelligence fight for supremacy. When a brave pair of smart-briefs sets out on a quest to cure his people's madness, he ends up in the middle of an all-out wardrobe war instead.That's just one of the incredible science fiction stories featured in this collection by USA Today bestselling author Robert Jeschonek. Don't miss these thrilling tales of robot messiahs, love-starved dishwashing machines, giant killer chickens, high-speed chases with self-driven automobiles, and future warriors who kill more fiercely the more they proclaim their undying love for each other. These stories, gathered together for the first time anywhere, will send you from the deepest levels of human and robotic insanity to the furthest reaches of bleeding edge techno-nightmares. Strap in and prepare your mortal mind for these 18 outrageous scifi shockers:

• "In the Empire of Underpants"
• "Messiah 2.0"
• "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake"
• "Every Cloud Has A Silicon Lining"
• "The Dancing Dead"
• "Acirema the Rellik"
• "Tijuana, Massachusetts"
• "The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement"
• "The Memory of You Lingers"
• "The Little Robot's Bedtime Prayer"
• "Dirty Dreams of a Dishwasher"
• "Driverless"
• "Give the Hippo What He Wants"
• "The Men Without Heads Join a Health Club"
• "Teacher of the Century"
• "Cock-a-Doodle Die"
• "The Man in the Scifi Suit"
• "With Love in Their Hearts"

About the Author
Robert Jeschonek is an award-winning, envelope-pushing author whose fiction and comics have made waves around the world. His stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Galaxy's Edge, StarShipSofa, Fiction River, Pulphouse, and many other publications. He has written official Doctor Who and Star Trek fiction and comics for DC and AHOY. He has won an International Book Award, a Scribe Award for Best Original Novel, and the grand prize in Pocket Books' Strange New Worlds contest. Visit him online at www.bobscribe.com. You can also find him on Facebook and follow him as @TheFictioneer on Twitter.