Publisher's Synopsis
The multiverse, metaverse, quantum weirdness, time-travel, interstellar exploration, genetic modification, robots, aliens and a touch of fantasy, all packed into 18 holiday-themed short stories.
- On New Year's Eve, a computer scientist must activate Samson despite his reservations.
- An interstellar traveler is dumped by his fiancée on Valentine's Day, but is alien love a good replacement?
- Patrick has the perfect plan to win the New Irish Sweepstakes. He just didn't expect the result.
- In a Mother's Day cautionary tale, a frazzled woman decides to make a request from her smartphone app. Did she phrase her inquiry correctly?
- It's the Fourth of July weekend, and only two new Epidemiologists are available to investigate a possible infection. How will the young professionals handle a woman they barely recognize as human?
- Ouija boards...on Halloween? What could go wrong?