The new collection of short stories from the author of Breathers and Big Egos.
A family of luck poachers receives a phone call that sets them off in the hopes of reversing their bad fortune. At a singles mixer for chemical elements, a luminous-yet-jaded Neon looks for love, or at least a one-night exothermic reaction. When blue skies turn gray and the daikaiju siren blares, the ten-year-old daughter of the local weatherman discovers her destiny. And washed-up evildoers live out their meaningless lives at a retirement home for villains—you never know when someone might turn the swimming pool into a shark pit, or bring a death ray to Taco Tuesday.
From the imagination of S.G. Browne comes a collection of fourteen short stories of downtrodden luck poachers, lovelorn chemical elements, obsolete villains, disillusioned children, trademarked teenagers, outcast reindeer, victimized zombies, and time-traveling alcoholics—many of them lost and searching for answers. Some of them find what they’re looking for, while one or two discover that childhood dreams can come true.
Lost Creatures is a blend of fantasy, science fiction, dark comedy, and magical realism. Fans of Kelly Link’s Get in Trouble and Karen Russell’s Vampires in the Lemon Grove will find a lot to enjoy in this collection.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scattered Showers with a Chance of Daikaiju
Riding the Softland Express
Periodic Table of the Elements Weekly Singles Mixer
Letters to Santa (from the Arctic Academy for Gifted Creatures)
Reminiscences of My Childhood Centaurs
Dr. Sinister’s Home for Retired Villains
When the Giant Koi Returned to San Francisco
Intro to Trademark Infringement at Dunkin’ Donuts High
Inside the Monsters Studio
Remedial English for Reanimated Corpses
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Insomnia
The Curse of the Amazing Colossal Thing from Outer Space
All of the Lost Creatures are Found
Intervention for a Lycanthrope
Genre: Horror
A family of luck poachers receives a phone call that sets them off in the hopes of reversing their bad fortune. At a singles mixer for chemical elements, a luminous-yet-jaded Neon looks for love, or at least a one-night exothermic reaction. When blue skies turn gray and the daikaiju siren blares, the ten-year-old daughter of the local weatherman discovers her destiny. And washed-up evildoers live out their meaningless lives at a retirement home for villains—you never know when someone might turn the swimming pool into a shark pit, or bring a death ray to Taco Tuesday.
From the imagination of S.G. Browne comes a collection of fourteen short stories of downtrodden luck poachers, lovelorn chemical elements, obsolete villains, disillusioned children, trademarked teenagers, outcast reindeer, victimized zombies, and time-traveling alcoholics—many of them lost and searching for answers. Some of them find what they’re looking for, while one or two discover that childhood dreams can come true.
Lost Creatures is a blend of fantasy, science fiction, dark comedy, and magical realism. Fans of Kelly Link’s Get in Trouble and Karen Russell’s Vampires in the Lemon Grove will find a lot to enjoy in this collection.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scattered Showers with a Chance of Daikaiju
Riding the Softland Express
Periodic Table of the Elements Weekly Singles Mixer
Letters to Santa (from the Arctic Academy for Gifted Creatures)
Reminiscences of My Childhood Centaurs
Dr. Sinister’s Home for Retired Villains
When the Giant Koi Returned to San Francisco
Intro to Trademark Infringement at Dunkin’ Donuts High
Inside the Monsters Studio
Remedial English for Reanimated Corpses
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Insomnia
The Curse of the Amazing Colossal Thing from Outer Space
All of the Lost Creatures are Found
Intervention for a Lycanthrope
Genre: Horror
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