Includes 12 science fiction stories that comprise various genres, from mystery to science fiction to autobiographical fiction. This book contains a Sherlock Holmesian mystery, a Walter Mitty-like escape into the world of software, and a Cthulhu Mythos tale in the Lovecraft tradition.

Man's questing nature conquered space ... then his eternal stupidity turned it into living hell ... On Yurakosi - where swashbuckling aborigines ride the colossal membrane-ships, buck-naked to the winds of space ... On N'Yu-Atlantchi - where tiny gelatinous angels are ripped from a crystal cavern paradise to be brutally used as pawns of war ... On N'Haiti - where ultramodern technology marries voodoo to sire a race of blond-haired, black-skinned killer zombies ... and On New Alabama - where a government spokesperson recently announced: No cruvvelin black animan nigra goin lay one filthy paw on some golden curly-headed surn baby while Pissfire Pallbox draws breath! Are you with me?

The weird and wacky mind of Daniel M. Pinkwater, author of The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death--and popular NPR radio celebrity--is invaded for the third time by noted SF author Lupoff, as he invites readers to come along with Melvinge of the Megaverse on his quest for the One True Mall. Sequel to Night of the Living Rat.

"Coming soon--the most fantastic contest ever conceived: an airplane race pitting Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes against Manfred von Richthofen (the Blood Red Baron), his kid brother Lothar, and Princess Irina Lvova of Russia! Which team will be the first to complete the never-before-attempted round-the-poles flight? Warning: on this doughnut-shaped alternate Earth it is possible to fly off the edge!"--Pg. [4] of cover.

Teenage camera operator Alfonso Petrov joins a research mission bound for the edge of the solar system. But survival becomes another mission when the research team's tiny spacecraft strays into the Fiction Dimension. A madcap tale blending classic science fiction with Gothic horror.