Set in worlds awash with bizarre religious cults, young gods surfing the heat death of the universe, the dog rapture, macabre puppetry, time-loops, and a cigarette-addicted duck, Geoffrey W. Cole's short fiction bubbles both with giddy absurdism and characters weathering strangeness with tenderness and generosity. The wry voice of these thirteen science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories will encourage readers to find delight in the dark and humor in the many ways humans find connection in a disconnected world.

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Geoffrey W. Cole's award-winning short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, EscapePod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and various Year's Best anthologies. He is the 2016 winner of the Premis Ictineu for best story translated into Catalan. In 2023, he was nominated for the Aurora Award for both Best Short Story and Best Poem. He has worked as a rock and roll singer, a Segway tour leader in Rome, a grizzly bear caretaker, a Lego robotics instructor, and a municipal engineer. Cole has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and degrees in biology and mechanical engineering from Queen's University. He lives with his wonderful wife, three sons, and giant hound in&nbspOakville, Ontario.

"Strange and intriguing . . . hard to put down." - Tangent Online
"A phantasmagoric brew." - Black Gate Review
"Amusing, wild." - SF Revu