The Stocking Stuffer 2014 collects (very) short tales of starships, alien invasion and space opera - the Golden Age is back! CELEBRATE with the fabled Quantum Quadrant Speed-of-Light Elite Fleet as they ring in the holiday season! MARVEL at the excitement as the Jolly Rogerers and its Space Pirate Queen go into space pirate battle (with a cracking soundtrack)! BE AMAZED at the value that Sargan Fail's (almost complete) head will fetch on the open market! LEARN startling new uses for a chainsaw, as you dispose of oversized alien corpses! TAKE PRIDE as your children head off into space, eager to explore the unknown! DODGE the laser fire and tractor beams of the Skerran fleet (by taking a nice nap)! —- Complete with six brand new stories:
- "The Quantum Quadrant Speed-of-Light Elite Fleet Christmas Party" by Rose Biggin
- "Chrysalis" by Becky Chambers
- "Afterwards" by William Curnow
- "Drones" by Paul Ford
- "Light" by Erin Horáková
- "Where's Jerry?" by Richard de Nooy Featuring pulptastic cover art by Sarah Anne Langton!
Author
Jared Shurin has edited or co-edited over two dozen anthologies of original and reprint fiction, including The Djinn Falls in Love, The Lowest Heaven, The Outcast Hours, the Best of British Fantasy series, and The Big Book of Cyberpunk. He has been a finalist for the World Fantasy (twice!), Shirley Jackson (twice!), and Hugo Awards (twice!), and won the British Fantasy Award (twice!). He currently writes about strategy, books and pop culture at Raptor Velocity.
